Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals (1852)
Redfield, James W · New York, Redfield · leaf 216
ation, and imposture, he resemblesthe Indian; and these, combined with a roaming disposition,acquisitiveness, and the love of traffic, make the Yankeepedlar, famed for taking everything in exchange, and thusfor the variety of his goods. Now the Indians whom wehave known from our childhood are those… … appear so very demure, they are very fond of practical jokes,which they perpetrate with great gravity — a peculiarity inwhich the Yankee partakes as if it were natural to him. Thelatter resorts to tricks in trade with as much sobriety asthe Indian — with the seriousness of one who is engaged in…
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