It  is  as  if  the  rosary  of  the  pious   Catholic  were
suddenly  invested  with  the  powers  of  a  historical
monument,  a  diplomatic  memorandum  and  a  busi-
ness 'stub'  book,  a  short-hand  inscription  system
which  is  equally  understood  by  tribes  of  every
variety  of  language  and  dialect,  a  currency  of  uni-
form value  and  universal  circulation  in   the  ex-
change of  a  continent,  a  bank  of  deposit,  a  jewelry
and  personal  ornament,  all  in  one.     There  is  no
parallel  instance  in  all  the  economic  history  of
mankind  of  an  article  so  utterly  useless  and  value-
less in  itself  acquiring  such  a  wide  and  multifari-
ous range  of  derivative  values  and   uses."— "  77m-
tory  of  Philadelphia."


Indian  Autographs. — The  following  are
characteristic  specimens  of  Indian  autographs,


EAKLY  COLONIAL  HISTORY.
17.
CHAPTER    III.
EAELY   COLONIAI,    HISTORY.
The  First  Navigators — Royal  Grants — Settlements  of
the  Dutch,  the  Swedes  and  the  English — New  Jer-
sey Established^Division  of  the  Province  into  East
and  West  Jersey.
