American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West - Josiah Priest
Reproduction of the 1835 edition. Being an exhibition of the evidence that an ancient population of partially civilized nations differing entirely from those of the present Indians peopled America many centuries before its discovery by Columbus, and inquiries into their origins, with a copious description of many of their stupendous works, now in ruins, with conjectures concerning what may have become of them; compiled from travels, authentic sources, and the researches of antiquarian societies.