BOARD OF ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM ADVISORS M. M. Leighton, Ph. D., _Chairman_ Illinois Geological Survey, Urbana Everett P. Coleman, M. D. Coleman Clinic Canton Percival Robertson, Ph. D. The Principia College Elsah N. W. McGee, Ph. D. North Central College Naperville Sol Tax, Ph. D. University of Chicago Chicago Copyright by ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM 1958 STATE OF ILLINOIS William G. Stratton, _Governor_ DEPT. OF REGISTRATION & EDUCATION—ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM Vera M. Binks, _Director_ Thorne Deuel, _Museum Director_ STORY OF ILLINOIS SERIES, No. 9 AMERICAN INDIAN WAYS OF LIFE An Interpretation of the Archaeology of Illinois and Adjoining Areas by Thorne Deuel [Illustration: Seal of the State of Illinois] Springfield, Illinois 1958 [Printed by authority of the State of Illinois] [Illustration: Site of the ancient Middle Mississippi religious city on the Kincaid farm near Metropolis, Illinois, as it is today. Four mounds can be seen; the village area is in the foreground and the plaza at the right (south) of the largest mound with house on it.] TABLE OF CONTENTS