The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesAllen, Emory Adams
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The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
Allen, Emory Adams
Archaeology; Indians; Prehistoric peoples
(75) Peet’s “Mound Builders:” “If the reader will compare some
of these last cuts with that of the fortified camp at Cissbury,
Eng., p. 183, he will see how similar this last work is to
those just mentioned. Perhaps the real lesson to be learned is
that rude people, whether Indians, Mound Builders, or Celts,
resorted to about the same method of defense.”
(76) “Antiquarian Research,” p. 89.
(77) Conant’s “Footprints of Vanished Races,” p. 15, _et seq._
Mr. Conant refers to Mr. Pidgeon’s work in such a way as to
give the impression that he was convinced of the genuineness of
his account.
(78) “Traditions of Decodah,” p. 89, _et seq._
(79) “Antiquarian Research,” p. 190.
(80) “The American Indian, so far as known, without the
exception of a single tribe, worshiped the sun.” Carr’s “Mounds
of the Mississippi Valley,” p. 56.
(81) Conant’s “Footprints of Vanished Races,” p. 60.
(82) Ibid., p. 32. If the explorers are really satisfied this
was a walled town, it ought to throw some light on the
inclosures in the Ohio Valley.
(83) Conant’s “Footprints of Vanished Races,” p. 35.
(84) Conant’s “Footprints of Vanished Races,” p. 77.
(85) Vol. III, p. 290, _et seq._
(86) Morgan’s “Ancient Society,” p. 11.
(87) “Ancient Monuments,” p. 210; also Peet: “The Mound
Builders.” “Their relics are marked by a peculiar finish.”
(88) Rau’s “Anthropological Research.”
(89) “Proceedings Am. Antiq. Society,” April, 1877, p. 61.
(90) “Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge,” Vol. XIII.
(91) Abbott’s “Primitive Industry,” p. 315.
(92) “Annual Report of Bureau of Ethnology,” 1880-1, p. 123,
_et seq._
(93) In the “Annual Report of Bureau of Ethnology,” for 1880-1,
Mr. Henshaw has very fully discussed these mound-pipes, and
shown that Messrs. Squier and Davis wore mistaken in a number
of their identifications of the animal forms. He concludes
there “are no representations of birds or animals not
indigenous to the Mississippi Valley.”
(94) The recent discoveries by Putnam and Metz, in the
Altar-mounds in the Little Miami Valley, have brought to light
many interesting and important sculptures in stone and
terra-cotta, which, as works of art, are in some respects
superior to those from the Scioto Valley, but as they have not
yet been figured, we can only refer to them here in this brief
note.
(95) “Number Eight,” Mound City, near Chillicothe, Ohio.
“Ancient Monuments,” p. 152.
(96) Rau: “Anthropological Subjects,” p. 130.
(97) Morgan’s “Ancient Society,” p. 12.
(98) _American Antiquarian,_ 1879, p. 64.
(99) McAdams: _American Antiquarian,_ 1880, p. 140.
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