Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-10-24

IVES TERN AN!IQtifES A fD
IiEiR AUTHORS.
In a letter 10 the \ \. Commercial Adj
yertiscr da,ed at Detroit the 10Th instant,
Mr.. Henry II. Colcfaft presents, among
other things, the following views Respecting
the remains at the " est and the race TO
which they owe their origin:
"MichigaE connects IlScI IN lis antigua
ran features win mat character OF pseudo
ciVilzatIon,or modified tnrbarism, OF which
the works and mounds and circumvalla-
tons at Grave Creek flats, Marietta Circle.
VILE, an other well known points, are CIV.
ld2nccS. Ihat this improved condition Of the
hunter state had an ancient but partial con-
necuon With the early civilization Of Europe
appears now to be fair Inference, from
the Inscribed stone OF Grave Gre k, aud
other traces Of Europan arts di,covrrd OF
late. 1t is also evident that the Central
American type Of the civilization or rather
advo nee 10 civilization. of the red race reach-
ed this length and finally went down. with
It's gross dolatry and horrl rites, and WIS
merged in the better known and still exist
ing form of the hunter stale, which was
found, respectively, by Cabot, Carter Yer
frzan, Hudson ard others, who FIRST droDocd
anchor on our coasts.
"There IS strong evidence furnished bya
survey Of the Western Country that the
,encalt type OF the indirn civilization so 10
call it, developed itself from he banks orthc
Ohio. in Tennessee, and Nirginia. West
and Notwithstanding. across he source az
the Wabash. the Nuskingum. and Other
borders Of Wisconsin Territory, The
chief evidence of il in Michigan and Ia
dana consists Of a remarkable series Of Gu
rous garden beds, or accurately furrowcd
fields, the perfect outlines OF which have
been preserved by the grass Of the oak one
n'ngr ana FralrieS'and even among the heav"
"'' '"' "'se remains ol an ancient
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'i". VI ''O'' '"Nc" III i'''li3' H''i'' "h'cI arc
qoIlG rem 'f"aDie.
III IS worthy OF remark 100 tnat no large
'o'llur' .! 'co W. eA''' III 'nS particular
po''lp.' 81 'e co. '.i' 'i''o''n' Po'ui1loi'
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oedu ana "ou''' 5e =, ~ n''' oIeI erected
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'ai '"'p.l1 ' g. g o' n',I ~ s,on', u u
ol'S' ''l' o,'''.' i'pl'i O'N''l'i III H'IS o'ae'
"il'on oo'tnIO'S 'llI sod''cleG ana ou'iay'hg
le'l .'S W ,o a,'iei 'nou"us anu races 81
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NJ. Lebcr a, Frenchman, has presented
to the library at Kouen' collection OF
playing c6rds, IN The ga'hcring OF which
~ Ionrn r' - ranonanrso soo " 81 :,
Th , na,loct;on nrovns tba, o,,ds ox;S,od
MS co'lecloh proves 'n l ca.a ls'' eNIsasu
before 'le fe'6'i u ','' uPn'Ppy ''o'a'C"
Ior whose amusement II - commonly sd''i
'hey were i"'e".eu ~ ooI''a'"s se'oll'ee''
Which were '''''u.'1 ,nnn ~ !" '''''' Po,'ou'
bearing '"e u''e u i'o]' i'''', % 'he'h
has on II a smal Pic'ote' re'narKaoie Tor
the mare expression % lis ii8ures' symbol
i ch o' 'o'oe' 49, ' ,ho b;e,orcoi "c oad H.