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The party consstedof l6 persons-l4 whites
and two Indian guides. Eight of the Americans
were U. 5. soldiers, with subaltern officer in
command. The soldiers were placed by them
selves, Gigs 81 with their guns (fig. lO) 1.-Two
figures are here omitted by mistake in copying
the cut. The Eagle zig. l6) shows TO
what nation the soldiers belong. Fig. l6-a
fre-shows that the the soldiers had camp or
fire by themselves. The olicer-designate by
sword-(ig.. y appears with the gentlemen Of
the party, with whom he messed. The secrc-
tary. Zig. . is drawn with book in his hand,
the geologst Zig - with hammer. Figs
and have no distinguishing mark. Figure is
the Interpreter. Figs. 7 and are Indian guides
who appear also to have had fire or camp by
themselves; they, are represented bare-headed
The hat, says Mr. Schoolcrafl. is the character
istc universally adopted by the Indian picture
writers to distinguish white men. The prairie
hen and tortoise, show that these animal, were
all the hunters procured the day before. for the
nights entertainment. On the pole directly un-
der this " bark letter. were three hacks to indi-
cate the number of days they expected to travel
in the direction the pole leaned
Thus was the story simply and briefly told, to
inform any of their countrymen who might
chance to wander in that direction, OF the num-
berand character of the party.
On reaching the village of Sandy Lake on
the Upper Mississippi Mr.. S. found the figures
of animals birds, and other devices on the rude
collins and wrappings of their dead, which were
scafiolded around the fort. and upon the open
shores of the lakes. Similar inscriptions and
/" bark letters" were met with in his descent of
the Mississippi
| Egvpthas ever been most justly celebrated,
both for the size and spendor of her monuments
and the superiority and variety of her symbol
cal inscriptions. Columns of stone hcwn from
a solid block hundred feet high, a pyramid Of
the same material requiring eleren acres Of
ground to stand upon, and other relics of an i
putty on the same scale of greatness, served but
to inc rease the desire to know the import of the
engravings on their surfaces. But until mod
ern times. they have remained undeciphcred
enigmas. Men tried to read them on thc-princi-
pie OF other hicrogyphcs, but with little sue
cess. And the world had pretty generally set
tied upon the conviction that they were secret
and sacred characters, known only by those
VINO used them. Ancient as are Greece and
Rome-learned as were her scholars, it i.
supposed that they ever remained ignorant ot
the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics-Al
their descriptions OF them are said to be vague
and uncertain.
Researches and discoveries since Bonaparle'
invasion of Egypt, have settled the fact thai
these hieroglyphical characters were used Il.
gIynbics IIpbabctjc. ''0
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Si"o, !; a' an oI Ta Vt ever, .nc QUALITIES
VI on I,,''o u'''c'e'' ana ar more SIM
,u '""s l. rani ,i tn c S1uluS. ne saw
;nd IL faiIo NV o W ,, -, t'o. ana .n"s re-
"a;n, HI. oh;nr ", uaat dti,''a'' Ut nc may
a,' n a ,hus avuo'pii Nv; ny 'lgure Oh tn'
boldness, or bravery of the head man of hi,
tribe lie nav represent life by a blaznr r,r
rot n battle. by arrows WALKING Inv a r,nt
but what shall represent sound! how Shall
speech be panted? The loudest noise il No
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