, 1876-08-21
The MOUND BUILDERS.

6pfcfaI CurrtspHHdtHce " IHe Tribune.
CHESTER, ILL.,, Aug. 1'.-In ii recent number
Of THE TRIBUNE thu following notice OF the
Mississippi Valley Moun.l-I'uIldcra appeared:
scieuccs, IN Apri[, A,r: l.. H. Morknn contributed
q paper In which he advanced thu theory that the
Mound; builaess Vt hmrrlca wcse N!l!ugc-lna
from New Mc1icu culed fran their ,ahit q!
tly!ng fp communities. The casihwvrksief by the
Moand.nntllct. arc very similar in dseis1, nnd
tha Village .t,la,unt Of Yucatan md Chiaas ~ thv
site q. thytr lwcl.es. There lnst were, IN warm
climates b41t Of stohe; but. nott!, Of thu Quiz,
walls coatcd with earth. IN ILLUSTRATION It this
Theory, Mr.. Morgan exhibited r19n q buildings
:MtidcIs. au al" sorsesnuIn: viii IT III Ii, M III.
tuys Vi The Village. tnd.ai,s. Tie tutnlana! Mor
u llfe was better an'e'i 10 warn, tl.uu IL cuol
citinatc; lsHce Mr.. NoEgAn snaclntlcs That te
Village -lndiaus whn attempted to rs!sllish then.
selves 10 The tesritory nurh VI tie Ohlu .'eyrntn
y EseS Il f f wills Msis
nbls = sustain themselves fot much iouges
ttitonsl testimony and argument lMo,incns by MtnA
Powell. w,o hus nlaar indian rtsuclnres un
pseal stuay; md BY Fruit ,Aassn. who las' n =
Tho ltkeness between thu skulls Of .llo Mound.
Uu'deu aud those Ut .hu Village ,lm,ians.
Thu interest manifested Oy the student Of
science to ,lneasth hidden mysteries seems to
be unbouu.!ra, aud to tic aiIscoycrcrs sol,rcc
Ut peculiar pleasure and profit, particularly to
In the nineteenth century, when the earth Is
nearly II not quiso be!srd by human intrlll-
genre, human research, anA knowledge.
Ex-t:or. John Rcynul,ss, of Illinois, now de-
ec,lsed, uul who, during his cyentful lfu, osx.i
p!c1 distinguished place III tbs formation ii
tue political Anu sur!:l existence ri lli!tuit III
!ts early history, In his "i.tfe uts.t Tines." has
preserved Al interesting outline hlstsdy ol nrti-
IleiAl 1nolndA III lllinois, aud I'LL nyuY the West,
- ~ fSt ftSskA ~
Aud wlin Il ti.ttt AIMING tito older inhabitants
Ut this State tut don't rrlueluhrr tuy. .Jul,n
Reynolds IN h!s 'triuncrs Illa,nry ot lli-
slois, u1d Life mud Times" he as LETT Ill ul
tn Indispensable sllkturcaI data tu the early lite
tnd settlement of thu t;reut Northwest.
Reynolds, In Ills PECULIAR style, writing Ut
these monntls, says
ailIloa. II 1'vopo tnhaAltns. tho Wiley of tho
htisslsssprl n t0ns re'uots period, !s Truly aston,
l,hns, These mour.'. were tmsae by hun4, ant
!n Tho country %lsn tl..y were ;aaes. I'racEen-
se,ssa people .aast !4ars tesa 9 eu1 a'a .hs chef
tohti." II I. uusstticd II tleas lapsuA vera ron
stsncted for place. of wurship to1ttcat!ons, Or
burial PURPOSES, or for I'LL lhe.e Obltrts.
l t.avs aescE fead any reasonable account u tho
ou,rls wore rna.ss. It stated tllat IN tho West
vary from 10 feet h!gi, to tho maninulh muun! u.
lhe American pottoa'. Z miles taat VI it. Lou!.:
which measures atn1uat ..00 feet Aga, aud il aU0
ylFds In circumference.
Ons writer s,atet that the lasgs tort,ncatloa at
bad Western EUROPE under their AoMtniun. Th.a
IL random .hootinr. IN my opinion.
Gu ths Uhia River, II milrs bvlow Wheeling,
ase many mounds, ono Of which IL very lsrEu.
town u laid 0ut hers, where Tho Atlantic y Ohio
ltai1Foad, now tie Baltimore + Ohio Railtaai.
.tsikcs the river. and II called tho Muund city,,
fut tho many mounds On ita site, Tho large mound
here Ia W feet high aud 5I rods ia circumference.
1t IL stated that ths GscAs Moun1 near Washing.
ton. n The Stato Of Mississippi IL l4G feet high
and 68 Eotls tn circumference.
At CiEclssllc. O.. srs extraordinary wotae of
tho anelens, soma Ut which aEt military, aud shnw
mucll advancement Ia the art of tVFttacstioa. O.ss
fort IL exactly square, ald the other ctcuar. Tho
square fortress IL ID fudt On ench side, Ind the
sl1oalA1 " 800 rods around It. These fotts we're