Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-04-14
e. re the Abcrigincs :

sion of ;,,ia .: ,rg when it was discovertt
by Europes. dimly seen the shadow
form of ana rp ople who have left man,
remarka'l tr' i 1cos Of their habits ant
customs ana u singular degree Of civiliza
ton, but vi !, .,iy centuries ago disappeared
either extern - b. pes!ilenee or by some
powerful al i'i;!iess enemy, or driven from
the country II ser now homes south ant
west of tn G,.i u ;;no.
Tho evid ;nr.e - =, nras,ncc OF this an.
cjeut people II. K, almost everywhere
upon tine NorIl Am ric;n continent, except,
perhaps, upon the Atlantic coast. They con-
sist of mounds SON, times of imposing size,
aud other earthwoil.s, so numerous that in
Ohio alone there arr, or were till quite re-
Gently. estimated to be not less than ter
thousand of the mounds, AID fifteen hundred
Enclosures Of earth and stone, all evidently
the work of the sam, people. In other parts
of the country the; v !. found in such num-
bers that no atto.,t h;.e ever been made to
count them all.
There are nc dat - which the exact age
Of these singular rsi:cs OF once numerous
and industrious people. living q long sus-
.ained, agricultural life, can be fixed. But
Il is evident from certain established facts
that this must data fro:A very remcta Pc
Rod The chief s.;. of l.: power and pop
ulntion seems to have b. IN in the Missis,ip-
pi Valley. The s;g ~ CT their occupation
nrt many along tn i.l7il of its rivers. but
they are rarely fonGd rr j. tn, last formed
terraces of thOS, ST. ana those which have
been longest in FOR ,-:ol. AID which w re
The 3,,ls of tue rig,rs w.l n most of the Garth
worns were bT'it. /: is " .;eliom that tSa
human bones fo0n'; - them, except these
OF later aid cy:t. IA. Intrusive burial, are in
condition to sin, ( l.. 'ir removal. as they
clTnole INTO d.;,i>l -.pn7uro to the ar
While bones IN Rr 80. t.inuli, know to be-
long t. The i;o2lar J.. r:rl and 10 ages o.d r
than Ia g r.stlan "a, a. frequently taken
entire from s,tnl' ara. s.. regard, soil aad
moistu.,. in;:l. | 81 ~. '7cive 10 their rra-
serVatio thar .hor ri ,,e mounds. They
are often Also COY, l.? pri'neval forests,
which ar knov'l f 'av. .rovn undiat irl,"d
'''.' VIC 'on'"' - "'o"l''eo D. 'le
"''''' y '''''' III '','' = III VI 'ii"' ''tS
.''' D''' '.''>' ii 80 "' S''h''''''ca ifo-n
I've to eight cent /,
But THIS, 50 lar i.c,;a Ling :ae date Of tho
occupation OF ~ g '''f"', Goes not even in
dictate the TIM VIZ ny were abandoned;
Tor roHS;d1F"h'' l. 81 must have elapsed
before ti' Sro1''" % - "'.npied by trees OF
my MA ana y 80 rest IN Its E;'ri':ai
a''o A'"" ciie''% '''i" . "hahied complete
possession Oh Vic gre =" .ld'nen forest alter
lo:' ~ nay nae f '-t iaaen' anN MN
eit" WIN 'hr s'1 u Tie pro5r>s s OF
many ce'"nr-''' I'D oil Tie Latest
growth WAS so"nrii' "-'fSa or thousand
years ago.
Ev1u the IT, r = which thy ycr,
,r,..t,d j., of,,,, .. o.,,, ~ ,,
-,
80. mcclure III tne
'"'' ol "iscoi.s y 81 II! ing the region be-
iva Lake Nj, h',;;s., al the Mississippi;
River. ere n,a.ly =: works of n nocul;ar
,bo.,o,,,r wh; :, :; :, ,,or,u,,o :, IL
e a.,
u wv oo"''''!. ''fl 'he same region /
) remarked tn Ok &c .: the circumva..c-
ions and icip.'A mt,.ils 80 numerous
lsewhar,. II. SCI .:.,ce of these works
', ~, N,r,,,y % g -, -, ~ th,;- .,,
!. 49,, 49,. A.. s
''''' ''''' u '''o'''' '''" .ih'' S'sh'n-
'ance could Ea'< t! !. together l1exph-
abb.
Geas,aly, =. s. f - ar, in groups.
h g, som tin ) l.. -t,,d alone they
. M 9 .,t anime. .,,rr :, he .,,,,,,,
-
ioi"N''! VIC ~ - - INC neureS are
a:i Il Ala dist ''"'' n to show that they
,era III. ant Ia lie Ia -, os of perhaps every
,ua.lr I'D then k"cv., in the coun,ry. Of
,r ,r;,b ,rts,,. !. , .y;,,.s Of fsh.s With