, 1883-11-15
UESTERN PR.fJRES.
4 Thcory as to HoT They Were t0rhiicd
by Nature FOR H,c Use of Han.

distribution OF soil anu 'LIo ieiii''iLl,-i9 ~
evidences as % us u'' 'i,,l 'iiiIl'''
rich SOIL lre'al4' over AZ II q '.-'>'
land tracts AN iui, '-i' ''i'
prairie mounds and ridges "iS S'''.'''
What does II siSNhF 'o-''i-''. 1T -
pr"lrIe IaAu mas nee" ''i
water, staSnaAt fof lAe Ef'''-'.
OF the Year, ana vast "'e'A u u
petualy so. Inc gro" u" Va '
anu small Trees ia. on, ''. u l''I -,
aIoHS Il'S'S' Az ~.
areas have beeh hl''''e ''nL,-''' ~
the memory "i "''''''
WAereon ChIe"S' 10" S'',i''
largely u'ieI ""'e, :,
bOiIt MS i''' '-' '',' ...,
1H"ee''' ''' iii'''' VI '''''''z
but recent anu '''''
meadows are sun ~ '>''''.'''
tAc "''9hl''- ''i 'i.'' i'''-.
''' i''. INV ''''
'L'I our "r-''" l''''' ~,
ui!'loi " great II ''-'- - '''''
Is Il" ''i'''iLCI ~ ''''',. '',, w., A.
tHe case l mean S'.''i''F
pfairle' were l'' ''S'' " '''7'
OF wet meadows VIII ""''i "' .
d'p'IiS' All o'', '''''''
sun ma an ""uLt''''ii'' VI
where tie Slo'h % ''''' '''i 'i''' :, -
poor uflilN III '.,e N''l''-.'
ol Z" Sn"ilo" wen sum -
Oy S''iil'ii5 ",i'' - ', :;
HrIl-'>Hi9 Tue ''t' '',''
1ieS@ Sl""Si'S' III i''''''''''le'
win tile great swamp .'''.''7 ~
the States ave f''''''i' my ii''''''''i'', ~
the ""'erlliieiI'' anu i"iS '''','' ''.l'' y,
wei il'"''o"H' az =. i'N'''
o0o'ooo 81 'i' iii'i''' u '''' - '''l-
once LII P"'oi
li"'i iiie''ii'5 u '''' -A'''' - ,''
.ioii ''i VIC nav ON, me-.
nave Sio" Il 'ii'' ','' VI - Ms '.'' iva '''
u "iil.o l''i'e "'i' "',' '"..''6
Noiuiio"' 'ti'''''i," any ''
'o"' L''' iie "''.ii ''''c ~ '''''' "''
no" prosperous - al IL .'''-''''I' - ''-'
''i' ,',l'l'' i'' "0'''>' l''''N
,'ii' '''''I - 4''o''-',, W
u "''''' NOM
AS"iii' ii' "o",'' 4''', = '",''i' 60 ''''>'
'ii''N'' ~, i'."l .,.',, VIVA,
PiC'''''''' uii'''''' nun ''-'' i''--
eA'S'' Ho iN' "io l''i -I1D' nv, .
Iuiilolo"' an" S''''''' -
-hlS'i''il'l'' wa" " '''' 'io"i''6 linz WIN
si"i'''' N"''p'i'6 '"i t''iS ''t,,' t'H
pol'oHl laiiuS "leie no" are li'' 'ii"i'''7'
i-"hc -iici'i6"I le'' II Will i'' pune
waters anu ho "ieo.5o was iel l''iie" lor
c''iuiiieV il'ei' anu 1e'ee' '0'i'' iio'
nave peeh projected.
III tlle tliiie Vi Noluiiiou9-'iiu no
ono hlo"s io" long pc4ore HIS tiille-
our prlirle larliiS were prairie SEAS
manly OF Shaiio"' though not ehtifeiE
staShaht water Dom" one Will ask
why We 90 not theh ma great Iuahtl-
ties OF shellS OF lfeSh-Watef moliusks.
Ihey were the prey OF The lnnumerable
aquatic birdS, OF the literal sWarmS Of
ducks, geese Srebes, coots, rails and
the like. Even as write We are pass
ing many square miles of wet meadows
on the Burlington road. Many Of these
wild birds are nesting about me, and L
see them now, feeding on mollusks-
They tell the story why We find no
shells.
Ihe origin OF the rlch black soil IS
Obviously due to the sedImentary de
posts OF the stIl water. Foliage
and trees could ind no root IL the
Watery wastes, and consequently, IN
stead OF great forests being swept away
by prairie fires, there were no forests
to burn. The momd-huilder con
formed to his environments and built
his mounds to escape floods and nos
cyclones, as Prof. SWING holds, To- cv-
clones are modern institution, exist
ent only since the growth Of trees nd
forests. L am further convinced IN 4
the red man had no habitation ON ON
prairie land when Col-N'us came over
and that the antelope has never -.
plenhfuliy indigenous east OF the MiA-
souri, river.
take 1t that the shape OF the surface
aynosura of Orairjes IL sOn,awhaE JyrN
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