Show ABORIO aborigines INES OF AMERICA the origin of the indiana indian la in one of the problems with which watch arch arp struggling with more or less IBM success A german anthropologist dr emil schmidt has bai recently made an attempt to lo put together some ome of we the fragmentary facts known concerning the ancient inhabitants of the mississippi valley and atlantic coast of the united stater beginning with the mound builders bu ilden he gives his hie reasons for believing them to be the anong of the now existing indian tribes and specifying further farther be thinks the cherokees descended from the mound builders of the ohio valley ley the original seat of the huron he be traces to the region north of the great lakes and that of the algonquin family somewhere to the north of Hudson hudsons Hud sons bay abay where the crees are now found speaking a pure and ancient dialect these two tribes he be thinks moved slowly southward driving the mound builders from the ohio hlo and penetrating into virginia there they met the dakotas and a fierce war resulted la in which the latter were almost entirely destroyed the gulf states were peopled by the mus mue koL kolbein bean tribes coming from the mouth of special interest is IB the much debated question whether lo ID this thia country there w wag a a a br pa a or rough stone atone age dr schmidt boh mid t from the evidence at hand takes a negative view OB 08 this subject leaving room for the inference that the appearance of the ancestors of t ane we indiana bi this continent la Is of comparatively ively recent date toe the jook book of mormon as aa la Is well known accounts account ina in a very satisfactory manner for the orbein of we the ancient inhabitants of the western world tue tn source ot of the different civilizations tram trace of which are found here bore and t 0 decline of filose civilizations the history of toe aborigines I 1 ia outlined in its ita main features fea turea with great accuracy to scientists the indiana have been and are still a great puzzle bat am aa foots gradually are gathered and put to together gother logical reasoning leads leada to the conc conclusions lusious a anticipated in the venerable record just juat mentioned the book of mormon will come out of the t be crucial test teat of science recognized as aa precious preci oua among the historical gems of the world not many years ago it was customary among infidels to attack the old testament of the bible on scientific grounder history arabs and geology were brought to bear against it but aa investigation proceeded in every direction the fact became apparent that the ancient records were practically unassailable on that groundland ground and und in some instances it has boa been found that the discredited statements of the bible when correctly understood suggested the true solution of apparent discrepancies of ancient writers of pro lane fane history the same result will ob tain with regard to the book of mormon when investigation has baa brought to light the facts about the inhabitants of this continent the sacred record will be accorded the place which it rightly claims the equal in importance to the abo inspired books of the eastern world |