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Show ANOTHER KViniilNilK Mr. John Walters Chitdebert in his "Golden Treasure'' in writing about the Norm American Indians says: There is evidence not only of a traditionary kind, but also monumental, monu-mental, to show that before the advent ad-vent of the red man the country ,had been inhabited by a race far rnnre civilized than they. They had worked the gold mines in the region of Take Superior, and through the Mississippi valley, especially ia Ohio; have left .traces of fortifications fortifica-tions and inclosures some of which are of such a size as to show that they reipiired a powerful detachment to occupy them. Some of t'ne mounds ae in the form of animals, such as alligators, serpants etc., and, perhaps were connected with religious rite.;. The fate of the mysterious people will undoubtedly forever remain a secret. |