Traditions of de-Coo-Dah: And Antiquarian Researches: Comprising Extensive Explorations, Surveys, and Excavations of the Wonderful and Mysterious Earthen Remains of the Mound-Builders in America; The Traditions of the Last Prophet of the Elk Nation Relati
Traditions of de-Coo-Dah: And Antiquarian Researches: Comprising Extensive Explorations, Surveys, and Excavations of the Wonderful and Mysterious Earthen Remains of the Mound-Builders in America; The Traditions of the Last Prophet of the Elk Nation Relati
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...leggings, moccasins, trinkets, &c., and he then departed, in company with some Menominee friends, by way of a ridge of high land, which runs from the Wisconsin to the vicinity of the lake. This ridge abounds with lineal and other monuments. J proceeded to the head waters of Rock river, having been previously informed ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...leggings, moccasins, trinkets, &c., and he then departed, in company with some Menominee friends, by way of a ridge of high land, which runs from the Wisconsin to the vicinity of the lake. This ridge abounds with lineal and other monuments. J proceeded to the head waters of Rock river, having been previously informed by De-coo-dah, that its banks abounded with monuments. Obtaining a small boat, or skiff, I descended that river through a fertile and populous country. I discovered many mounds and groups of mounds, some of which were much defaced by recent cultivation, but others remain entire, and are noticed in their order in this Work. After I entered the Mississippi, I traced the western shore of that river, occasionally ascending its western tributaries from ten to forty miles, into the interior of Iowa, and discovered many monuments, differing much'in construction and form from those I had previously found on the eastern shore. CHAPTER XIX. GENERAL DISPERSION OF THE ELK NATION. DE-COO-DAII, after giving me many draughts and descriptions of various groups of ancient monuments, being informed that I designed visiting my friends in the spring, no longer exhibited the hilarity that he had occasionally indulged in. He seemed to give up all hope of seeing me again, nor could I prevail with him to accompany me. He was wholly absorbed in meditation for several days, saying little on any subject. At length he remarked, one evening, that he had been endeavoring to refresh his memory respecting the first and second dispersion of the Elk nation, believing that it would be interesting to me. " The first dispersion, ' said he, " I can not satisfactorily recall the traditions of, but the second being a topic of common conversation with my grandfathers, and...
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