. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. about these mounds it has been supposed thatthey were built by a people that lived here before the people were spoken of as the Mound Builders, but of courseno one knows what their real name may have been. And it hasbeen supposed that they came over from Asia in very, very earlytimes, and that after they had lived in this country many years, thewild race from which the Indians came, followed them. The wildpeople took possession of the country, and drove the Mound Buildersaway, and these went southward, and it is tho
. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. about these mounds it has been supposed thatthey were built by a people that lived here before the people were spoken of as the Mound Builders, but of courseno one knows what their real name may have been. And it hasbeen supposed that they came over from Asia in very, very earlytimes, and that after they had lived in this country many years, thewild race from which the Indians came, followed them. The wildpeople took possession of the country, and drove the Mound Buildersaway, and these went southward, and it is thought to have beentheir descendants that the white men found in the Natchez tribe, theToltecs of Mexico, and the Peruvians. But all these people lived sovery long ago that no one really knows anything about them. Andto understand how it is impossible for us to know any thing surelyabout this people you must remember that none of them had anywritten language. Their only method of writing was by pictures,and even of this imperfect record very little now THE SPANISH CAVALIERS. 1499—1512. HE SPANISH people were very proud of the fact that aSpanish ship was the first European vessel to visit the newworld, though they were too selfish to give credit to thebrave Columbus, who had guided their vessel they were eager to push forward their discoveries inthe new country, especially as they believed that gold andprecious stones were to be found there, and that theycould enrich themselves by stealing the inhabitants and selling themfor slaves, and in many other ways. •It is sad to think that Columbus, whose patience and courageopened the way to the new world, should himself die in poverty andneed, while other men were reaping wealth through his is sad to think that the people of Europe were so indifferent to thefame that he had fairly earned, that they did not even call the landby his name. But it is most sad to remember that Columbus neverknew the true
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