A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . COPPER IMPLEMENTS RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN WISCONSIN. [From the Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society.] No. 5. — A Chisel, apparently cast, the rough-ness showing sand-mould and white spots ofmelted silver. No. 6. — An Awl. No. 7. — A Spear-head, 11 inches in length,with socket for handle. No. 8. — An Adze. No. 1.—An Adze, with wings for
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . COPPER IMPLEMENTS RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN WISCONSIN. [From the Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society.] No. 5. — A Chisel, apparently cast, the rough-ness showing sand-mould and white spots ofmelted silver. No. 6. — An Awl. No. 7. — A Spear-head, 11 inches in length,with socket for handle. No. 8. — An Adze. No. 1.—An Adze, with wings for fit-ting. No. 2.—An Arrow-head, with wings forfitting to arrow. No. 3. —An Arrow-head, with wings forfitting to arrow. No. 4. — A Knife, with socket for POTTERY AND SUPPOSED IDOLS RECENTLY FOUND WITH HUMAN REMAINS IN BURIAL MOUNDS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI- OBJECT OF THE MOUND BUILDERS. 31 that rough childhood of the race; and while it touches the Age ofMetal, it is almost as far behind, and suggests the semi-civilizationof other pre-historic races who left in India, in Egypt, and the centreof the Western Continent, magnificent architectural ruins and relicsof the sculptors art, which, though barbaric, were nevertheless full ofpower peculiar to those parallel regions of the globe. It is hardly conceivable that these imposing earthworks were meantfor mere out-door occupation. A people capable of erecting fortifica-tions which could not be much improved upon by modern militaryscience, as to position, and, considering the material used, the methodof construction ; and who could combine for religious observances en-closures in groups of elaborate design, extending for more than twentymiles, would probably crown such works with structures in h
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