Young folks' history of the United States . GRADED WAY IN OHIO. Oontentaof There have been found in these mounds many tools mounda. ^^^ ornaments, made of copper, silver, and valuable stones. There are axes, chisels, knives, bracelets, and beads; there are pieces of thread and of cloth; and THE MOUND-BUILDERS. gracefully ornamented vases of pottery. The Mound-Builders knew how to model in clay a variety of objects,such as birds, quadrupeds,and human faces. Theypractised farming, thoughthey had no domestic ani-. VASES FROM THE MOUNDS. mals to help them. They had neither horses nor oxennor carts
Young folks' history of the United States . GRADED WAY IN OHIO. Oontentaof There have been found in these mounds many tools mounda. ^^^ ornaments, made of copper, silver, and valuable stones. There are axes, chisels, knives, bracelets, and beads; there are pieces of thread and of cloth; and THE MOUND-BUILDERS. gracefully ornamented vases of pottery. The Mound-Builders knew how to model in clay a variety of objects,such as birds, quadrupeds,and human faces. Theypractised farming, thoughthey had no domestic ani-. VASES FROM THE MOUNDS. mals to help them. They had neither horses nor oxennor carts ; so that all the vast amount of earth requiredfor these mounds must have been carried in basketsor skins; and this shows that their population .<#r\\XN Popuiatioa must have been very nu-merous, or they nevercould have attempted somuch. They mined forcopper near Lake Supe-rior, where their desertedmines may still be one of these minesthere is a mass of copper weighing nearly six tons, partly raised from the bottom, copperand supported on wooden logs, now nearly decayed. °*^-
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