. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. to thenew settlers. They were somewhat like littlehills; but they were perfect in shape, smoothand regular. You know real hills are seldomlike that. Some of these mounds were built in the shapeof animals. One was like an elephant, and an- |B8asBsssa5^ £hnet w?hekLauSneds 1 2 ?? t| were made so long : ^ u I I ago that great trees ^ M|| llli have had time to grow upon them. ELEPHANT MOUND. * The Indians wholived there could not tell who built the have never found out surely who madethem. We know only that these mounds were madeby men far
. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. to thenew settlers. They were somewhat like littlehills; but they were perfect in shape, smoothand regular. You know real hills are seldomlike that. Some of these mounds were built in the shapeof animals. One was like an elephant, and an- |B8asBsssa5^ £hnet w?hekLauSneds 1 2 ?? t| were made so long : ^ u I I ago that great trees ^ M|| llli have had time to grow upon them. ELEPHANT MOUND. * The Indians wholived there could not tell who built the have never found out surely who madethem. We know only that these mounds were madeby men far back in the past, so it will hardlydo to call this a new country. Indeed, it mustbe a very old country, though it was new to thepeople who came here a little over a hundredyears ago. The new settlers wished to preserve these old Down the Ohio. 57 mounds. They built a fort upon one of them,thinking they could not find a better place. Theytook such good care that the mounds should notbe destroyed that very many of them are stillto be MOUNDS NEAR MARIETTA. III. THE NEW HOME. The fort which the settlers built was white-washed and looked very fine as the sun shoneon it. They dug a well inside the fort, thenbegan to clear the land and plant corn. They laid out a little town, which was calledMarietta. Then they made laws for their town,which were written out and nailed to a tree whereeverybody might learn them. All the peopleseemed glad to obey them. 5« Stories of Pioneer Life. Before long a preacher came to live amongthese pioneers. He preached to them on Sun-days, and taught the children during the had their school and their church in oneof the blockhouses. At first they were very happy in their newhome. The soldiers at the fort said they hadnever seen such happy people.
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