. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. Birds-eye View of Ancient Village Site of the Mound Builders, Lebanon, Tennessee. A—Ditch enclosing —Inner —Outer —Entrance to village. E—Great mound. Probable site of council house or important —Burial mound, with stone graves. The circular earthworks not designated by letters are probably thesites of dwellings. some shell beads, pearls and pretty little polishedstones, a small earthen pot, a duck-shaped dish, and awater jar, like a bear, with a smoke-stack on his back. 42 INDIANS AND PIONEE
. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. Birds-eye View of Ancient Village Site of the Mound Builders, Lebanon, Tennessee. A—Ditch enclosing —Inner —Outer —Entrance to village. E—Great mound. Probable site of council house or important —Burial mound, with stone graves. The circular earthworks not designated by letters are probably thesites of dwellings. some shell beads, pearls and pretty little polishedstones, a small earthen pot, a duck-shaped dish, and awater jar, like a bear, with a smoke-stack on his back. 42 INDIANS AND Bird-shaped Bowl (Tennessee). The little girl was fond of these dishes, probably, and her mother filled them with food and water to be buried with her. The mother may have be-lieved that the little girlneeded something to eatand drink, on her longjourney to her newhome ; or she niay havebelieved that bad spiritswould eat the food and leave the little girl in peace. She lived in a settlement of people who had round huts, clustered together within a high bank, which protected them from beasts and made it harder for enemies to e^et into their villao-e. In the centre of this town was a sort of mound where they had an altar and worshiped their heathen gods. Then there was a large mound used for a burying-ground for grown people. They
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