The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . lent lookout points cov-ering the whole of the country. Thegrove of trees at the back of the fortdescends to the Bow River. I questioned the Indians regardingits construction, and they said thatthose who made it used their handsand knives. They must have workedhard! Turning the soil with a plough we an Indian we dug out one of the pitsand found five feet from the top a fire-place and a quantity of buffalo bones. Arrangements are now being madeto examine the ground carefully, andit is likely that many int
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . lent lookout points cov-ering the whole of the country. Thegrove of trees at the back of the fortdescends to the Bow River. I questioned the Indians regardingits construction, and they said thatthose who made it used their handsand knives. They must have workedhard! Turning the soil with a plough we an Indian we dug out one of the pitsand found five feet from the top a fire-place and a quantity of buffalo bones. Arrangements are now being madeto examine the ground carefully, andit is likely that many interesting re-lics of a past age will be found. This valley of the Bow is of greathistorical significance. Here was theonly ford on the river in the neigh-bourhood, so that from time im-memorial it had been a great campingand burial ground of the various tribeswho succeeded to the ownership of thecountry. Along the river-bed theirlodges had stretched as far as the eyecould see. Besides this ancient fort there areother land-marks of great interest. Onthe prairie, high above the old river-. »•
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