Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . probably also used in securing food, were found in great num-bers, as well as a few less necessary arti-cles, such as stone pipes and pottery ves-sels. The handles to some of the vesselswere of exceedingly peculiar shapes. It is of unusual interest to notice thatthirty-five per cent, of the adult skele-tons, both male and female, showed theeffects of terrible bone diseases. But there is no warrant to reason fromthe known contents of the conical burialmounds, the commonest form of abori-ginal earth structures, to the unknown i
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . probably also used in securing food, were found in great num-bers, as well as a few less necessary arti-cles, such as stone pipes and pottery ves-sels. The handles to some of the vesselswere of exceedingly peculiar shapes. It is of unusual interest to notice thatthirty-five per cent, of the adult skele-tons, both male and female, showed theeffects of terrible bone diseases. But there is no warrant to reason fromthe known contents of the conical burialmounds, the commonest form of abori-ginal earth structures, to the unknown in-terior of the great pyramid called the Ca-hokia mound. No pyramidal monumentof any size approaching this has yet beenscientifically explored. Of them all theCahokia mound is the chief of thetype. Its contents, which could properly belaid bare only after weeks of patient ef-fort, by hundreds of laborers, workingunder skilled direction, may prove to beof farthest - reaching importance. Thefancy may run riot at the contempla-tion of such a store of scientific trea-.
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