History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Indian Stone Images. ^From Thrustons Antiquities. 22 History of Tennessee. ages, they did not worship idols, nor build temples, and they erectedno human monument as an emblem of their faith. ^ On the otherhand, the moundbuilders erected mounds and graves of permanentstructure, containing relics which, taken in connection with vaguelegends, indicate a somewhat superior race, which used emblems ofreligion and had acquired a certain degree of skill in evidences incline recent ethnologists to believe that the Natchezwere a bran
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Indian Stone Images. ^From Thrustons Antiquities. 22 History of Tennessee. ages, they did not worship idols, nor build temples, and they erectedno human monument as an emblem of their faith. ^ On the otherhand, the moundbuilders erected mounds and graves of permanentstructure, containing relics which, taken in connection with vaguelegends, indicate a somewhat superior race, which used emblems ofreligion and had acquired a certain degree of skill in evidences incline recent ethnologists to believe that the Natchezwere a branch of the mound-building race. THE IROQUOIS, OR FIVE NATIONS.^ 6. A Model of Government.—The Iroquois race lived around theGreat Lakes, and its tribes were united in a confederation, known asthe Five Nations, This confederation consisted of the Mohawks, theSenecas, the Cayugas, the Onondagas, and the Oneidas. At a laterperiod the Tuscaroras were admitted, and the confederation becameknown as the Six Nations. They were the best governed and themost p
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