. Annals of Iowa. eting decades come many changes. Game ani-mals and birds are slowly but surely going the way of all theearth. Timber lands are being depleted and only recentlyhave steps been taken to replenish them. Congressman Lacey,was one of the first to lift up his voice in Congress and askfor a stay of the hand of the destroyer, and that a portionof the wooded lands, lakes and streams be set apart for thepreservation of the game and fur-bearing animals, birds andreptiles. Let a stream be reserved where the beaver can build damsand cut food woods to his hearts content; Avhere the buffalo
. Annals of Iowa. eting decades come many changes. Game ani-mals and birds are slowly but surely going the way of all theearth. Timber lands are being depleted and only recentlyhave steps been taken to replenish them. Congressman Lacey,was one of the first to lift up his voice in Congress and askfor a stay of the hand of the destroyer, and that a portionof the wooded lands, lakes and streams be set apart for thepreservation of the game and fur-bearing animals, birds andreptiles. Let a stream be reserved where the beaver can build damsand cut food woods to his hearts content; Avhere the buffalomay range, where the deer, the antelope, and the elk mayherd, and where every animal known in former generationsmay find a safe refuge from the murderous hand of man. Tocarry a war of extermination on the four-footed and wingedinhabitants of the earth is a crime, the effects of which willbe felt in all coming generations; for surely, this blood wan-tonly shed, will be required at the hands of the people ANNALS OF IOWA. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT SYSTEIM IN MOUND EXPLORATION. Prom tlio ntlveiit of the white man into Iowa, the works ofprehistorie peoples have elicited interest. They have formeda part of the Avritten and printed comment on the country,and furnished a field for the exercise of healthy curiosity, aswell as stimulated a desire for knowledge on this every one of the ninety-nine counties has its publishedhistory and practically all of these contain accounts of localworks of the Mound Builders. In different parts of the Stateand at various times in the course of our development, someserious effort has been made at thoroughly exploring moundsand carefully recording, preserving and reporting their dis-closures. Much has thereby been added to our knowledge ofthese Avorks, and many objects relating to these ancient peo-ples have thus been put Avithin our reach for study. Manymounds worthy of consideration and of ample authenticity aswork of the ancients
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