Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ur of a number of mounds, the earth beingreplaced after examining the original writer in describing the region says of In-dian Mound, two miles south of Oregon, thatit is famous as being the place on the summitof which the Indians sharpened their spears,carving in so doing rough allegorical images ofhuman figures, animals, etc. A prominent chiefand friend of Black Hawk was also Interred, bythe latters direction, on its summit, placed ina sitting position and covered with twigs androcks. The elements and relic hunters have de-stroyed all traces o
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ur of a number of mounds, the earth beingreplaced after examining the original writer in describing the region says of In-dian Mound, two miles south of Oregon, thatit is famous as being the place on the summitof which the Indians sharpened their spears,carving in so doing rough allegorical images ofhuman figures, animals, etc. A prominent chiefand friend of Black Hawk was also Interred, bythe latters direction, on its summit, placed ina sitting position and covered with twigs androcks. The elements and relic hunters have de-stroyed all traces of both carving and chieftain ;but there are many old settlers still living inOregon (1880) who remember both perfectlywell. While at Oregon, Margaret Fuller re-corded her observation of some of these says, A little way down the river Is thesite of an ancient Indian village, with its arranged mounds. As usual, they hadchosen with the finest taste. . They mayblacken Indian life as thev will, talk of its b;lias bakkr HISTOKY OF OGLE COUXTY. 637 its brutality ; I will ever believe that the menwho chose that dwelling-place were able to feelemotions of noble happiness as they returned toit, and so were the women who received were the children sad or dull, who livedBo familiarly with the deer and the birds, andswam that clear wave in the shadow of theSeven Sisters. Margaret further says of these tribes of peo-ple found dwelling in this country at the comingof the white man: The Indian is steady to that simple creedwhich forms the basis of his mythology; thatthere is a God and a life beyond this; a rightand wrong which each man can see, betwixtwhich each man should choose; that good bringswitU it its reward, and vice its moral code, if not so refined as that ofcivilized nations, is clear and noble in the stresslaid upon truth and fidelity. And all unpreju-diced observers bear testimony that the Indians,until broken from their ol
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