. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . Coming in the t\\ili^,ht to a re:;ion where i; mounJs reared their -whale backed heiohtb nearest Cherokee village. They wore the typical American slouch hats, buthad wound ribbons around and fastened feathers in them; their gayly-coloredjackets were cut in fantastic fashion, and at their sides they carried formidablerevolvers, which they
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . Coming in the t\\ili^,ht to a re:;ion where i; mounJs reared their -whale backed heiohtb nearest Cherokee village. They wore the typical American slouch hats, buthad wound ribbons around and fastened feathers in them; their gayly-coloredjackets were cut in fantastic fashion, and at their sides they carried formidablerevolvers, which they are, however, slower to use than is the native American. They stared curiously at our party, seated in luxurious chairs on the ampleplatform of the rear car, and, after having satisfied their curiosity, they mountedtheir horses and galloped away. So we rattled on, coming in the twilight to aregion where great mounds reared their whale-backed heights on either the summit of one of them stands a monument of hewn stone, doubtlessto some deity who went his ways long before Columbus uncovered America toEuropean eyes. These mounds seem constructed according to some generalplan, and are of immense extent. We went on in the deepening twilight u
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