Biographical and historical record of Putnam County, Indiana .. . ncultivated child ofthe forests of nature and the primitive wilds,being readily and naturally imitative, he hasreceived from the white man a knowledge ofagriculture that enables him to till the soilin a very creditable manner. From the first trouble with the settlements at Plymouth and Jamestown to those of alater period springing up at other points,both east and west, the tribes seemed everimbued with the belief that the white manwould, eventually, overrun their huntinggrounds and drive the red man far truly though
Biographical and historical record of Putnam County, Indiana .. . ncultivated child ofthe forests of nature and the primitive wilds,being readily and naturally imitative, he hasreceived from the white man a knowledge ofagriculture that enables him to till the soilin a very creditable manner. From the first trouble with the settlements at Plymouth and Jamestown to those of alater period springing up at other points,both east and west, the tribes seemed everimbued with the belief that the white manwould, eventually, overrun their huntinggrounds and drive the red man far truly thought and said the Indian isnow most clearly seen. Such is the force ofcivilization; such the destiny of the unad-vancing, unprogressive, uncivilized of theearth, even to the lowest kingdoms of animallife. Their births are less frequent than theirdeaths, and so, as a race, they are witheringfrom the land. Soon they will live only inthe songs of their exterminators. Let us befaithful to their rude virtues as men, and paydue tribute to their unhappy fate as a 208 HISTORY OF PUTNAM COUNTY if Early and Civil History
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