The Prehistoric World: or, Vanished Races, page 379 by E.A. Allen
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4. (32) Bartlett's "Personal Narrative." (33) Carr's "Mounds of the Mississippi Valley." (34) Morgan's "House and House Life," p. 218. (35) Fifth Annual Report, p. 84. (36) "Contributions to N. A. Ethnology," Vol. IV., p. 192. (37) Bandelier's "Fifth Annual Report Arch. Inst.," p. 76. (38) U.S. Survey West of 100th Meridian, Vol. VII., p. 381.
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The Prehistoric World: or, Vanished Races by E. A. Allen
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Chapter XII
THE PREHISTORIC AMERICANS.<1>
Different views on this subject--Modern system of government-- Ancient system of government--Tribal government universal in North America--The Indians not wandering Nomads--Indian houses communal in character--Indian methods of defense--Mandan villages--Indians sometimes erected mounds--Probable government of the Mound Builders--Traditions of the Mound Builders among the Iroquois--Among the Delawares--Probable fate of the Mound Builders--The Natchez Indians possibly a remnant of the Mound Builders--Their early traditions--Lines of resemblance between the Pueblo tribe and the Mound Builders--The origin of the Indians--America inhabited by Indians from a very early time-- Classification of the Indian tribes--Antiquity of the Mound Builders' works.
The attempts to explain the origin of the numerous tribes found in possession of America at the time of its discovery by Europeans have been many and various. There are so many difficulties attending the solution of this problem that even at this day no theory has received that full assent from the scientific world deemed necessary for its establishment as an ascertained fact. New interest has been thrown around this question by the discoveries of late years. In our south-western territories we have clearly established the former wide extension of the village Indians, remnants of which are still to be found in the inhabited pueblo