Excerpt from Prehistoric America, Vol. 2 As to the points which the author has sought to bring out by his explorations and descriptions the following is a summary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Prehistoric America, Vol. 2 This book is the result of personal explorations which have con tinned at intervals for several years. The explorations have been mainly in the state of Wisconsin but have extended into Iowa and parts of Ohio. The effort of the author, however, has been to give information about all effigy mounds. He has therefore drawn from descriptions of mounds which have been explored by other parties. These are situated in Dakota, eastern Iowa, Georgia, Florida, as well as in Ohio and Wisconsin. Where the account is taken from other books full credit has been given. The engravings in the book have been mainly prepared from drawings made by the author, and these from the notes of surveys reduced to a scale of inches. A number of them however, have been taken from the works previously published, such as "Ancient Monuments," or "Smithsonian Contributions, Vol. I," Lapham's "Antiquities of Wisconsin," "Smithsonian Reports," "Annual Reports of the Ethnological Bureau," "American Naturalist," "Wisconsin Historical Collections" and "Proceedings of Wisconsin Academy of Science and Art." The engravings are generally silhouettes. They do not represent the mounds in relief, but nevertheless give a good idea of their shapes. Silhouettes are better than outline drawings for they represent the shape of the animals and suggest the ideas of relief. Both of these, however, are imperfect for they do not illustrate the beautiful earth moulding which was so close an imitation of the actual living creature. If the mounds could be given in section the relief would be better understood but in the majority of cases the mounds arc so worn down that the section would not really represent the effigy as it was when it was finished and therefore this has not been undertaken. Photographs of the mounds would probably have been more accurate than plotting and drawing to a scale, but photographs would represent the within condition and would have proved unsatisfactory. The drawings are generally on a scale of 100 ft. to an inch. Where groups were to be described the scale was reduced to 200 ft. to an inch. Where maps of several groups are given it is reduced to 400 ft. The topography has, in a few cases, been represented in the engravings. The descriptions of the mounds have been written with care after they had been visited several times. It was the experience of the author that a single visit was not sufficient, for each successive visit would be sure to bring out some new point, either new mounds were discovered or new relations of the mounds to the topography were recognized, or new ideas were gained as to the use of the mounds or new significance seen in their shapes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Prehistoric North America, Vol. 19 Adhering to this plan, the learned authors follow the course of population from district to district over all North America: on the Pacific coast; over the vast area eastward from that coast to the Mississippi valley and the Gulf of Mexico; and over the Atlantic section. They follow the line of that migration in all its multifarious movements, showing its directions and the aspects of its culture from age to age. They place the evidence before the reader, and the conflicting testimony as well, thus enabling him to weigh that testimony and to interpret for himself the status of society which produced it. The narrative includes the whole story of ancient Indian culture: its art, its industry, its ethics, and its religion. Thus, the reader is put in possession of a standard by which to measure and to judge of the culture of primitive peoples in other continents and at other times. The volume thus becomes a contribution to the general history of man, - a chapter in the history of the evolution of the race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Discovery of America, Vol. 2 of 2: With Some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest; Part Two And Orellana' s descent of the Amazon 414, 415 Gonzalo' s return to Quito 416 The Marquis Pizarro and the men of Chili 416, 417 Assassination of Pizarro 417 The bloody plains of Chupas 418. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Discovery of America, Vol. 2 of 2: With Some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest; Part One Herrera's charge gave rise to the popular notion that Americus contrived to supplant his friend Colum bus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Discovery of America, Vol. 2 of 2: With Some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest And Orellana' s descent of the Amazon 414, 415 Gonzalo' 8 return to Quito 416 The Marquis Pizarro and the men of Chili 416, 417 Assassination of Pizarro 417 The bloody plains of Chupas 418 The New Laws, and the rebellion of Gonzalo Pizarro 418 Pedro de la Gasca 419 Defeat and execution of Gonzalo Pizarro 420 Arrival of Mendoza 421. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is a work vast in scale, soaring in its scholarly ambition, and magnificent . . . in its achievement. The author's command of the primary sources is staggering in breadth and depth, deftly orchestrated and rich with insight. . . . Deploying an avalanche of evidence. . . Rahe shows how alien the modern project, in all its diverse versions, was to the classics as well as the Bible.--Thomas L. Pangle, Political Theory

This volume, with more than twenty-four noted contributors, offers possible evidence of ancient immigrants, lost technologies, and places of power in ancient America long before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. While digging out basements near Los Angeles, homeowners unearth a 3,000-year-old Phoenician altar. A treasure-hunter in Ohio finds more than he expected when his metal detector locates an eastern Mediterranean pendant from 1000 BCE. Two caches of coins minted in Imperial Rome surface along the Ohio River. These are just a few of the examples that illustrate theories that there were foreign influences shaping the prehistory of the Americas.

Excerpt from The History of America, Vol. 2 of 2 Committed these crimes. And to rescue the Mcmeans from oppression. He soon perceived that the same un favorable representations of his character and actions had been conveyed to Montezuma, and that Narvaez had found means to assure him, that as the conduct of those who kept him under restraint was highly displeas ing to the king his master, he had it in charg 0'e not only to rescue an injured monarch from confinement, but to reinstate him in the possession of his ancient power and independence. Animated with this prospect of being set free from subjection to strangers, the Mexicans 1n se veral provinces began openly' to revolt from Cortes, and to regard Narvaez as a deliverer no less able than wil ling tol save them. Montezuma himself kept up a se cret intercourse with the new commander, and seemed to court him as a person superior in power and di guity to those Spaniards whom he had hitherto revered as the first of menfii $111. Such were the various. Aspects of danger and difficulty which presented themselves to the view of gop tes. No situation can be conceived more trying to the capacity and general, or where the choice be adopted was more diflicult} approach of Narvaez in Mexico; destruction seemed to be unavoidable for while the Spaniards pressed him from without, the inhabitants, whose turbulent spirit he could hardly restrain with all his authority and attention, would eagerly lay hold on such a favourable opportunity of avenging all their wrongs. If he should abandon the capital, set the cap tive monarch at liberty, and march out to meet the cne my, he must at once forego the fruits of all his toils victories, and relinquish advantages which recover'ed without extraordinary efforts and gcr. If, instead of employing force, he sh course to conciliating measm es, and attempt an aecom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.