About Indians And Mounds

Every Iridian tribe has a collective name, generally that of the animal or object which served as the token or idol. Among the Indians, as among most savage and barbarous peoples, all the ornament Is monopolized by men. When the Indian earthworks do not comprise a spring within their limits there is generally an artificial reservoir. Disease, misfortune, and death were generally, according to Indian theology, attributed to the influénce of evil spirits. The Indians of the gulf coast made a sort. of beer, while in Mexico the pulque, or fermented sap of the maguey, was used. Several Indian tribes, were named from the locality in which they resided, as the Delawares, Mountain, and River Indians. The average volume of the Indian arain, as shown from the measurements of nearly 1,000 skulls, is seventy-seven cubic inches. Indian mounds in the shape of men, of bears, alligators, "and serpents have been found in various parts of the United States. In the course of two or three generations the survivors of the Indian territory tribes will be among the richest people in the country. There is an Indian mound on the banks of Brush creek, Adams county, Ohio, which represents a serpent in the act of swallowing an egg.