Meaning of “MOUND BUILDERS”—Location of Mound Building tribes—All
Mounds not the work of men—Altar Mounds—Objects found on the
Altars—Altar Mounds possibly burial Mounds—Burial Mounds—Mounds
not the only Cemeteries of these tribes—Terraced Mounds—Cahokia
Mound—Historical notice of a group of Mounds—The Etowal
group—Signal Mounds—Effigy Mounds—How they represented different
animals—Explanation of the Effigy Mounds—Effigy Mounds in other
localities—Inclosures of the Scioto Valley—At Newark, Ohio—At
Marietta, Ohio—Graded Ways—Fortified Inclosures—Ft. Ancient,
Ohio—Inclosures of Northern Ohio—Works of unknown import—Ancient
Canals in Missouri—Implements and Weapons of Stone—Their
knowledge of Copper—Ancient mining—Ornamental pipes—Their
knowledge of pottery—Of Agriculture—Government and Religion—Hard
to distinguish them from the Indians.