Travels amongst American Indians - their ancient earthworks and temples - including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal (14760475456)

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Title: Travels amongst American Indians : their ancient earthworks and temples : including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal

Year: 1894 (1890s)

Authors: Brine, Lindesay, 1834-1906

Subjects: Indians -- Antiquities Guatemala -- Antiquities Mexico -- Antiquities North America -- Description and travel

Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston & Company

Contributing Library: Brown University Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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the descendants of the oncejDOwerful confederacy of the Iroquois, who had beenour faithful allies in our wars. Nearly three thousand Indians were gatheredtogether belonging to the tribes of the Senecas,Onondagas, Mohawks, Cayugas, Oneidas and Tus-caroras. Some of them had been converted, butmany still maintained their ancient faiths and per-formed their customary Pagan ceremonies. It was extraordinary to observe how unavailinghad been the influence of European civilisation inadvancing the intellectual capacities of the tribes.The French missionaries at Lorette, Oka, and St.Regis, many of whom were well acquainted with the LAKE SUPERIOR. 35 language of the converts put under their care, toldme that all their efforts were useless, and that the^abours of nearly three centuries were absolutelywithout any practical result. After having passed a few weeks in the vicinity ofthe lakes, for the purpose of seeing the condition ofvarious remnants of certain North American Indian Z^^^h.^j^^f-iir

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Plan of the Lake Superior Iron and Copper region. tribes placed upon reservations, I reached the shoresof the Georgian bay, and then proceeded to the portof Marquette in Michigan. My chief object in landing upon the southernshores of Lake Superior, was to visit the places Avhereancient Indian mining operations had been discovered,in order that I might be, in some degree conversant 36 BEAVER DAMS. with matters relating to the origin of the copperornaments that had been found in some of the burialmounds in Ohio. I also wished to make some excur-sions into the forests where, amongst the numerouslakes and rivers, the beavers were still constructingtlieir dams and building their lodges. I desired tosee something of beaver life and work before theadvance of civilisation had removed these forests andbeavers away for ever. I obtained convenient quarters in the mining villageof Ishpeming, placed in a clearing that had beenmade in the forest, on the summit of the hills tenmiles from the coast.

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