But the claim has been made already on other grounds. This being the
case, we think that this adds something to the testimony, and we ask,
_Have we here an ethnic survival?_
At the close of the paper Dr. Starr exhibited a number of fine
specimens of Indian handiwork, including woven work, bags, belts, etc.
Dr. Newberry explained that these mounds were not sepulchral, like
many others in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Geologically
speaking, man is very recent. The early inhabitants of America may
have originally come from the East, but, if so, they were cut off from
that part of the world at a very early date. The development of the
tribes in America was complete and far-reaching. Copper and lead mines
were worked, the forests removed, and large tracts given over to the
cultivation of corn, grain, etc. This was the mound age, and the
constructions were certainly abandoned over one thousand years since.
The Pueblo Indians now existing in Arizona and New Mexico took their
origin from Central America, and spread as far north as Salt Lake,
Utah, and south as far as Chili. Their structures were permanent stone
buildings, many of which still exist in a good state of preservation.
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