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Apr 14, 2010 14:27

'On! on! the infinite is before us!' you cry as you fl

thirty feet; lying north and south, the head southward. Others, a kind
of hybrids, half man half
beast or bird. Others, representing birds with outstretched wings, like the forked-tail hawk or swallow. Others, eagles without heads. Others, coiled snakes, or outstretched snakes. Others, elk or deer. Clusters of mounds star shaped,
seven in number, with the sun-shaped mound in the centre. Others, representing mathematical symbols. On the banks of the Black River, near the Ox Bow, are the remains of an elevated
road, about three feet high and seven
feet wide, extending for miles, intersected near the river by the great Indian war path. The settlers call it the Railroad, and it has all the appearance of a work of this nature, and is strongly and carefully
built--a fine remain of the old mound builders' time. Long lines of mounds, extending for scores

a nd probably hundreds of miles, nearly all of the same shape, v
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