Native Villages And Village Sites East Of The Mississippi

Author : David I. Bushnell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331673449
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Native Villages and Village Sites, East of the Mississippi (Classic Reprint) written by David I. Bushnell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Native Villages and Village Sites, East of the Mississippi Considering the present condition of Eastern United States, with its great population and wealth, its many cities and industrial centers, wide fields and orchards, all connected by a network of many thousands of mil-es of'railways, it is difficult to visualize the same region as it was a Short time ago - a vast wilderness covered by virgin forests, with Scattered camps and villages of native tribes standing near the water courses, crossed by narrow trails which often led for long distances over mountain, plain, and valley. Such was the nature of the country traversed by the Spaniards during the years 1539 and 1540, colonized by the English in 1607 and 1620, and explored by the French in 1673. But now all is changed. Many tribes have become extinct and few remain; their towns have dis appeared, though often it is possible to identify the sites where once they stood. Fortunately the early explorers and others left records of their journeys, and described the villages reached in their travels through the wilderness. Now many such references to the widely scattered towns have been brought together, and the attempt has been made to present them in such a manner as will reveal the country as it was before the encroachment of European settlements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.