ORIGIN OF THD



least
deep
the b
feet.
tranc
those
ravin
The
and t
some
subst
boneL



a second growth. T
and wide, and in ot



he trenches were in some cases



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reastworks varied in



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rs sha



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altitude



ow and narrow



from



three



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They sometimes had one, and sometimes
es, as was to be inferred from there being no
places. When the works were protected b'
te, or a large stream of water, no ditch was to
areas of these forts varied from two to si:
he form was generally an irregular ellipsis;
of them fraarments of earthenware and pu
tances, supposed to have been originally
s were to be found.



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and



to eialit
two en1
ditch at
y a deep
be seen.
x acres;
: and in



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ver zed
human



"- These fortifications,
r country, have been
ig the skiLl, patience.
.d various hypotheses
em of European origi
" An American writei



nounced si
fluence of
inmr forty a
Ferdinand
in Florida
tance into
large fort P(
extremely
vicinity, l
ly, as hie s(
being in h
them from
the depred
  "c When
other threE
tucky, ano
posed thal
Welch (Co]
ausnices of



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that



arne
the
'lid I
I de
in
the
or th
puzi
e at
uid,
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thus diffused over the interior of
oenej ally considered as surpas-
and industry of the I ndi;an race ;
have been advanced to prove
in.
r of no inconsiderable repuite pro-



years ago, that t
Muskingumn and
-he, other twenty
Soto, who landed
1.539, and penetr
interior of the co



le use
'led 1
last a
atlen
)inlion



of the Spa,
ow to disp
ssicned it
ded the b
very nec(



P I
OS'
to
Sp
ess



he tw
Ohio
acres
xvith
ated
unntry
sh arr
e of t
the s
ntiiamn
ary, i



o forts at the con-
Rivers, one cover-
, were erected by
one thousand men
a considerable dis-
   Ile allotted the
iy; and after bgeing
he small one in the
wine, that general-
is in those days;
Ln order to prevent



becomning astray, and to protect th
ations of the Indians.
two ancient foirts, one containing six
acres, were found near Lexinaton
ther theory was propounded, and it I
L they were erected by the descendai
lony, who are said to have migrated u:
'Madoc to this country, in the twelfth



they formerly inhabited



Kentucky



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7



but



t;



em from

and the
in Ken-
was sup-
its of a
nder the
tentury;
ieing at-



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ati
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