[HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.]
Part I.
PRIMITIVE AMERICA.
An Ancient Mound
CHAPTER I.
The Aborigines.
BEFORE the times of the Red men, North America was inhabited by other races, of whom we know but little. Of these primitive peoples the Indians preserved many traditions. Vague stories of the wars, migrations, and cities of the nations that preceded them were recited by the red hunters at their camp-fires, and were repeated from generation to generation.