2. Where are the primitive rocks found? Describe them. How are they chiefly represented? What are the soils of this division?
3. Where do the rocks of the secondary formation appear? Describe this formation. What is said of the soils of the secondary formation?
4. To what class do the rocks of the Eastern section belong? What is said of this section? Describe the quaternary formation. What is said of the soil?
5. What else is afforded by geology? Where is marl found and what is said of it?
6. Where do the minerals abound? How many kinds of minerals are located in this State? Can you name the principal ones? What is said of mining?
7. What is said of corundum and mica? Of gold and iron? Of precious gems?
8. What great resources does North Carolina possess?
CHAPTER IV.
THE INDIANS.
That portion of America now known as the State of North
Carolina was once inhabited by Indians. For many ages before
Columbus came across the seas in the year 1492, they had held
undisputed possession of all the Western Continent, except those
Arctic regions where the Esquimaux dwelt.