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Paths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Historic Highways of America (Vol. 1) - Paths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Archer Butler Hulbert, which is now, at last, again available to you.
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It is not of great importance that there was a Nemacolin's Path across the Alleghanies; but if for a moment we can see the rough trail as the young Major Washington saw it while the vanguard of the ill-fated Fry's army marched out of Wills Creek toward the Ohio, or if we can picture that terrible night's march Washington made from Fort Necessity when Jumonville's scouting party was run at last to cover by Half King's Indians, we shall know far better than ever the true story ofPg 33 the first campaign of the war which won America for England, and realize as never before what a brave, daring youth he was who on Indian trails learned lessons that fitted him to become a leader of half-clothed, ill-equipped armies. ...When it is realized that the art for which the earliest Indians have been most extolled was not, in reality, in advance of that known by the ordinary Indian, and that the population of the country in the mound-building era cannot be shown to have exceeded the population found when the first white men visited the Indian races, it is easy to see in the erection of the mounds, the burial of dead, the rude implements common to both, the poor trinkets used for ornamentation, the houses each built, the weapons each employed, a vast deal of additional testimony proving that the "Mound-builder" and Indian were of one race.
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Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Historic Highways of America (Vol. 1) - Paths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals:
Look inside the book:
It is not of great importance that there was a Nemacolin's Path across the Alleghanies; but if for a moment we can see the rough trail as the young Major Washington saw it while the vanguard of the ill-fated Fry's army marched out of Wills Creek toward the Ohio, or if we can picture that terrible night's march Washington made from Fort Necessity when Jumonville's scouting party was run at last to cover by Half King's Indians, we shall know far better than ever the true story ofPg 33 the first campaign of the war which won America for England, and realize as never before what a brave, daring youth he was who on Indian trails learned lessons that fitted him to become a leader of half-clothed, ill-equipped armies. ...When it is realized that the art for which the earliest Indians have been most extolled was not, in reality, in advance of that known by the ordinary Indian, and that the population of the country in the mound-building era cannot be shown to have exceeded the population found when the first white men visited the Indian races, it is easy to see in the erection of the mounds, the burial of dead, the rude implements common to both, the poor trinkets used for ornamentation, the houses each built, the weapons each employed, a vast deal of additional testimony proving that the "Mound-builder" and Indian were of one race.
68 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1903
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Archer Butler Hulbert
402 booksArcher Butler Hulbert, FRGS was an historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history.
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November 13, 2018
I’ll write a review since no one else has. Note that I read this in hard copy, borrowed from the University of California.
This short volume is about a fascinating topic - how buffalo and Indian trails/roads affected more modern transportation in America - but is significantly antiquated. Published around 1905, the analysis is based on what we now know to be wrongheaded notions about anthropology and archaeology. (And yes, at points this borders on what would be recognized today as racism.) Since I’m not an expert in those fields, it’s hard to judge the value of this work. One thing, at least, is of some value: there are notes about the locations of these roads. It’s a secondary source, but from a time when these roads and trails would’ve still been detectable on the landscape.
Since this volume is so short, I suppose it’s worth reading if you’re interested in the topic and/or what people knew about it in the early 20th century.
This short volume is about a fascinating topic - how buffalo and Indian trails/roads affected more modern transportation in America - but is significantly antiquated. Published around 1905, the analysis is based on what we now know to be wrongheaded notions about anthropology and archaeology. (And yes, at points this borders on what would be recognized today as racism.) Since I’m not an expert in those fields, it’s hard to judge the value of this work. One thing, at least, is of some value: there are notes about the locations of these roads. It’s a secondary source, but from a time when these roads and trails would’ve still been detectable on the landscape.
Since this volume is so short, I suppose it’s worth reading if you’re interested in the topic and/or what people knew about it in the early 20th century.
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