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Polj'iiesians were in this stage when discovered by 

 the white race. 



3. Upper Savagery, from the invention of the 

 bow and arrow to the invention of the art of mak- 

 ing pottery. 



The invention of the bow and arrow was a veiy 

 important one. It corresponds in importance to 

 the invention of the sword during the period of 

 Barbarism and of fire-arms during the period of 

 Civilization. 



Some of the lowest tribes of the American In- 

 dians were in the stage of Upper Savagery when 

 first found by the white peoples. There were 

 three stages of culture among the American In- 

 dians, namely, Upper Savagery, Lower Barbar- 

 ism, and Middle Barbarism. The highest stage 

 was represented by the Indians of Mexico, New 

 Mexico and Peru, who lived in towns and culti- 

 vated the corn and potato plants. 



4. Lower Barbarism, from the invention of 

 pottery to the domestication of animals in the 

 eastern hemisphere and the domestication of the 

 corn plant in the western hemisphere. 



The art of making pottery probably arose in 

 connection with the art of cooking, and in its sim- 

 plest beginnings consisted in merely coating 

 wooden cooking vessels with clay to keep them 

 from burning. 



It is impossible for us to realize what hard con- 

 ditions man has had to pass thru in climbing to 



