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CHAPTER VII. 



NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY. 



OUR knowledge of North. American Archaeology is derived 

 mainly from four excellent memoirs published under 

 the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution: 1. Ancient 

 Monuments of the Mississippi Yalley, comprising the Results 

 of extensive Original Surveys and Explorations ; by E. Q. 

 Squier, A.M., and E. H. Davis, M.D. 2. Aboriginal Monu- 

 ments of the State of New York, comprising the Results 

 of Original Surveys and Explorations, with an illustrative 

 Appendix ; by E. G. Squier, A.M. 3. The Antiquities of 

 Wisconsin, as surveyed and described by J. A. Lapham. 

 4. The Archaeology of the United States, or Sketches, His- 

 torical and Biographical, of the Progress of Information and 

 Opinion respecting Vestiges of Antiquity in the United 

 States; by Samuel F. Haven. There are, indeed, several 

 other memoirs which we ought perhaps to have added to our 

 list, especially one by Mr. Caleb Atwater, who, according to 

 Messrs. Squier and Davis, "deserves the credit of being the 

 pioneer in this department." His researches form the first 

 volume of the Archaeologia Americana, which was published 

 in 1819, and contains plans and descriptions of many ancient 

 works. Nor must we omit to mention Schoolcraft's " History, 

 Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United 

 States." 



The memoir by Messrs. Squier and Davis, occupying more 

 than three hundred pages, is chiefly descriptive of ancient 



