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Title: A comic history of the United States
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Hopkins, Livingston, 1846-1927
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Publisher: New York American book exchange
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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hers has dived into sidehills, (supposed to have been thrown up byan eccentric race of Indians known asmound builders,) turning up every conceiv-able article of second-hand Indian miscel-lany, and asking the world to believe thatthese mysterious mounds were simply 208 EXPLANATIONS. subterraneous pawnbrokers shops, built andconducted in obedience to a well-knownnational instinct, and that the articles theycontain are nothing more nor less than unre-deemed pledges left by impecunious pre-historic ladies and gentlemen who werecompelled to resort to that means of raisingthe wind. On page 209 our artist shows us the ex-ponents of the latter theory at work, andalso gives us a singularly correct drawingof some of the bric-a-brac which they haveunearthed. We will take the liberty ofexplaining further, and tell all we knowconcerning the supposed uses of thesemysterious articles. A is supposed to be a surgical instru-ment. B, an instrument of torture. C,toilet article. D, ladys ear ornament. E,
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209 210 INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. ancient drinking vessel. F, tombstone, withinscription. G, pottery. H, musical instru-ment. I, skull of native (deceased). In tlie lower series we have: No. 1,artists utensil. 2, uses unknown to theauthor. 3, patent hens nest (badly out ofrepair). 4, vinaigrette. 5, projectile. 6,bracelet. 7, war club. 8, burglars tool(very ancient). 9, cooking utensil. After going carefully over this array ofevidence one naturally hesitates before look-ing further for a theory. But, taking forgranted that the Indians really are a rem-nant of those mislaid Israelites, the diffi-culty next arises as to how the dickensthey got here, for when the Israelites werefirst missed there was as yet no railwaycommunication between this country andAsia, and unless they tunneled their way CULPABLE NEQLWENUE, 211 up through, via China, it is difficult toaccount for their presence here. In common with other great minds, we,too, have devoted much of our spare timeto the effort of setting

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