CHAPTER XIV.

TRACES OF MAN IN AMERICA.

Great opportunities for the Archaeologist--Aim of the chapter-- Skull from Osage Mission--Comstock lode--Charcoal at Toronto-- Knife from Kansas--Pelvic bone from Natchez--Skeleton from New Orleans--Remains from the reefs of Florida--Caverns of Brazil-- Shell Heaps--Mound-Builders--Extent of Mounds--Implements of-- Sacrificial--Sephulchral--Temple--Symbolical--Antiquity of-- Fort Shelby--How long the Mound-Builders remained. 114