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TWELSTE. Quivira, Quivird,; beautiful Quivira, How those of her domain admire her! Her dower is the sunflower, Its power all others overtower. The sun, it ever keeps in sight, Following him from morn till night- Leading aU others because of right, Displaying its superiority and might. I"W' ERETOFORE the name of J. T. Brower H has not been mentioned. It is meet that EJ his name should be recorded in this ffl book, because his splendid ^works on "Quivira" has made it possible to study the location of the various Indian villages that are be- ing mentioned, and it would afford great pleasure if necessary funds might be had so that this work could be illustrated with the beautiful photo-engravinga with which his books are so profusely interspersed. Within a radius of ten miles around Manhattan four- teen Indian villages have been located; six of them are along the Repubhcan river and only average two miles apart; about twelve miles due south of Manhat- tan are four more, a mile or so apart; these are called "Elliot Village Sites," named after the gentleman who discovered tliem. All over this territory cousid-