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CONTENTS
SECTION I
ARCHAEOLOGY
Mounds in Southeast Missouri—Great numbers known to exist—Distribution of mounds—Size of mounds—Shape—Arrangement—Various mounds described—An ancient wharf—Contents of Mounds—Who built the mounds—The mound builder theory—The work of the Indians—Probable origin—Collections of relics—Beckwith's great collection—Plates found near Malden—Other remarkable pieces.
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ADVENTURES OF DE SOTO
Is made Governor of Florida—Lands in Florida—Discovers the Mississippi—Place of crossing—Direction of march—The Casquiks—Religious service—Attack on Capailas—Search for salt—Probable situation of Capaha camp—Return to the south—Quigate—Location of Caligoa—Further travels and death—Interest concerning exact route.
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FRENCH EXPLORERS
Why Spaniards did not take and hold the country—Vague ideas of the west—News of the Mississippi—Radisson and Groseilliers—Joliet and Marquette—Discovery of the Mississippi—
