Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 182
ippi. Sometimesthe sheets of mica, so common in the tombs and the sacredbasins, are circular and overlap each other like the scalesof a fish, and represent together the figure of a crescent.Hence it has been somewhat rashly assumed that themound builders worshipped the moon. Another and probably… … Fio. fiO. Stone pipe from Ei.i.iotts M<nNn in Ohio. the time of the mound builders. They imagined that thescent of this narcotic plant was agreeable to the GreatSpirit: they smoked its leaves in his honour. The pipewas the censer, and the smoke the incense. Some ofthese pipes are of soft stone…
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