Is There a Fallacy in the History of Indians?

When you read em, like simon southerton's book, he makes it sound like the entire county or state was just completely enwrapped and fascinated with the idea of indian mounds. And that there was just this gripping era of fascination with all things indian. Ye, doyoudyou get that sense too? No, i didn't. A, it's a trick of the historians. I think you've got to find things that are closer to home, to joseph smith. You search through the the newspapers around him, and, you know, something comes up once in a while, but it's a little tiny item buried in the back of