The Juvenile instructor (1866) (14764114275)

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Title: The Juvenile instructor
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901
Subjects: Mormons Mormon Church
Publisher: Salt Lake City : George Q. Cannon
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho



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Vol. XXXI. SALT LAKE CITY, OCTOBER 15, 1896. No. 20. EARLY AMERICA. Once upon a time, many years beforethe people of Europe and other easterncountries had found out that the earthwas round like a ball, when all the wise an unknown continent. This far awaycountry was America, and this unknownpeople were what we now call theAmerican Indians. Of course all my readers know how
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RUINS OF AMERICA. men of the world thought that the earthwas flat, and that if they went too farthey would tumble off—into nobodyknows where—an unknown people livedfar away from the civilized world upon these people came here: how Lehi andhis family, leaving Jerusalem, sailedacross the ocean and landed upon theseshores: how they grew in numbers, builtvillages and cities, the ruins of which 602 THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. interest and surprise modern discover-ers: and of how the tribes disagreed,fought and destroyed each other untilonly the Lamanites were left, cursedby God with dark skins because of theirwickedness. Hundreds of years passedbefore any other people knew of theirexistence, far off in the western hemis-phere. They increased rapidly, separat-ing into fierce, nomadic tribes, scatteredover both continents. They sinned andwandered from God, becoming ignorantand idolatrous, and knowing nothing ofthe former existence of their fore fathers.They have a faint, superstitious belie