5. What else is afforded by geology? Where is marl found and
what is said of it?

6. Where do the minerals abound? How many kinds of minerals are
located in this State? Can you name the principal ones? What is
said of mining?

7. What is said of corundum and mica? Of gold and iron? Of
precious gems?

8. What great resources does North Carolina possess?




CHAPTER IV.

THE INDIANS.

That portion of America now known as the State of North
Carolina was once inhabited by Indians. For many ages before
Columbus came across the seas in the year 1492, they had held
undisputed possession of all the Western Continent, except those
Arctic regions where the Esquimaux dwelt.

2. Nearly a century had gone by since the Spaniards had begun
their settlements, and yet, north of St. Augustine, in Florida,
not a white man was to be found. Cortez and Pizarro had founded
great states in Mexico and Peru, but the vast region stretching
from the Rio Grande to the St. Lawrence was still the home of