185 years ago today - Jul 24, 1829

The WAYNE SENTINEL opines that the "gap in the history of the world, as far as it relates to [the Indians], . . . can never be closed up." The same newspaper quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that the Indian's origin and ancient history was "consigned to the receptacle of things forever lost upon earth."

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com, based on Michael Quinn's Mormon Hierarchy vols 1 & 2]

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJuly 24, 2014

    In 8 months hence it would NOT be lost, but found out about to the eyes of the world forever!

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