The Ancient Civilization of the American South and Midwest

As always, your analytical skills are impressive (it's not a compliment, it's fact).

7-8 years ago I even had a wish to start learning any ancient Indian language. Speaking honestly, it's not, because I wanted to know precisely about Indian culture, but rather I wanted to fill gaps about them that is needed either for games in Western style (Gun, Call of Juarez, Dead Man's Hand, Desperados...) or movies in the Western style (Confederates, True Grit, Apaches, etc; I don't remember now those with Indians), or songs (there are mostly different spiritual songs of different Indian musicians), and to get some knowledge of architecture and land images, nature (flora and fauna), etc.

That's why it's uneasy to me to say I am so aware of it. I don't even know their religions stuff. Mostly names and backgrounds, plus some of clothes, boats, weapons names and style, etc.

There is one thing I found to be fascinating about your turn to this theme: the presence of tribes in the North and that it was worth to study. I guess it is what Stephen King and Lovecraft would appreciate it much. King for his well-known references to the tombs, rituals, and so forth, and Lovecraft would see there a link with the elder gods, or the connection between Indians at north and the visits of those ancient creatures. Plenty of things.

The organization of the camps of the Mississippians show their harmony with nature. Maybe that's why it's uneasy to find many of their houses today. And the relations between them and the nature via magical spells may be seen as also natural for them. Did those Mississippians have weapons at all? And what about the grass? The herbs? May be that among of them practicing of medicine was presented. Also, there's one interesting point – astronomy and architecture as the key to understand why those piedestal like structures of land in the centers were created. What exact astronomy reason those herblands were for? – Maybe as the Tower in London? – To check sundials?

By the way, do you know about views or representations of time of those Mississippians? According to some south Indians legends the time appeared after the creation of the shell, people, and everything else. I wonder what about the ancient North views?

It's because of my poor knowledge of English. Many nuances are out of my comprehension. I don't know how to use them. And even usage of language may be taken as a weapon (in the hands of a good writer). So, it was a rhetorical, not a real question of mine.