human
The work of the lost people!
gpt
This does look as though civilized people had lived here, said the trapper.
human
This wall has been built to confine the water to its channel, in times of heavy rains, so that it shall not inundate the plain. Probably, these strange fruit trees are the seed of some brought here from other regions by those builders which have planted themselves, flourished, grown, and outlived all the changes that time has wrought.
gpt
My forefathers have a tradition that it was a strong people that built these things, more cunning and powerful than the white man, until the Great Spirit became angry with them, and then they dried up like the grass on the prairie when there is no rain; for, who is there that dare brave him without being consumed with his anger?
human
We will go down to that copse yonder, said the trapper.
gpt
If I am not mistaken, there is more than trees there.
human
An herd of deer, perhaps,
gpt
I think not, unless deer are grey, and of inordinate proportions. From here, it looks like piles of stone. Perhaps more of the work of those who curbed these waters,