Published: June 26, 2008 05:16 pm            

LETTERS: June 27, 2008

Reader: We could learn from natural history



I was pleased to see the “Caesar’s Casino Site” archeological exhibit at the Falls of the Ohio Interpretative Center recently, and enjoyed it very much. I am interested in ancient and historic Indians, and have been waiting to see the exhibit.

A study of the Indians of the Ohio River basin is rewarding in many ways, because they were a people who were adaptable to their environment, weather changes, rainfall, drought, population changes, food sources, etc. The Ohio River was a great source of fresh water, and all its benefits.

We could take a pattern from the Indians who were before us by trying to conserve the environment, trees, water, oil, all the resources of the earth. Now, we must also be concerned about the quality of our air.

In the United States, we are the great consumer, and now it seems, the vessel is less full. We may have to change our way of life to adapt to these changes. No one ever “laid down a law” that says we can use up all the resources the future children of this world might need.

The Knobs that we see encircling us are the same as they were then in 10,000 B.C., inhabited by Native Americans. It behooves us to use our heads when we consider cutting up the hills, or cutting the top off a knob — a land form which was before us from the time of creation.

Common sense tells us to “give a little,” before we have to give much, or lose much.

— Martha Van Pelt, Georgetown

        

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