▁even ▁earlier ▁sett ler ▁than ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ▁re lies ▁upon ▁his ▁own ▁Bib lic al ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁flo od ▁story . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Jos iah , ▁after ▁the ▁great ▁flo od ▁disappeared , ▁No ah ▁and ▁his ▁ar k ▁land ed ▁on ▁America . ▁ ▁While ▁surve ying ▁the ▁land , ▁No ah ▁also ▁discovered ▁m ounds ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁constructed ▁before ▁the ▁waters ▁rose ▁up . ▁ ▁Upon ▁seeing ▁this , ▁No ah ▁question ed ▁where ▁these ▁agricult ural ▁phen omena ▁came ▁from . ▁ ▁" Sur ve ying ▁the ▁various ▁them es ▁of ▁m ound ▁builder ▁orig ins , ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁decide ▁whether ▁the ▁m ounds ▁were ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Pol yn es ians , ▁Egypt ians , ▁Gree ks , ▁Rom ans , ▁Israel ites , ▁Sc and in av ians , ▁Wel sh , ▁Scot ts , ▁or ▁Chinese , ▁although ▁he ▁felt ▁certain ▁the ▁Indians ▁had ▁not ▁built ▁them ." ▁ ▁Pri est ' s ▁clear ▁bias ▁against ▁Native ▁Americans ▁probably ▁derived ▁from ▁stories ▁he ▁heard ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Indian ▁Wars . ▁ ▁Im medi ately ▁following ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution , ▁Native ▁Americans ▁who ▁were ▁engaged ▁in ▁blo ody ▁and ▁violent ▁batt les ▁were ▁frequently ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁dominant ▁culture ▁as ▁sav ages ▁and ▁thre ats ▁to ▁peace . ▁ ▁S la very , ▁As ▁It ▁Rel ates ▁to ▁the ▁Neg ro ▁( 1 8 4 3 ) ▁ ▁Another ▁work ▁in ▁which ▁Pri est ▁uses ▁Bib lic al ▁interpretation ▁as ▁a ▁central ▁theme