"The First Americans" For 20,000 years the American Indian and his land were unknown to the "civilized" world. Then Columbus made his epic voyage and after him came hordes of others to explore this "new world" and its "savage" inhabitants. From the Mound Builders of the Southeast to the forest tribes of New England, from the Cliff Dwellers of the Southwest to the buffalo hunters of the Great Plains, the early explorers found widely differing but always fascinating tribes of people unlike any others. This View-Master picture story re-creates the scenes witnessed by the early travelers who saw the Indians before their culture had been smothered by civilization.