C) New settlers arrived at a steady rate and the population increased gradually
<em>They carved questions into these bones and burned them to find out about future or current events</em>
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Answer:
The Choctaw people believed that two hunters help an hungry woman standing on a mound by giving her a measly hawk which was their day's catch. The woman repaid their kindness by disappearing into a corn on the mound and thereby blessing them.
The Mayan people believed that humans were created from maize, after two unsuccessful attempts to create humans out of mud or wood.