Litchfield enquirer., 1830-06-10
MILLEpaEyrLrr, tGeo. ! May i.

Riot Gmong the Gold DiggcTs.-Accoun!s
 received from the Gold regions, state that a
 serious affray has recently occurred among, the diggers in the Cherokee Nation. We. have heard nothing of the origin of the rem counter, but understand that party of 50 or SO CdroEInidns assailed a party consisting of t,centy Georgians, for the purpose of driving them from branch in which they were dig ging-after warm contest the Carolinians were driven of, and the Georgians remained masters of the mine. It is said one man was and has since died-several Others were bad-. ly hurt. s's''
 From the Harrods6wg( (fKS@ Watch- To,Uer
 4 Curiosity. IA gentleman informed us n few days since, that a daysbr two previous, while in pursuit of wild tuflties in Hart coun- ty, Ky. in company with q friend, that they discovered on the summit ofa knoll or eleva- ton, large hole, that would admit a mans body without much difficulty. Curiosity led them to make preparations for descending in. to it, and after the necessary preparations, and having obtained lights and other compa- ny they did descend, and at the depth of about sixty feet, entered a cavity or room appar- rently cut out of solid rock. (throngh which they had passed for many feet,) which ap. peared to be sixteen or eighteen feet square. Our informant was the first person who en- tered the subterraneous room, and he said he was not little surprised, that the first object which met his eyes was a human skull with the teeth all init. Upon further examina- tiOn, it was found that the whole place was filled with skeletons, "f men, women and children. Except immediately under the small aperture through which they descend- ed the place was perfectly dry and the bones in state of great preservation. An entire skeleton of a human body was Obtained.- They concluded to examine how deep the 1 bones laid, and penetrated through them in one place between four and seven feet, but found them just as plenty as on top, hut there seemed tO rise an offensive effluvia, as they began to come where it was little damp There was no outlet to the room, and a large snake which they fUund in there, and which appeared entirely docle, passed rnund the room several times when they were in it. It is subject for the speculation of wise men and philosophers, as those who visited it have no conjecture as to the cause of this singular habitation or charnel-hOusc of human re- mains. a7, @
 Big Rone Lick.-This wonderful spot is in Kentucky, situated about 29 miles frUm Gin ~ number of places, the earth is very sOft to a great depth, and for several rods in extent, caused by salt springs; and the ground in the vioioity is vless;s..ss AsA fia salt with which it is impregnated. Vast herds of animals formerly freQueDtcd these places (to lick the saItish earth) and when the coun- try was first settled, their trails ar paths ex- tended from the Lick for miles in several di- rections. Vast numbers perished in the quag- mire, and it is probable that many were de- stroyed in battles between those of the same or different species. Here are now found inl- mense quantities of the bones of the man. moth, elephant, buffalo, elk, and other animals now unknown. The bones are generally un- der ground. and many of them lie in an ex- tensiye layer from three to eleven feet below the surface. and in the dry and solid earsh. These bones must have been buried in the earth by some great innndaiion, which oc- cured perhaps thousands of years ago ;-- they are in state entire preservation, and many are completely petrRed, or changed to stone. Only small part of the ground con- taining bones has been dug over, and enOr
 nous bones will continue to he found for cen tures to come. Thirty two of the grinder teeth of the mammoth and elephant were found in a space six feet square. at the depth of three feet; one of the teeth weighed IA pounds. Journal.
 Dev,l Lake.--The Galena (fili) Adverti- ser, of late date, gives description of Dev- il Lake, an almost unknown he'd of water on the A merican continent. This lake. situated away in the interior, in the midst of a savage population. has been visited by few white men, and by those only who have gone there for the purpose of Indian trade. Although it is laid down in the map accOmpanying the narrative of Major Long's expedition. his party were not within two hundred miles of it, and the very existence of such a place was learned by him from an Indian trader. This lake is almost 200 miles southwest from Pom
 bina, one of the settlements made by Lord
 Selkirk, n little northwest of the grand fork
 of the Red River. and about two hundred and
 fifty miles from the source of St. Peters Riv- CT. Tt is ifteen miles long. and from two 10
 five miles in width, containing many islands,
 on one of which a trading post was establish ed last summer by the American Fur Com
 naoy. It abounds with fish 1; the water is
 brackish, and it has neither inlet nor outiet.-
 The country in this region is one immense
 prairie, only few groves or as they are term ed islands of timber. many miles asunder.-- The Assiniboins live to the north of Devil Lake. and the Sioux to the south, on the head waters of St. Peters. and some Of the tributary branches of the Missouri riyer.-
 l" The country abouDds with buffalo and elk. tha former roaming over the immense plain