Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-07-24

70 be restored to their native country at the /
public charge. At a later period, there were |
both Indian and negro slaves in Massachu-
setts. In 1890. Dutch ship entered James
River and landed 90 negroes for sale. Thisis
the sad epoch Of she introduction of negro
slavery into Virginia. For many years. the
Dutch were principally concerned in the slave
trade in the market of Virginia.
Hampshire Gazette
A suhterranean Indian Village has been
discovered in N0coOchee VnlLey in Georgia, by
gold miners, in excavaiing "a canal Tor the
purpose of washing gold. The depth to
which it is covered varies from seven to nine
feet; some Of the houses are imbedded IN
stratum of rich auriferous gravel. They are
81 in number, built Of logs, from six 20 ten
inches in diameter, and from ten to twelve
feet in length. The walls are from three to
six feet ia height, forming continuous line or
street Of 500 feet. The logs are hewed and
| notched, as at the present day. The land
beneath which they were found, was covered.
at its FIRST settlement by the whites. with a
heavy growth of timber. denoting- a great an
tiqaiiy to these buildings, and powerful
cause which submerged them. Cane baskets
and fragments Of earthea were found IN the
rooms. The account is contained in letter
! to the editor Of the Southern Banner. from
which the following further particulars are ex-
tracted:
4 The houses are situated from so to 100
yards from the principal channel Of the creek
and as no further excavations have been made
it is more than probable that new and more
interesting deyelopements will be made when
the land is worked for gold.
4 A great number Of curious, specimens ol
workmanship have been found in situations
which preclude the possibility 'oftheir having
/ been moved for more than thousand years.
During my mining operations last year.
found, at one time, about one half Of a cruci-
Bile, of the capacity Of near gallon. 1t was
i ten feet below the surface, and Immediately
beneath a large oak tree, which measured five
| feet 10 diameter, and must have been four or
five hundred years old. The deposite was
diluyia, or what may be termed table land.-
( The stratum of quartz gravel, in which the
vessel was imbedded. is about two feet 10
thickness, resting upon decomposed chIorite
slate.
| 1t is not difficult to account for the deposite
J of those substances in allnvial soil. for the
hills are generally very high and precipitous,
and from the immense quantity OF rain which
falls, the streams are swollen 10 great height
SWGtpIuR every NbUbE WIFI uiCus uuu us'-
1 quently forming dep0site Of several feet in
thickness in season; but some Of the diluyial
land is from ten to City feet above the present
level Ofthe streams. These deposites exhibit
appearances Of. as great attrition as those re-
Gently formed.
There was a vessel, or rather double NOR
tar, found in Dukes Creek, about five inches
in diameter, and the excavation on each sidt
q was nearly an inch in depth. basin like, ant
!; perfectly polished. It was made Of quartz
} which had been once transparent, but had be
! come stained with the iron which abounds il
quantities in all this country. In the bottom
; OF each basin was a small depression, half al
inch in depth, and about the same in diameter
What its use could have been, is difficult 4
> conjecture. Some suppose it was used 70
!. grinding paint. &c. or in some Of their play
n s,'.. =, urUfB cttfuAcd ieupie tfian rne IRE
sent race OF Indians. BaIfimore Goz.
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