The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-11

Lllils MIaml. Afr speaking ofI
frtsmshis 81 pFlmlliEs resks. sull
fuaud u ihls rssisn, lhs writer pFp-
srEds % say:
aIn digging sells aad exeaEailng
The earth hear Wilmiagtan. beds q
PesGhase been discovered IL Tie dspgh
u twenfy feet frrm Gks surfsrr. sad
chsrred % cod and parts % ssgslabiss
a. . mach greater drptl. fsrnishing
lndabiisbis esidsacs that he sapsris-
eanbent soil hes bsen msdehy The cep-
su'sions Of the tlrmrnIs In that great
change produced in the ordersf tklngs,
~ the driuge- The COUNTRY lhrusgh
which Todd's Fork ruas, IL formed
from the diIuvisl deposit. Bat 10 ma
ny places the ailuviam IL collected in
peat beds, and furnishes the richest
and most productive bottom lands In
Ohm. Minerals are buried far be-
nraih the surface. aud The land IL much
better adapted 10 farming than Cor
mining. Along the banks Of Todd's
fork northwest and wesi OF Whining.
ton may be found the human skeleton
deposited IN stony vaults made Of Hat
limestone. These stony graves are
built on elevated ground. and bear
evidence that the design In their con-
structi0n VAS 20 exclude water from
entering them. The earth does NOT
seem 10 have been excaSafed 10 depo-
sit The dead. but their iombs are buili
On . level siih the earth's surface.
Comparing human skull taken from
3 mound that had been raised near ten
feet over the skeleton. IL seems that lhe
changes that have been wrought on
them by time. are rrry similar. The
skull taken from these rugky iombs
presents 10 the eye the appearance OF
bone that has been csleined BY SLOW
and continued heat. dissipating The a.
bre and gelaiine, and leaving nothing
10 preserve The identity OF the human
form bot the phosphate OF lime. II
has been supposed by those Who have
examined the contents Of the mounds
that are found in various places be-
tween the Scioio and Miami Rivers
that they have been the deposilories
Of the human remains for many
ages"
After remarklng upon the remains
OF The Mammoth, the writer says:
!" am led 20 conclude, therefore,
that the human beings ~hose remains
are now reposing in these rocky ,ens-
ments, were at least cp-evsl With the
Mammoth In his day Of notable ex-
istence. Perhaps long before that
new sepulchre Of Joseph OF Aremathea
was made, q part OF that sin-doing
and disobedient tribe of Israel had
wandered over the land and over The
ssa and tenanted the very spot on
which I now write. IL may be, the
skull nov look upon aided 10 build
ing some Of these stony arches over
the last remains Of some one OF that
peculiar people.
Skull, vert thpu Jew or Gentilei
Vert thou man OF letters with your
songs and your merriment! or an un-
tutored savage! D,d'st thou worship
the true God! or bow The knee 10
stocks aud stones! Did'st thou eat
pork! or the succuient Juice oil the
green berbi Alas! thu heed'stmc not.
Well, 1 too may one day be like thee.
A thousand years may pass Into for
ge,Tulness and oblivion, & my tongue
less jaws and scslhed and worm eaten
skull may remain as q last lingering
evidence of Q former race"
| IL is even SO. They who now glo.
ry in youth and beauty, and wealth,
a tbousisnd years hence may have
their skulls pored over by Biologists
and Antiqusriaus! II may be doubt.
ful 10 what race or nation they belong
ed! Cincinnati Chronicle.