The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-10-06
Pyramids in Calitor,;.

Mr.. Crockett writing to tho I,
ftclligencer from San Francisco ~, hopsla
/ Zone Of the most intsro., sa!s'
(which has recently transpred n ny = f'eaa
is the discovery in the southern ~, a.''elaa
State, in the neighborhood Q, ,has ri Z Y d4
OF an immense pyramid Of hewn 81 ~O'Olat
lug in magnitude the celebrated ~. ~
Egypt The following account y I, 's :,
traeted from publication in the u "se
this city: "efaa
IAN object appeared upon ii. -,
the West, having so much thn paA
#oi a work OF art, from the reyula1,r,, ,a,sat
outline, and its isolated posilion ! u IL
party determined upon visiting i l % lh
over an almost barren sand plain assn.
Of nearly five miles, they reached 4 s,saAc.
one OF the most wonderful ob;ea,D Wv O'~
crins its location, Git being the yery r l@as'.
desolaton) that the mind can po,!i I.e q
ceise oi;nothng less than an im,ns,,: .%
pyramid, composed of layers or c~,. ~
from eighteen inches to nearl, ,hroS -' ~ y
thickness, and from five IL eialt - Ivy
length. 1t has level top of more H., h.
" feet square, though It is eyidpm ,b
was once complete, but that .5n. =.
CONFUSION of nature has displaced 4. " W.
top, as it evidently now lies a huge ,,ds
ken mass upon one Of lis sides, ,barrb.'
~ covered by the sands. '""'
This pyramid differs, in some ,,,,.,
from The Egyptian pyramid; il i. q, frs
more slender or pointed, and while ,hoa \
Egypt are composed Of steps or lay4r. :.
ding as they rise, the American pyamils H.
undoubtedly more finished srrurtpre. 4 4,
outer surface Of the blocks were ,yJ.. "
at an angle that gave the structpp M.
new and complete, a smooth reruIa, .o,f ~
from top to bottom.
From the present level Of the sand. H.,
surround IL, there are iilty-two listDei, r..
Of stone, that will average al least mo &.
this gives its present height one hupi.s1 ~
four feet, SO that before the top Nj. 5.s'
ced, it must have been, Judging ron !. !.
gle OF its sides, at least twenty "a, raI.,
than at present. How far it es,en4, II
meath the surface oil the sands /, sign.
bic to determine without great labB.
Such is the age OF tbs immense s,-rsss
that the perpendicular joints between 4.
blocks are worn away, 10 the width Of ina
five to ten inches at the bottom uf each l5r
aud the entire Of the pyramid 50 racl Nh
by the storms, the vieissitudes AID err.5s,
OF centuries, is TO make j; easy otasftn, n.
tculariy upon one its sides. Wcs9
If i 5 SIDES, because singular fac, tagltr.
cd with this remarkable structure Is taaa
inelines near " ten degrees toohe sic a.ig
vertical or perpendicular.
Mr.. Silas L. Burrows in Letter To /,
Herald III commenting on this 85l!s,.
discovery, says:
Ia my commercial iRtercoGrse giaQ4s
Chariottt's Island, on the ugr,eg. tss.
latitude SO north, have obtained ~
beautiful specimens Of sculpture, In tsse
OF the natives, and arough, FROM thejr qar
rics of slate. The workmanship {, ma7
Japanese, aud is conclusive proaf aa;a
natives OF that empire have reached Qass
Charluttc's Island. Many have 10 desa
been driven on that coast " shiPw-e:i. Il
have brought with them th arts Of M
perhaps that OF erecting pyramids. h st
pairing the sdtises OF Queen Chari1l'es 3
land with the japanese 'beg appear ts
the same peonle, aad very i;earentitaa
indian population eI California.