New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-18
Nep!llurk daily Wtibn,re
THE WYANDOT CAVE or INDIANA.

ZHE " dNDOI CAV u VI l-SOIiNi
Southern indiana Il land Of sut.erranea, pal .ces.
Numerous caverns vsying in length from few
yards ~ many mies found in the counties Of Har
rison, Crawford, Orange, Lawrence and Wsshny.on.
Some of these have been explored, bat many stili re-
main ITO theic ny ste,ies unieveaed sayed sieooe
and darkness.
The most remarkable one yet discovered L called
The "Wy ysndoi Cave" This has, N rePee. 10 beauty
and size, bH' one superior IN the world the Nam.
moth Cave Of Kentucky.
The appellate Of "Wyand,t" n given il hnnor
of the tnbe of Indians bearing the same ne ne. l
doubt Il the Wy andots ever oeheli the cive which
is called aieE them Their home lay farther moth
However this may be, is certain tha. some tribe "a
Indians made itis, in day. Of yore, their place 0
abode or retreat. There a-e spots flT within t.e
onven where, evidently, large fires have bsen kin
oied, at some unknown time. Poles, cut from tue
white Oak tree and the pawpsv, are found lying piles
here and there Footprints, also, on the wedding ye.
during cis,, pointed out, which, from theT pc.
Gu iaI RI ape ard succession thought 70 mark the
ancient visits OF the Rcd Man. few Indian imple.
men's OF war, sucb as arrow heads and spear leads,
have also been occasionally found
The entrance to the cave q situated OF the farm Of
Mr.. H,nry p. Rothrock in Crawford County fce
ni }. north east from Leavenworth, q small towa on
tie OHIO hiver Il s hall mile distant from Great
Blue River formerly called W,andot River) aud
about 40 feet above iis level The moath is lched
otter ascending lofty bill by q steep, winding path
The surrounding scenery il very picturesque, remind
ing one OF some Of the wild regions OF NcS Easiqd
The geological! formation in which Wygndot Cave
occurs is The mountain lnestonc famous everywhere
FOR s eave1pous structure. II is in thus formation a+o
that we find the Am poth Cave of Kentucky, We!rs
Cave OF Virgins, the Gro,to OF Adelsbcrg IL Syria
and the GrOito Of Antpsros In Greece
The party IN whose company the writer viSted the
WA, dot Cave the month Of September, consioted
OF three ladies' and four gentlemen Provided with
cal dies ard f-e works passed the outer door about
l o'clock D. n A hsh: breeze blew on Of the cave,
but lot sufficiently strong TO exngulsh our candles
On very arm day, is said this breeze Is N reased
almost TO L gale while in the WUter tae wind blows
Ia IL stead of Gu. from the cave
The contrast between tie warn air OF the upper
world SID the ID az oi the suoteranenn affected Us
q. first very strongly But or systems soon aeon
L odsted themselves 70 the change The Uniform
temperature Of the cave so Fshrenhcit-50 colder
thop Mammoth Cave The atmosphere Is remarka3ly
pure an e1bhrs.iDg. Our lights burned cleady and
II. ady verywh.fe. Carbonic acid and other noxou5
ga,es were entirely absent from the very lowest
poLts This grea: purity of atmoe phere Is partly to
be accounted FOR, ihiDk, By the presence OF cI
tepsive beds Of Ditre. The nitrogen which is con-
sumed in the formation Of nitrate Of lime, mu. have
il. proper ION of free oxygen dseng,ged-thus ehar9-
ing he air with larger supply Of this e11Iiara r
principle /; is said that nothing ever decsys here
We we're she wn, indeed, the remains OF al op'eum
which bad been here ever s.,ce the cav, was dscos-
cred, $, pei aps for hundred years before.
L.
Til. IS called the old" cave. Toe "neS" cave
wa, discovered in 1881 Of the former l shall .ay
but little; ,he latter is the one to which devoted
Mt st attention.
Much Of ,he limestone, ospec.,liy N the old cave Is
highly msgprsaD. From tHis has been d.pos"eu
vas, quon,l,res Vi he sulpha.e Of masnesa Epson
ssl). DR. Adams Of Coydon, who wss the 'ornisF
owIer o. tie cave once drove q thriving bu-Ine-s
ht,e, in The ms.nfaoure OF this salt AMI sahps'e''
Lu.nps Of the su'pha.e Of masne-n are 60 netpIs's
found. ya,,ipy rm ono TO tn pounds The eath
Yields ON four 10 twenty pouncs 70 the bGshe, ala
the ssu i. of The bes: quality The old cave has
many ine bal and passages; bu, the nsst remerta
bic thing s The Pillar Of the c. institution" rhi'is
.pehod s:alscti:ic column fifteen feet IN dancer
and twent, five feet high Il regularly rceded iF'n
top 10 bottom aid resembles vast perlhed ioun'ain.
T- b. au,ful AID stately pillar stands tue cs;e' OF
the Circle Of the Umgn,' if to support is M
memo vaulted roVf. .-.- s.f
The .xti.us length Of the old ave is three miles,
end il extend. g-rersly in porth~erd di'ec'on.
!. not much visited now. uo. pcrsJn' are im 4'''h'
70 behold Tie greater wonders and richer eeau-
which lie bt yci III second do1r Ee., were 'no.c
iii u known tie ci the old cave wou.i enJ
reward wit
Tb,,, are two modes Of entrance 70 tile ne" e''C'
on. IL b, the seori,d door thrce i'ursh' 'ei N'''
from ,hc n,san eaDance The o.hS. 8 hI'usn y. s"'
,yaDes hnoaD as "R,.hsocss St;ai-s, --i nv
yo.d Passing .A,,ugh he se,.ai o''T' 'e eH''N'