The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-04
An Old Indian BuFying Ground Disc0v.
cred in Pittsburg.

Within the last few weeks quite mum
Der of human skeletons, some of them in
tolerably fair state of preservation, have beer
dug up from the old Indian buryins grounC
in the 9th Ward. Our readers may not b
aware, perhaps, that in early history o
this neighborhood, and when tho red man
had almost exclusive control west of the
mountains. that portion of the Ninth Ward
lying in the vicinity of the Lake Superior
Copper Works was favorite burying ground
with the Indian tribes. The tract so used
extends over an area of several acres, and
appears to be thickly underlaid with human
remains. In sinking the foundations of the
various oil works and manufacturing estab-
lishments lately erected in this neighbor-
hood large number of human bones,
skulls, &C., were discovered, but the only
perfect skeletons yet found were those dis
inferred while tho foundations for Parker &
Brothers new steel works were being exca-
waited. At point here, lear the river bank,
two skeletons were discovered, one Of which
appeared to be that of an Indian Chief, and
the other that of young girl, who was
perhaps, the dead warriors daughter. The
man judging, from his remains, must have
been Of herculean proportions. His skull
wore that peculiar shape which distinguishes
the Indian cranium, and bore evidence of
having been fractured at some period or
other of his life, possibly by the tomahawk
of an enemy.
The greatest interest, however, centered
in the remains of the girl, who evidently
held high position in her tribe. On each
of her arms were two silver bracelets and
suspended from her neck was silver cruel. |
fix. At the time of her ntermeEt her cloth. |
ing must have bee n literally covered with
tiny silver bells, as some three or four hun |
dred, altogether, of these, with large num-
ber Of beads, strung upon what appeared to
be saddlers' silk, were discovered in the |
grave. She had, also, a very rich ring on
one of her fingers, and wore earrings of ex-
traordinary size. Several buttons of Eu-
ropean manufacture. strung together like !
sleeve buttons, were also found lying around, |
and some fragments of cloth, which fell to
pieces when disturbed. Various other little
articles lay scattered through tho grave, all
going to show that the deceased. when in life,
She was princess, possibly, or the daughter,
it may be, of some powerful chief.
Some thirty feet from where the remains
alluded to were found, the skeleton of
warrior was discovered. standing erect, with
The face to the Allegheny. The size of the
bones ndicated that the man must have
been of immense proportions. Another
skeleton, in an excellent state of preserva-
lion, was also discovered few yards fur
her back, but. in fact, wherever an excava-
ion was made, bones were found. We are
lot familiar enough with Indian history to
venture an opinion as to when the red men
irst commenced burying their dead here; It
5 clear, however. that they must have re-
orted to it long, long before our occupation
# the country, otherwise the ground occu-
lied would not have beer SO extensive or
he interments SO numerous.-Evening ..
chronicle.