The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-11-07

rea men as3 TIE red men from thu
whites. ATheastraeesd tbsi these mound aua
builders are TO" bos seen every ii, where
throughout 'the'oWest,s from fffoml1ass 1tahss |Aale:
ghanies so'the' :Rocty m6absaai ins.-
Sometimes they are mere billocks,
Emarking the spot where they were bur-
/ led, but sometimes they are are redoubts /.
and breast-works. rarnnpaail'tsi' and ciircum- q
valuations, so&welitofeselfvved that + we arc
able to make out pretty clearly their
means Of attack and defense. e.ssa's
In the early settlement Of the cod1~
7 try 1t was stated that large burial,
place. OF these mound builders was to be
found just below elarksNvf,lc,; on the,In.,
diana side Of the thsets.rf,i river. All ttrA ao,. of
i'm orc.sapposed to '1Tas;c been I55st,sbut
'u'l"s the fraAfetS Of last spl7;hhg si7;h ana
sumner, thea<b banks below Clarksyille
| cavtd IN 70 reparkable extent. Yhs
r, r:Iftilt s, Tas that the bones Of the, buried
mouF|d az builders be22me :H1er exposed, and:
the Vis'toF t,' eou!d: p!d:1 see, stiekiqs in the
bank, entire skeletons- 10 various states
Of preSsgyss!Vioa e u 4 i Z *H4are were skulls as
solid as the-daythey were buried, with!
even Observation-Disclosures intact, and all
|'theizscett :gtsdhnidg5;it gbsasstl y solen:
n4*$' at 'the*passels by::o ,Bo;Hy bones
,psosruaed from she yielding sand: while
|f'he Sn'alteraoaessla scattered sro.ua
Y A*enseet1h :se the fsst.<. Not comfy were We:
l9 ea{ tha gsaesenses sef: sbsiravorks4b ut of
EtEe t9ee ys1y psn<:who qew Nese their k.itdsi,.
Among 4 4t these ,see base,L we've. .bAtde-axess
batchets and arrow+he<b, ;.itensils of:
pottery, pestles, mortars, and articles
used is ornametnt:o bk Neat, Of tbi,
1Ay; has n1hhiisf,1p6o hhis ssessi66 : *3is, *3iss.,el Of
p5tteFy;; Holding iev3satssfi iev3sassfi1g, gallons, hi e. which
over with ornamental Stntl 1asE s. =
and certainly eevinces considerable ,i,sd
skill in the maker: A large: I mortar
Y With = several holes, such a the medi.
clIpe II pen m Of the mound buillers uscd,s :
is l1ls IN the possession, Z, Of d. Reid Bat.
tle7aHes e and d. the ordinary haschets ;wete
toy found in large Numbers. .. Uslike the
mounds % at Marietta ll and other placessini
OHIO, y no metals ,:or metallic Substances
bave set besn found. 4 few years sgo:
TIE b corpse eE:!a.f aff warrior was discovered
.na;s1e.e IN ;Qne Of the 'sepnhhral mounds in the
streets Of Mazietttes viii the remains Of
hpek l!e 2 kler ':fempo4ed # ieoppe over
leia i'd With ytt thick ie Plate et .ilyeE"s The
most ancient !a 70! Of the mound. A.xe yield:
ed bracelets Of brass, smooth and pol
ished, rings and tubes Of thes same ma
terial, various. ornaments for the psfd
son in silver, pipes of terra Gotta ada
slate, r,ude !: u1ptures| ID, ii wood and f6ef'
ones in more durable material. ..S::4 4
THE: people in the neighborhood have
gathered up the relics found at tie
mound, and almost every fisherman pos. b
'sesses some trllnket' or utcnsiil odf pot
terry, axes : Or 1p5eessttleS: The pottery @ i.
much finer and harder than that: in dsez
with Us, unslsAed, With many 81 Isth strangef
devices figured on the sides, While the
edges astee fl ffeqluehtly; scail6petd::' a.
1fsthis mound Vas properly i,yesatiis s i
gated: ve'doubt not it would Yield d
great deal of information which. h.wtopld,
be: Of value to-, the areheol0gist,. and
add something more tq the history Of .
forgotten r2ce: . 49,
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