The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-03

expe ague and also engraved on the blade of
swords The first resembles much in shape reversed
bodaced thus " the second like dropping T. resting on
a broad base.
Let here that on the same rock with the Runic
name W Langley D f755 very g dhcy though rade
engraved There few scratches besides al! evidently
made with sharp metallic instrument Its highly probable
that the existence of this inscription commonly known
In Its neghborhood when it less concealed though IL
seems have passed entirely from the memory OF even the
oldest residents of Georgetown. But to return to the dis
covey of the remains Of Suau and of the articles buried
with her. - s4a545 Aa4ifI ysaiaaa 4 "a ttHT 43ls4g
F HUMAN REMAINS ExHUMED ; - 8
While Mr. Lequereux and myself were busy transcribing
the inscription Professor Brand had procured pickaxe
and impressed to dig negro whom he found fishing After
cutting trench about eighteen inches deep In front OF the
Rqnes they e1humed molar TOOTH when was unmlstak
making several and digging deeper our labor was
rewarded with fragment of second moar TOOTH an almost
perfect canine TOOTH and fragment of large boneprob
ably the femur pelvswhich crumbed into dust upon
exposure the air There also unmsakabe traces
of bones in the SOIL But besides these evidences of the
presence of body, found three bronze rnkes, with
various butunnegbe shapes except peroraton In their
middle through which string might have passed also two
arculang joints of the column stem of large encrnite
which possibly ornament about the neck
having been strung with the bronze rnkes and the COINS
to be mentioned next DR. Mante states that he has found
these encrnte joints preserved in tumu of the ancient
Britons having evidently been by them as ornaments
and in the north of England they still called beads
"buttons" and "S Cuthberts beads" and formerly
used there rosares. But to mention what may be con-
sidered remarkable fact found alternating with
similar Roman coins of the latter part of the tenth century
BY many persons this may be deemed ncrdbe but be it
remembered that the adventurous navgaors of the Republic
of Iceland the time of Suasus BURIAL had already pene
traed through the Mediterranean the Black Sea- while her
warriors served in the body guards of the Caesars of Byza
tu and fought under the banners of the earliest Mscove
So the fact of Roman coin being found in the
of 1ceander of that time in America Invested OF
great deal of its mystery 1t may be said however, that
during the middle ages and especially from the tenth to the
twelfth century, the coinage of all Europe close mita
tiono the Byzantine currency the present coins possibly
which have ascribed them But to this reply that
the coins from the grave of asu
of the Byzantine coins than any imitation of that currency
have In fne have no hesitation In saying
that they genuine Roman coins Besides these interest
ing relics noticed in several places dscooration OF the
soil by metallic 1t is possible too that other things
may vet be exhumed from this ancient grave search
extended and careful as tmght have BEEN Permit
me say also that these interesting relics of the past
together with the teeth of Suas and cast of her remarkable
eptaph will be preserved in the museum of the Smithsonian
Institute where they can be accessible at any time. M
t... = CONCLUSION. to:f,f
And now conclusion let rise from Enumeration of
these curious facts contemplation of their possible sig
n6cance aud Importance In archaeological senses the
bronze rinke the incrne joints and the Roman COINS
of great interest Found too in the grave of the
to have been in the Skalho Saga they clustered
round with associations and nerrogaories Medals Of the
Bronze Age of history they also tell the old story of
vanity personal vanity, the wake Suasu. But of
the Whe-shr inscription in linguistic point of view, it
has especial value 1t is almost perfect eptaph in the
very Navok Runes and is remarkable for its purity and
cearness 1t also proves that the Specification Of the signs
dictnct FROM though probably connected with the text and
be omitted without impairng the meaning of the in
scripon They possibly have Specification analogous to
that of the with which they nerspersed but
doubtless of heahenish origin Almost the whole Runic
Alphabet could be reconstructed from this single inscription
But in historical that the Hvidsrk Runes pos
sess their greatest value and importance. Compared with
all proofs yet discovered in America of the Iceandes
voyages this continent through period of and half
centuries is the most liable and decisive tits unqueston
ably Iceandic and than that Ineligible and rational
very unlike the Dighton Writing Rock SO the page Of
American history that treats of the partial occupation and
exploration of the New World by the Mortimer Eve
es before the discoveries of Columbus have rendered
his name immortal is no longer conjecture but fact
This inscription too determines with certainty the existence
of such exploration point where fancy rembled
60 And in confirming the accounts in the Skahot Saga it
in an instant ransmutes their shadows into Solid tangible