The New York herald., 1870-09-06


Remains OF n Race Of GiuDfs Found In Ar
kansas-Humnn skeletons Unearthcd Eishi
and Ton Feet In usht-stranse and Un-
known Potiery-Relscs of n Former Age.
[From the Memphis Appeal
Ihe statements which we make ueio", ana tne
facts detailed aie so strange aud almost incredible
and 80 like the many roOib backs nnd cnnards that
have from time to lime appeared In me press of
the declaration tnat they are strictly rue and that
we have not eAasl eralcd what We Aaye one
iOta. With this much as a preface we VIII proceed
curcKAsAwBA
Two miles west OF GarLeid Point, In Arkansas
county, Arkansas, ON the east bank oil The lovely
stream called femscott Eay0n, tributary OF the
II. Francis river. stands TN Indian mound, some
twenty five feet high ana about an acre In area ar
the top. This mound ls called ChlcSasawba. and
from II the nigh and beautiful country surrounding
It, some twelve square miles In area, derives lts
name-Chickasawb The mound derives It's name
from Chckasawba, chief OF the shawnee tribe, who
lived, died and was buried there. This chief was
one Of the last Of the race OF hunters who lived in
that beautiful region, ana VINO once peoped it quite
thickiy-for lnulans we mean. FROM 1920 to 1851 ne
and his hunteTs assembled annually at Barneld
POINT, then, as now, the principal shipping place
., spe surrounding country and bartered on tnclr
lurs, peltrles buuaiO robes and honey 10 the whtS
settlers and the trading boats ON the river, receiv
ing Id return powder, shot, lead, blankets money,
&C. Aunt kltly Williams, VINO now resides there,
relates that Chckusaw ba would frequently bring in
i0r sale At one time as much az twenty gallons OF
pure honey In dee.skin bags slung to hls back. He
was always lrin friend OF the whites, man Of
gigantic stature ana nerculean strength. In his
u
had two children. In 1881 she died. and the old
chief did not long survive her, dying III the same
gerald. VINO moved to tnat country In 1922,
says that up to the time OF his death Chicka-
sawba supplied min with game. He was buried
ri the foot Ol tie mound which he had lived by
his tribe, most OF wn0m departed for the Nation inn
mediateiy after performing his funeral rites. A few,
however, fingered there up % late date, the last OF
them, we believe being John East, VINO, In ls6O at
{le breaking out o. the war, joined Captain Charley
BOWenS company or tile late ''so-caled," and
a
Of them. coming back nome In lS65 to return the
and the best informed cbIe Of his tribe. His cOner-
pOrary chiefs We're Long Knife Sunshine, Corn Meai,
Moonshme lMike brennanh &c. Mike Brennan and
lulll buried hlll. he lett son. named John Pemi-
scott NUMBER OF years ago. IN making cXca.
walton into or near the loot Oh CncKasawbas mound,
y portion OF o
GIGANTIC HUMAN SKELETON
was found. The men who were digging, becoming
Interested, unearfhed the entire skeleton, and from
frame OF the man to whom It belonged could not
have been less tnan eight or nine feet III hight.
Under The skull, which easily slipped the head
OF our iniornanC NSho, WIN here state Is one OF
our best citlzens), was found peculiarly shaped
earthen jar resembling nothing In the way of Indian
pottery which lad before been by them. II was
exactly the shape o. the roundbodied, iongnecked
cara,es, or water decantcrs, specimen
or which may be on GastOn's dining
table. The material Of which this was made was
u peculiar KIND o. clay, anu the Workmanship was
very Ane. The belly on body Of il was ornamented
with figures or hero yphics, consist ng OF correct
delineatlon OF human hands, parallel each other
vase the wrists to the b1se and the fingers towards
the neck On either side Of these hands were tho
around the vase. There were other things found
With the Skeleton but this rs al that Informant
remembers. Slncs that time wherever an eXcava-
ton has been made in the ChickasawDia country IN
the neighbOrhOOd Of The mound
SIMILAR SKELETONS
nave been found and under the skull of every one
were lound similar iunel al vases almost exactly ike
the one described. There this city several
Of the vases and portions OF the huge Skeletons
One OF the editors OF the Appeut yesterday measured
thigh bone, which Is fully. three feet long. The
the foot, stood up in proper position, IN a physi-
cans Office In this city, measure live ieet in height
ana show the body TO which the leg belonged TO
have been from nine To ten feet in height. AT
Beaufort's landing, near Barncld in digging a
deep ditch, skeleton was dug up, The leg
1eet In length, and other bones proportion. In
very lew days we hope 10 be able to lay before orr
the portions OF skeletons IL the city and of the
arcies found una. IN the graves 1t is not matter OF
HUMAN REMAINS.
Out OF long extinct race-a race which GOurfshed,
lived and died many centuries ago, in those days
Lod Of in Scripture (And there were giants those
days.") 1t was Sir Hans sloan we believe, who
nrst put forth the theory that The ei2anLic bones
found IN various parts OF The Old World We're not hu
man remains, This, so Iii according with the popu-
lar IDEAS and superstitions about giants, VAS
considered the rankest sort of heresy at the time.
But Cuvler, the great anatomst, proved them,
almost every instance 70 De portions o. he fossils OF
mamnoths, methageriums. maslodons &C. The
bones That he examined, however were those OF
such apOcryphal skeletons as thai found in Sicily
in the early part Vi tile eighteenth century, 800 feet
long; OF 'Bucart" found at Vaence in 1905, thirty
feet high; OF the "Chevalier Rncon," found al
ROuen IN 1909, &c. Within the past century there
have been numerous weli-atesred Instances ofgiants
over eight feet IN height--iOr instance COtter
l0'Brien), who was eight feet seven inches; Byrne,
eight eet six inches, and McGrath. seven feet nine
inches high-all OF whom were exhibited throughout
Europe. At the present time we recall but one liv
ing giant over eight feet In height-Chang, the
Chinese giant. There IL giantess who was eXhibi-
Ted through the South IN lS54-o-a Miss Henrion, II
we remember rigbty-wh0 was seven feet nine
inches &c. With these individual instances before
u.s. and knowing the enormous sizc almost the
entire population OF portions OF Kentucky we 40
need to be disciples OF Heron, the French academl-
clan (wnO believed Adam was one hundred and
twenty-five feet high Noah twenty seven feet Moses
twenty feet and SO on down to the era Of Christ,
when the decrease stopped to be convinced that
Tie race OF aboriginal men who built The large
mounds in various parts OF the country were Of
gigantic frame and enormous sTatnrc.