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Human Skeletons Eight and Ten
Eestin EEeight-Ikeiics of e Former
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Two miles west of Barfield Point, in Ar
kansas County, AZ, on the east bank o.
sta shs tSsts a sss oa o'l sasssEi Hsns. sFis1s I
fe9t high and about an acre IN area at the
top. This MOUND is called Chickasawbss
and from itstke kigh iahtFb FbeauaftI GO uiftrtt
9uFroundins il so99s tyels4 r Squire q miles
Tie mound derives its name from Chick
nseTb@. vsd died. vi sasIs ho ihio
chief was one of the last of the race Of hum
ters who lived in that beautiful tegior1,s md
who once peopled it qunesthidkfyA for In
aia ns we mean Z From 1920 to 1881 lie
and his hurfers assembled annually at Bar
field Point, then, IS poWe. the -pr+nGspal
shipping plass 81 Ihs hlrron III ,e9pAry,
dad barterea sAf4keh flrs. psttrfes, buffalo
robes and honey to the white settlers and
Che trading boats on the river, RECEIVING IN
return powder. shot, lead, Blankets, money,
etc. Aunt KatyWiIiabds, who now resides
there, relates that Chickasawba would fce-
qngntly brinaf22S ss1e sat o4eFa nersEEpy = = y ch
s5s * sS'nSS s1ng ss III g1ss sf 7aS ansys
arfrm friend of the whites man of gigah-
tic stature and hereulean strengtA.f In his
nineteenth year he took D young wife and
.hy her had two children In 1881 she died.
.apd tie old cs1eG9iA aot lengsstr.gip tFer
dying in the sni 3 Sears agea bg r s44ears
aar! W. Fitzs9rsld, WHO moved in 4 that
country in 1922, says that up tosftale time
pf his death, Chickasawba supplied him
With game. He was, buried at the foot of
the mound on which Iie had lived, by his
iitrabe, most of whom departed for the Ma
ton immediately after performing his fu-
neral rites. AfeW., however r. linaesea W -.hef .
mp to a1ate dat salaat OF thssa, ASse be-
keve, being John East, who, in 1860, at
The breaking out of the eMarI 5bihed Captain
Charley Bowen's company of the
asto $50 .callsdgps and fought +. The
'ss +sb Il, tSss ea as eomins gftss, at Ipnis sre
in 1865 to return to the arts Of peace
ghielasawba was perfectly honest, and the
W. Uniformed shles ofshis tribe. His Co.
TEMPORARY chiefs were Long Knife, Sun
shine, Corn Meal, Mooushina (BIike Bren-
nam, &c. Mike Brennan and Quill bur-
red him. He lefta,son named John, Penn
escotS. a number Of years ago, in makipg
All excursion into or near the footof Chick
s4aW ba's mound, q portion of q .as'
II GIGANTIC HUMAN gLAlN SKELETON. ~ $50
Has found. Z lila esaen AWho~A were digging
becoming interested, unearthed the entire
skeleton, and from heasurenents given us
by reliable parties the frame' of the ii1san to
whom it belonged could not have been less
than eight or nine feet in height. Under
the skull, which easily slipped over the
head of soun in fornfant ewhc, we'will here
state, is. one al, our best citizensa, was
found a peculiarly shaped earthen, jar, re-
sembling nothing in the way Of Indian pot
terry which had before been seen by them.
It was exaotlsSthe shape Sf nhofottnd d-bodi-:
ed, lopg-neekAed searfatfes, .of :, water
decantefs, a specimen OF which
may .sbB - seen on Gaston'sa dining
tabie. The material of which the vase was
made was . pecr,iar kind Of clay, apd the
worl5mansha ai. Vaa very hna Z ThezbeH sof,
body OF it was ornamented with figures OF
hierogEyp HES consisting OF correct de-
lineation OF human hands, parallel to each
Other, opep,i 1ealals outward, al q running
up and down the vase, the wrists to the
hac 4r.xx,
either sideiof4the hands were fibsu or thigh
bones, also correctly deiineated, running
anouud the vase. There were. other things
found with the skeleton, but this is all that
put. informant remembers. Since that
time, wherever .en excavation has been
made in the Chickasawbia' country ii the
ofthe mound
st1TtLAR SKELETONS
have been found, and under tho skull Of
every one were found similar funeral vases,
almost exactly like Che. one described.
There are now IN this city seve' al OF the
vases and portions, OF the huge skeletons.
One OF the editors Of the Appeal yesterday
measured thigh bone, which isfally three
feet long. ! rl4ae ffhg gha and sslan. BONES, ,sto-
gether Mlui .bonea or thalsfoets steod npstim
q proper position in a physicians Office
show the body to which the leg belonged
to have been from nine to ten feet ii hieht.
At Beaufort's Landing, near BarGeld, in
digging q deep ditch skeleton was dug
up the leg Of which MEASURED between five
.andssix feet infongth, and other bones in
PROPORTION. In a very few days we hope
TO be able TO lay before our readers aceu-
rate measurement and descriptions Of the
portions OF skeletons now in the city, and
of the articles found the graves It is
not matter Of doubt that these are s..}
-'i--70 HUMAN REMAINS, -
but Of a long extinct race-a race which
fourished, lived, end, died many centuries
ago, III those days told of in Scripture. =
Effect OF the War ori California Wines,
: Tie San Francisco Chronicle says:
9 Il is 'an i'll wind that blows nobody
good ! THIS. promises to be Illustrated. in
the results oftlle European wars ass far as
the United States is concerned in general,
and California i'll particular. The wine
growing interest has assumed considerable
magnitude within a few years past, and to-
day is esteemed eneEcf the ssnost valuable
of our resources. Should the,war be pro-
longed, there IS not much probability that
K
will be heard of in the market, and as the
people who are accustomed to the use of
wines. will not care to forego their
luxury because Napoleon and Eis-
mafck choose TO quarrel on &
Question of miner Importance to them,
they will look elsewhere for d supply. Aud,
ratgrally, California wines wilt receive that
srEsi ierations WHICH, is justly tpeiT duo.
The Wines Of California, as well as the
brandies, possess a certain eegroo' of rank
ness and strength which. Iaro not found in
the French and German yintages, but tits
claimed that a recent invention has over
come these objections, and that w6 can now
present connoisseursg with a most excellent
article in every respect. Recent adviees
tfSdicste that the California wines are slow
ly establishing themselves in favor
notwithstanding the objections we