The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-04
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CAYUGA, n. Y. Aug. 21.
On Wednesday tie Rev. Nathaniel
Wardeil. Messrs Grin NEa,sleH (of
Ioronto), and Daniel FriGenburg were
digging on the farm of the Latter. gen
t.ehnail. which Is on the banks of the
Grand River, in the township of Cayr-
ga. When they had got five or six
leet below the surface, q strange sight
met them. Piled up in layers, one up
on top OF the other, We're two hundred
skeletons OF human beings. nearly per-
fact-arot1nd the neck OF each one be-
ing string OF beads. There were al
so deposited i'll this pit number of
axes and shimmers made Of stone. In
the jaws Of several Of the skeletons
We're large stOEe pipes, one Of which
Mr.. q. War,lell took with him to Tor
cato a day or tH-o after.
These skeletons are those Of men of
gigantic structure, some Of them meas
uring Zine feet, very few Of them
being less than seven feet. Some of
the thigh bones We're found to be at
least half Il foot longer than those at
present known, and one Of the skulls
being examined, completely covered
the head ofan ordinary person. These
skeletons are supposed TO belong to 4
race of people anterior to the Indians.
some three years ago tie bones Of Il
Mastodon We're found imbeded III the
earth abont six miles from this spot.
The pit and its gilaStly occupants are
open to the view of those who Inay
wish to make visit there.
DUNvILLE. Avg. 3.
There is not the least doubt that the
remains of a lost city are ON this farm.
At various times within the last year
the remains of mud houses with their
chimneys have been found and there
are dozens Of pits Of a similar kind to
that just unearthed, though much
smaller, in the place which has been
discovered before, though the fact has
not been made public before. The re-
mains OF blacksnith's shop, con-
tanning two tolS Of charcoal and va
rious other implements were turned
UP Il few months ago. The farm,
which consists of $50 acres, has been
cultivated for neaIlya century. and
was covered witlia thick growth of
pine. so that it must have been ages
ago that the remains Were depo sited
there. The skulls Of the skeletons are
ofenormous size and Of all manner of
shapes. about haifas large again as are
Row to be seen. The teeth in most of
them are still il an almost perfect
state of reservation, though they soon
fail out when exposed to the air. 1t
Is supposed that there is gold and sill
Yer iii large quantities to be found
on the premises, as mineral rods have
invariably, when tested. pointed to a
certain spot, and 4 few yards from
where the last batch Of skeletons were
found directly under the apple tree.
Some large shells supposed to have
been used for holding water, which
We're also found in the pit, were almost
petrified. There IS no doubt that were
Il scheme of exploration carried on
thoroughly the result would be highly
Interesting. a good deal of excite
ment exists III the neighborllood, and
many visitors call at the farm daily
The skulls and bones of the giants are
fast disappearing being taken away by
cti-io sity hunters. 1t IS the intention
Of Mr.. Fridenburg to cover the pit up
Fery soon.-The pit is gilastly in the
extreme. The farm is skirted OH the
north by the Grand river. The pit
i, close to the banks, but the marks are
there to show where the gold or silver
are supposed to be under.
From the appearance ofthe skulls it
would seem that their possessors died
a violent death. as many OF them We're
broken and dented. The axes are
sllarpened like tomahawks, small, but
keen Instruments. The beads are all
OF stone, and Of all sizes and shapes
The pipes are not unlike in shape the
eutty pipe, and several of them are en-
graved with dogs heads. They have
ilot lost their virtue for smoking.
Some profess to believe that the local
ity of Fridenburg farm was fornlely
an Indian burial place, but the enor-
nous stature OF the skeletons and the
fact that pine trees ofcenturie's growth
covered the spot, go far to disprove
this neutrality-suspicious. of the Tor
onto Telegraph. =.