Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-20
Remarkable Discoveries.

The history of this, our world, has not
begun to be written. Ia truth, We have
hardly begun to gather the primary facts
of that history. Almost every day brings
to light something new, which upSet> all
the old theories, whether of the learned
or the ignorant. Some singular discoy-
cries have just been made in Cayuga,
Canada West. Ia digging on the farm
OF Daniel Fredeuburg, IN that township,
the workmcn found, about five feet below
the surface. pit ii led with gigantic hu-
man skeletons, Judged to be at least 200
in number The skeletons are those Of
men Of gigantic Stature-some of them
measuring nine feet, very few Of them
measuring less than seven feet. Some of
the thigh bones were found to be at least
half foot longer than those a present
known. aud one Of the skulls beng ex-
amined completely covered the head of an
ordinary person. They piled IN regular
layers, each skeleton having string of
beads around the meek, and some OF them
having pipes of stone in their Jaws. y
lumber of stone axes and other impie-
mont> Of the same material were found in
this charuel house. 4 correspondent Of
the Toronto Telegraph thinks that the site
of the farm where the remains were found
was the site Of q lost city. He says:
At various times within the past few
wears the remains Of mud-hou>eS, with
their chimueys had been found and there
are dozens oil pits Of a similar kind to that
just I'm carthed though much smaller, in
the place which has been discovered be-
fore, though the fact has not been made
public hitherto. The remains of q black
smiths shop, containing two tons Of char
coal and various implements. were turned
up d few months ago. The farm. which
consists ot I5u acres. has been cultivated
for nearly a century, and was covered
with thlck growth OF pine. SO that 1t
must have been ages 20 since the remains
were deposited there. The sNulis OF the
skeletons are of an enormous $ ze, and of
all manner of shapes, ab0u. half as large
again as are now TO be seen The teeth
iu most Of them are still in an almost per
scrvation though they soon fall out when
exposed to the air. 1t IS supposed thar
there is gold or silver in large quantities
10 be found In the premises, as mineral
rods have invariably, when tested pointed
10 a certain spot, ana q few yards from
where the last batch of these 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 petrjhed
There is no doubt that were there a scheme
Of exploration carried on thoroughly, the
result would be highly interesting. \
good deal OF excitement exists in the neigh
borhooI, and many visitors call at the
farm daily. The skulls and bones of the
giants are fast disappearing, being taken
away by curiosity-hun;ers. 1t Is the in
tcntion of Mr. Fredeuburg TO cover the
pit up very soon. The pit is CHASTITY in
extreme. The farm is skirted on the north
by the Grand River The pit is close to
the banks, but marks are there to show
where the geld or silver treasure Is sup
posed to be under From the appearance
Of the skulls it would seem that their
possesSorS died violent death. as many
dinted. The axes are shaped like toma-
hawks-SmaIi, bat keen instruments. The
beads are all Of stone, and of all sizes
and shapes. The pipes are not unlike in
shape the Guilty pipe, and several of them
are engraved with dogs heads. They
have not lost their virtue for smoking.
Some people profess to believe that the To-
cality Of Fredenburg Farm was formerly
an Indian burial-place. but the enormous
stature of the skeletons, and the fact that
pine trees of centuries growth covered
the spot, 90 far to disprove this idea.