The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-09-21
AN UNKNOWN RACE OF GIANTS

AN UNKNOWN RACE OF GIANTS
Correspondence OF the Toronto Telegraph
On Wednesday last the Rev. Nathan
lei Wardell, Messrs Grin NardelI (of
Torontol, and Daniel Fridenburg were
digging on the farm of the latter gentle
men, which is on the banks OF the Grand
River, in the town of Cayuga. When
they had got to five or six feet below the
surface, a strange sight met them. Piled
in layers, one upon the top OF the other,
some 200 skeletons Of human beings near,
ly perfect-around the neck of each one
being a string OF beads. There were also
deposited in tLls pit a number of axes
and sklmmers made OF stone. In the
jaws of several Of the skeletons were
large stone pipes. one of which Mr.. ..
Wardell took to Toronto a. day or two
after.
These skeletons are those OF men of
gigantic structure, some OF them measuF-
ing nine feet, very few OF them being less
than seven feet. Some OF the thigh
bones were found to be at least foot
longer than those at present known, and
one OF the skulls being examined, COM
pietely covered the head Of an ordinary
person. These skeletons are supposed to
belong to a race of people anterior to the
J
of u mastoden were found Undecided In the
earth about six miles from this spot. The
pit and Its CHASTITY occupants are now
open to the view Of any who may wish to
make visit there.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the remains Of a lost citys are on this
farm. AT various times within the past
years the remains of mud houses with
their chimneys had been found and
there have been dozens of pits OF similar
kind TO that just uncart he'd, though much
smaller. Ii the place which has been dis
covered before, though the fact las not
been made public hitherto. The re mains
OF a black smith S shop, containing two tons
OF charcoal and various implements, were
turned up a few months ago. The farm,
which consists of $50 acres, has been
| cultivated for nearly a century, and was
covered with a thick growth of pine, So
that 1t must have been ages ago that the
| remains were deposited there. The skulls
OF the skeletons are OF. an enormous size
| and of ali manner of shapes, about hall
| as large again as are now to be seen. The
teeth In most of them are sUill in almost q
| perfect state OF reservation, though they
! soon tall out when exposed to the air 1t
is supposed that there is gold or silver ia
! larg quantities to be found in the prem
lses, as mineral rods have invariably,
when tested, pointed to certain spot,
and few yards from where the last
batch of skeletons was found directly
under the apple tree.
Some large shells, supposed to have
been used for holding water, which were
also found In the pit, were almost petri-
,, fed. There is no doubt that, were a
scheme of xploratlon carried on, the re-
suit would be highly interesting. A good
deal of excitement exists in the neigh
borhood, and many visitors call at the
farm daily. The skulls and bones of the
giants are fast disappearing, being TAX
en- away by curiosity hunters 1t was
the intention of Mr.. Fridenburg to cover
the pit up very soon. 1t is CHASTITY in
the extreme. The farm is skirted on the
north by the grand river. The pit is
close to the banks, but the marks are
there to show where the gold and silver
treasure is supposed to be under.
From the appearance of the skulls it
was thought that the possessors died
violent death, as many Of them were den
tel and broken. The axes are shaped
like tomahawks, small bat keen instru-
mentS. The beads are all of stone, and
OF all sizes and shapes. The pipes are
no. unlike the Guilty pipe, in shape, and
several OF them are engraved with dog 8
heads. They nave not loststheir virtue
tor smoking. Some people profess to be-
ilegc that this locality was once an Iudi-
an burial place, but the enorm Gus stature
OF the skeletons and the fact that pine
trees OF centuries growth covered the
spot, 60 far % dlS! rove the idea