Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-28


A farmer in Cayuga, in the province of On
tario has unearthed some relies of the past
that set all the wise men of his neighborhood
TO wondering. He thinks that his farm is the
site of lost city, founded and dwelt in by some
race, of whom history has no record AT va-
| rious times remains of mud houses with their
chmneys have been found covered with soil,
| which shows no traces of disturbance during
the hundred years for which the farm has been
occupied by white men, and in which lofty
pines, of apparently centuries growth, were
standing when it was first appropriated for cul-
tiyation. This season the discoveries have been
more interesting, and have revealed more
| definite information as to what manner OF men
they were who have left their remains there.
Some months ago, what seemed TO be the ruins
of forge, with several bushels of charcoal and
various implements were uncovered, and last
week a pit was found filed with "gi-
gantic human skeletons" judged to be
at least two hundred in number" Some of
these appear TO have belonged to men not less
than nine feet high, while few of them would
measure less than seven feet. The thigh bones
are said to have been at least six inches longer
than those ola tall man of the present day, and
one of the skulls completely covered the head of
an ordinary person. The bones were piled in
regular layers; each skeleton had a string of
stone beads around its neck, number of stone
axes and other implements of that material
were found and some of the skulls had pipes
of stone between their jaws A correspondent
of the Toronto Telegraph says:
at is supposed that there is gold or silver in
large quantities to be found in the premises, as
mineral rods have invariably, when tested,
pointed to a certain spot, and 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 were also found in the pit
were almost petrifed. There is no doubt that
were there n scheme of exploration carried on
thoroughly the result would be highly interest
ing. A good deal of excitement exists in the
neiehbOrhood, and many visitors call at the
farm daily. The skull and bones Of the
giants are fast disappearing, being taken
away by curiosity hunters. 1t is the intention
of Mr.. Fredenburg to cover the pit up very soon.
The pit is CHASTITY in the 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 gold or silver treasure is sup
posed to be under. From the appearance Of the
skulls it would seem that their possessors died
q violent death, as many of them were broken
and dinted. The axes are shaped like tOma-
hawkes. mall, but 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"
The writer does not seem very intelligent
witness, and his account is probably exagger-
ated; but if any considerable part of it is true,
the discovery is worth the attention of archaic
ologists.