The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-09-08

yuga Township-A Singular Discovery
/ Some remains of the Giants that
Were in those Days.
CAYUGA, Angus. 2l.-On Wed
nesday last, Rev. Nathaniel Wardell,
Messrs. Grin Wardell, (of Toronto),
and Daniel Fredenburg, were dig
ging on the farm of the latter gentle
man, which is on the banks of the
Grand River, in the township Of Ca
yuga. When they got five or six
feet below the surface a strange sight
met them. Piled in layers, one upon
top of the other, were two hundred
skeletons of human beings, nearly
perfect around the neck of each
one being string Of beads. There
were also deposited in this pit num-
Der of axes and swimmers made of
stone. In the jaws of several of the
skeletons were large stone pipes
one of which Mr. o. Wardell took
with him to Toronto a day or two
after this Golgotha was unearthed.
These skeletons are those of men
of gigantic stature, some of them
measuring nine feet very few of them
being less than seven feet. Some
of the thigh bones were found to be
at least half foot longer than those
at present known, and one of the
skulls being examined, completely
covered the head of an ordinary per-
son. These skeletons are supposed
to belong to those of race ofpeople
anterior to the Indians. Some three
years ago the bones of a mastodon
were found embedded in the earth
about six miles from this spot. The
pit and its CHASTITY occupants are now
open to the view of any one who may
wish to make a visit there.
LATER.
DUNNvILLE, August 22.-There
is not the slightest doubt that the re-
mains of lost city are on this farm.
At various times within the past year
the remains ofmud 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 hitherto.
The remains of blacksmith shop,
containing two tons of charcoal aud
various implements were turned up
few months ago. The farm, which
consists of $50 acres, has been cult
waited for nearly century, and was
covered with a thick growth of pine,
so that it must have been ages ago
since the remains were deposited
there. The skulls of the skeletons
are of an enormous size, and of all
manner of shapes, about half as large
again as are now to be seen. The
teeth in most of them are still in an
almost perfect state of preservation,
though they soon fall out when ex-
posed to the air. 1t is supposed
that there is gold or silver in large
quantities to be found in the premi-
ses, as mineral rods have invariably,
when tested, pointed to a certain
spot, and few yards from where
the last batch of skeletons was found,
directly under an 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 a scheme of
exploration carried on thoroughly
the result would be highly interest
ing. A good deal of excitement
exists in the neighborhood, and many
visitors call at the farm daily. The
skulls andlbones ofthe giants are fast
disappearing, being taken away by
curiosity hunters. 1t is the intention
of Mr.. Frendenburg 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 pitt is close to the banks, but
marks are there to show where the
gold or silver treasure is supposed to
be under. From the appearance of
the skulls it would seem that their
possessors died violent death, as
many of them were broken and dint-
ed. The axes are shaped like TOM
ahawks-small 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. They have not lost
Their virtue fer smoking. Some peo-
pie profess to believe that the locali-
ty of Fredenburg Farm was formerly
an Indian burial place, but the enor
nous stature of the skeletons, and
the fact that pine trees of centuries
growth covered the spot, go far to
disnrove this idea.