The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-18

iiSHts' II WAS iafUff III the nature 0f men
/ constituted us the counsel for the defense Il,
8 rest long from the fight, and there eolise-
i quently followed worly warfare of the
! most remarkable and exciting charaetcr.-
Ns,0 Pork Tribune.
Another Mysterious Gave-Won-
i ders i'm Tennessee.
i Another caye has l,een unes Pthefl. This
i time by q paper published in Manchester.
Tennessee. IL thus describes IL:
! There is cave near this city, commonly
known as Bone Cave, = from which has been
brought, at varions times, by boys and other
persons who have tried to explore its hidden
/ recesses. human bones of unusual size. The
popular legends of the people are toA.he eff
feet that II is somehow connected with the
people or race which created the ..old Stone
/ / Fort that stands short distance to the
West of the town. A few days SINCE seme
boys discovered al almost enfiee huass,tf
skeleton OF mammoth size The bones of
the forearm were nearly twenty Inches long.
! while the bones Of the lower part OF the Irr
were longer than all ordinary man s lower
limb, foot aud all. The jaw bone OF this
giant would slip over the face of an ordinary
man. Stimulated BY these discoveries. and
4 laudable curiosity to learn the secrets of
this mysterious cavern, on a recent day, sig
gentlemen, including the editors rf this pa
per, made the necessary preparations, and
started TO explore the '.bone eaye.' After
an exhilarating walk of two miles through
| the clear. bracing air, they reached the en-
trance OF the cave, where, disesting them
selves Of their oversoats and lighting their
torches, they entered one Of the MANY pas-
sages, but after-a short scramble, they found
further advances stopped by large pieces ef
rock that had fallen and blocked up the pas
sage.
Again they started, and this time they
We're correct. Going back about two hun
dred and fifty. feet, they found the pas sage
growing more and more narrow, until they
had got to cd it snake fashion. AT this point
they found sharp descent leading-,ley
knew not where; but rocks detached aud
sent whirling down. reyerberated and re-
bounded until the sound MAS lost in the dis
tance. After some pounding away af rocks,
passage was made large enough for one
man to .'squirm'' through. A tough, long
grape vine was then procured and turned
down, while the upper end was held by two
stalwart men. the senior editor grasped il
and swung of, determined to find the bottom
OF that cave, China, or-some Other place.
At dista ce Of about twenty-five feet they
struck bottom, but found it was only a shelly
ing platform tlat sloped off and led-ne one
knew where
soon other members Of the party came
down, and operations commenced. They
found themselves in a vanlted chamber about
sWenty-f five feet wide BY sixty long. with pas
sages leading in every direction, Following
one. they rambled on for forty or tiftv feet.
and there appeared before them most bea,l-
tlfll lake. The water was clear and sweet.
and the ceiling over the water, studded with
stalactites, reflected back the light of the
torches like diamonds. There was no means
OF ascertaining the size of the lake. for q
banks were perpendicular. and it seemed like
pearl set in a bed OF rocks. Another mas
sage which was explored BY B. r. Fleming.
was found to extend ii a direct line toward
tue Old Stone Fort. This passage was toll
lowed for a distance of nearly two hundred
feet. when further progress was stopped bv
the pas ssage being filled up with debris. The
passage looks as if it lad been cut from the
solid rock BY the hand Of man, and gives
rise 70 the hypothesis that at some time. tar
back IN the dark ages. this cave was used by
a race of men-giants if you like that built
this same fort and the .'monnds,' and this
passage led from the fort 20
the cave. mile distant.
After a good look at This part 1T the cave.
the party returned to daylight having been
underground three hours. ana tfayersing
over mile inside of the cave. Then they
had a sllo t search in the tunnel known as
the dead House, Here, were found many
bones, all IN state Of decomposition and de-
cay This tunnel or chamber is coated with
soft, loose soil to the depth OF d foot or more.
into which one can plunge stick with per-
ect ease while all the rest of the cav. is
solid rock. The soil is supposed to be de-
.ayed animal matter-fesh aud bopes. More.
.xplos ations are proposed and an effort uilt
,e made to set scientific knowledge Of the
phenomenal
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A LEssoS'oN HuMIIITY.--A farmer took
IFS son into a wheat7fie.d In harvest-timc.
See, father exclaimed the boy. show.
traight those stems hold mp their heads!
They must be the best ones. Those that hang
heir heads down. / am sure. Cal, not be good
or much" The farmer plucked a stalk Of