, 1874-08-17

nineteenth century. Takii,g position rs
ncar ms possible: In, tho. contro of IA tho
on n w. S2 s Of to sEsdo sn M Taa +hqa.1 ae
ena, Al il eqos down, i gratoy Oh aomethnF iiIe
striking u Btonp, N6thlNg strange In tfltB how
ovor, Tor occasionally q, small stono has boon
found; hut, on: turning tho earth OF tho apado,
something 10, Eliito, 'o oshod marble. i OBJ
cosor inspection reveals tho fact that II ia4 ,,1,-
!iko anything vet brought to tho ,ligiJfg IN tint
hole" plckiiig 1t MP and rubbing or Tho Garth,
y ..,,1~:A WHITE rAbLEr IL nEvEALED, :. .,,-
IN ~ enEy'n by .Tt ~ sn rss
tlons from 1t, md surrounded BY a dozon figures
aucs. no VIC aro wont to ,aaBaclato with teathon
mythology. II havo found III" Ysa shouted
tho spado was dropped tha mysterious nnd
Cd tigl'tor, d II il fear that Il would be sgd.
ancient =, Mound-Dailier, '. Ia punishment
With "Whoopt ,hirrah!" hat yas thrown
those standing ou.' tho ,banl', WHO MI THY time
wcro wondering If your correspondent Ind gono
crazy lo followed 1t ~ fast AZ hc could CLIMB
out of tho trouch. g, l1ata i'ow into tho MR. aud
!od zns WSnt up whsl HS hGo, ,npn
+ IhlA, discovery, Of course. gavo all renewed
vigor to pursue tho work. .furthor, Digging
down d few inc!leH lonor, vnr,ptlH articles wero
found, among which arc Btoho hammer inches
long, with round hoo dgilleil In for hanlle;
Htoto cllisol; portion OF THO bowl Of n pipo: :
several flint arrow-heads, or anoar-pointB; n
quantity OF dccaycd bones; q sinai! stone or two
liaving ilrc-narl;s On tliom; whnt appears to bo
tito fragments of d sknll-bone; and q tWiBtod
lbl having tie appearance of hair.
ia inches widc, az {fohg, antl ono-fonrth OF an
lucll thick. aud is mado Of what Ia now pro-
nounced Niagara spar. Tho, characteYs OIL; It
Wero 10 accurately described n your npSsla1 from
l will NOT repeat thom hcro. What they. aro Of
course an, Unable to atnto They may be nllogpri-
cal,or tlioy may intcncd to represent tue signs
OF tho Zodao, tho sun and tho eartl. In cont
nearly oxact countorparte Of tint number Of
Lyh!an eharacters the primitive letters Of tic
most a'!eicnt nntion Of Africa, which fud
reproaontod in rriost's Amor1can Antiqui-
tios Tho $ curious face, which liz tho
most prominent !ilgnro, ia yory nearly counter
Cnloudar, of tho Moxicaus. which was captured
by Cortez when .ho invaded Mexico, aild was
buried by lin boca1,6o llo coilld not destroy or
carryie on, 1t boing IL foot square, y thic1s.
and Ding up asain in 1901. Tie lizard aud y
horned ficnl om t!,ia Mexican Calendar orc also
prominent on the Noekcerd tablet. :, :. ,
Whit its import or valuo may bo, Of couree /
can1lot tell, yet oil WHO laro scon it-nnd it ha8
boon acen, by neutrality-suspicious. 1t QUO of tho
nost valuable discoveries Jet made III connce-
tion with tho Mounds Of North America.
During. tho afternoon, two smaller mounds
near tho large ono wesc opened, aMd
HUMAN HOMES il.
found III each, bnt ITO otllor articles Of interest.
In ono Of thaso wns a human skull nonrly COM
plcto but no brittls from its long rcsting III tho
Garth TINT 1t fell aphrt ut tho toiIch Tho earth
was 80 compact and hard III this skull that It
retainod 1nd showed tho shape Of tho brain after
tho bones liad fallon from it. Thigh aud ,arn
bones and teeti, wcro also auong tho relics taken
from ono OF theHo last mounds.
This discovery has worry naturally excited re-
new:ed intarest In these mounds, ns,d others will
be carefully opened in a fcw laya, il pormisBlon
ca1 bo obtained Of tho gentlenou OIL whoac land
they arc located, OCCABloSAL.