The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-18
Indian Mounts.

= | IT. The Editor Of Htc Herald 0ui Nrr.
During my visit 10 Summer County
Tenn, last sumner, my curiosity wa
considerably wrought up 10y hearing
= frequent mention made OF the col,
Indian graveyard and mound field.
, Upon questioning my host, Mr. san
Taylor, formerly OF this place, i found
ioiS city OF the dead, the last resting
place Of a mighty people. Who wru
they? Situated upon the outer edge o
,he old homo place in fold, contain
| ing SiXLy~hve acres, we concluded Tate
! me evening to visit this home of the
| 5oad--try and uuearth some Of ihamEs
,"ries OF long gone time. Mr.. n. said
| hat Col. Montgomery, who settled uI
the adjoining plantation la or usgg The
year of 1883, had frequently talked with
Jhe Indians whom no found upon his
arrival, aud that they know nothing g-
| 80 who we're tk.S rae" of people, wI.
lived, moved and died horo, h.l uuiuk-
| ling OF a tradition that might have .iE-
on somo idoa. Upon first cultiyltwn
this field twenty-five years ago, many
| bones and skulls were plJwcd zap, and
| . regularly laid rock pavement HII over
| ha Gold had to DO removed. AN lh.
! graves wore marked with rock no i.u.
| les, spear and arrOw~hctds of Hur
| a2 long rock for droSsiug hides IUr
| lions OF stone pipes, DC, have been found
,n abuud nco bore. CpuU uug FIRST Hna
preach 10 this resting place al som.
mighty tribe, the evening wIuj seemed
ID Hltoa gho-tlv thrill iu its siEHu-
and we wondered If our uuHH.1W.I
presence upon this sacred ground would
not DO met and driven back bE mail
clad warriors Of old Castillo, or los dusk.
braves Of she forest with 'NIua,nw bow.
strings and whjstliug llut-hUad"a are
r,u-, tor daring tO trnHH Jrun horr
'..t once boat brave and eyes tNas once
grew bright At tho lovers coming: Ig.
! ana constrained TO saw, and 'Hr'UUm..
Ig tor the corn in the field, wa saw mon
heard none OF these, the hoOliuv ut 90.
o"I preparing for his nightly .iid Geo
song Of the cricket in ono fence corner |
and our own ImdgiGlug~, were 400 .utI |
wo Siw OF heard that pgTtauk OF Ga. |
gIrstly. The mound is situated uu1n .
the southern odEe OF the field uolr tn. |
woods, and has three very abrupt sid,- /
oE"T forty feet high. The other sid. /
seems 90 have been lillod I'm to make ij /
more convenieH. tor those Who wished /
lu bold spell-houud q mighty crowd |
with their elCqueucc, or for tho purpps. /
OF defending il from any attack. o.
viii measure on top 30 aud 30 foot, aud |
hGS growing upon its bosom, poplar and |
ash trees % to } feet through. The .
wildcat, coon and FOX, have held thoir /
memorial. About 300 feet south ut tHl-
mound several smaller ones seem Co.,
have boon commenced, and left wIn-
ishod, and near these well defined line
of earth works is still to bo seen, auI
upon .hom, about fifty feet apart, Tho
~sutinols' circle, where thcy mot, talked
aud turned TO walk their beats again.
one perfectly plain, tho works that run
through the field are !jvonod with On.
grounds. Whila was there, some par
les dug into some Of the graves lu Oh.
woods: the bones seemed sound Iu.|
subjected To air and light. thoI they
"guii cTUmhIe. 4 party from Wilson
county came down two Years ago 20 Dig
through the large mound, but giyo nap
the igb GB too troublesome au affair.
The iGoa existed among many that 81
considerable treasure lies beneath li
md many propose 10 dig through for
tho purpose Of satisfying curiosity, bus
,Ha present owner says IL shall not hn
interrupted but remain ~ il is, ThCua,
"rGs upon thousands Of oyster shalla
have been found here, and muscle shells
also in abundance. The question il,
who were they? how long ego has Sc
been since they lived and died? wcru
they Indians, or civilized wanderers,
who stayed here, fortified, lived aud
He'd and left no other works except
iitchas and mounds? Two miles from |
Tho place, the cold Buffalo trail" Is sti!l .
! be seen, which goes to the sulphur
Springs near Huntsville.
TURK.