, 1876-07-28
TILE lIOUND-DUILDERS.
The Mounds in the Vicinity Of
East St. Louis.
What They Look Like, and
What Are Found In Them.
Exhumntfon Of the Skeleton of a
Pre~IIistoric Man.


Exhumnffon Of tho EfteTntOn of q
t,ro-11,stor,o nr,,,
AaoSo wa ~ A'A'A'
sr<.,,, r,-.,no1d.,r, NJ ~. T,,,u,<
ar. LonIs, inv m.-Tho a or 10 miles be.
tvopn RAT a. 1.,nf, anil .ha h,utt.--a 1,rend
-,,,4oou al, T., ,nx-,. .nnil. sor, ami c.rt,tr
ic'css nos heeessaey " 'pseny~neso 'one pssu
Rho"n 10 6elcnt'sls hs the iol1hcr nolne u
very poPuIohs tEaeo, Or has!on IL fnAy haVo beel,
Of
MouNp-pu1LDRRs.
That the many mounds found on this broad
MtssissIppi bottom werc built BY mnu, far bacl;
in former arcs. lonr before tho pale-faccs from
thc Eeat i,,Tclt unon ,he A,nertcan Conttncnt.
loo i,so,, ahrnt7srtt. r,rovc1 Nv thc totai ,,r.
's ..N'.,tt.. ~ ss,- - .t ~ ,,a s,a,. ras ~.
s..s.. - r..sc, Ia,.t. a,,S ~ .1,o ,nn,a,,,,roe
eHeosa ~ t.os'1" .4uu'a, a"1 =, w.. 1as ~.
bo constructed Of the Garth and soil by which
they orc surrounded; aud they contained tho
terry md other implements used by them, both
in peaceful Ifs aud wArlike Operations
hao"!ng tneae laels' our "tue-a"nAo eelent'Ss'
m. EDMUND ANDREWS,
~ aI1p'e" ~ 'h'4tssi'a " .'la 4o''''. pepa' ~
Louis, to vs!t this Interesting lesalty, and. per;
these ancient alouud-Buildsrs. DR.. Andrews
iavlted tho writer to bs tho companion OF hia
dely1ng Into tho mysteries OF the past
~ ~ s''U r,.,,,.. H. 's.ss ash,onaa 'S "'">''
Promptly on tho arrival of tho TT ttnin .estsrt'as
and We wars aeon ,gondur our way 10 tho north.
east, and had ocular demonstration Of the injury
Tho extremely ret ssa.on has Indicted npon tho
corn n'cFop In this usually proitno section Of our
statc. Wherever tho surface of tho ground Is a
corn 's entirely funoa. Taken together, the broad
p.a,'ss aotwson teo H.or and The S'an' cannot
''s'~ ''S'' %"'A ,s. .,m.v,s s0 s.,,,,
tso ,.rcc,t q, taa % ssrcs ] that S.,, Tim oec,, NJ
our @ W.T. aud said to Se the largest IN Tic Quilted
states, is situated near q bayou about g miles
northea.t OF East st: Louis. ind mile or two
tha fos scorcs Of yoars amor tho rst settlement o
tic country, the monks lived and had ehurch on
e. toP # Ne sai VIZ ses,;sSs
them ourselves. Uut it Wis agreed t],at thc n,,l,l
Govern aone 10 scres,. and that I Il from i5o to
ihs mster3si bv Nhieh i Ia snproundel Mns. novs
cd, on liz TOP of Il and large trees arc growing on
haye @ Seeu @ NEARLY ~ sauare md on tic soatheast Is
Il projcction With i leye! surface, perhnps one-
third 81 The way Up. and another halt way between
- '''"' 'A' '''0 4 rEocAL11
snd a TIA! ": n'sd 1sF sasssssa r. h1%sa 1e'ng
oply tp Miss,ssippi M M botto % bat Tiao ranse of
lin bjnffs. IL Loniy. md the bcautifui hiiis be-.
yond nH diA'' II ~" -''' ~A@ 'A' ''A' '4'''" W.
tsou this mound ecr,es Of other but sma],c,
mes1d; s5tsS 5 g;s9i s, issSss apsS5 II !ss
number Of most Interesting articles fund In tcre
monnds, % mnate % descrpion of wh!ch he viii no
sq g eSS TO 81 ,1e seene % h,n
Ia ss %o or o ,uss " I'd k
sssoy % os shom ~ %c Wers giad To- escape fron, tiae
hnms NJ IT.. Richnrson. n ~ 'A3 uo'i'''"''s
To.nv ". cssnincd nsycrn, bu,tan1ncc. n. TIM
b,nTs nyo,th III az thn ToSi irnhJnp frdm E,st IL H.
Innis tn Eni1jnaviiIr and In th6 effnrnnnn ,.rnt
Of abcsa f.Srcs or Slufts. tho uan IrIyina e the
s a ID ssds ss
shoyol or 10 carefully waschng ths resuits Of tSct
l.efo I il sons: il ptoyea 10 y ths tishi th|sh
goes on for half an hour. Dy that time the
il rsvealed. Taose il, iay. and staiwaft man hs
iyory sd aysry ~ one nefiess Yseass r"jed tho
tonf, but it could not hantsh all sontnasnt. When
lid this man liver What were Ills occupations, lii
ss prouay real ths mounds ~ uyas sh a he
sSd f;s9 n; ,a as !, o "a b.
Se sS x i em s ytpeaa pSs
3 Ssas u. Hut a 1 s. IT. fssss
rIue, a some mi isw th!pKs q him and his people may