American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-04-15
A GIANTS TOMB.
remarkable Dfscsvery near NIaysviIle,
ky.-A Party of Hunters Stumble upon
aMamnaoth. Cave-They Find the skele-
tom ef Giant with Copper Helmet and
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Correspondence of the New York SUM-
NASHVILLE, Ky, March 30.-An ex-
ceedingly interesting discovery was
made few days ago by party of
young men while out hunting near the
town of Augusta, some fourteen miles
from this CITY,. While beating about for
game upon the lands Of s. X. Veach, a
well known farmer of the neighbor-
hood, in a dense thicket of young elms,
upon the side of one of the hills, their
dogs suddenly disappeared through an
opening some three or four feet in di-
ameter, which proved upon examine
ton to be the entrance to cavern that
promises to rival in magnificence and
grandeur the world-renowned Mann
moth Cave Of Southern Kentucky.
The mouth of this cavern appears to
have been covered with a large, fiat
rock. that slipped away from the open
ing, together with a large mass of earth.
and this accidentally indicated the exist
ence of the cave. This stone, which
evidently answered for a front door to
dwelling of some Of the mysterious
people who lived and had their being in
the Ohio valley anterior to the advent
of the modern Indian, was nearly over
grown with moss, and measured five
feet or more one way and little less
than four feet the other. Underneath
the moss has been traced a hierogiyphi-
cal inscription, which it is not improba-
BILE to suppose may have been made for
the purpose Of signifying to the passer-
by, as our modern door plates do, the
names of the jewellers inside.
The characters occurring most fire.
quently in this symbol writing are a cir
Gle divided by a perpendicular line, a
{ representation of double lodge, and
irregular, wavy lines, supposed to indi-
cate water. Some of our local anti
quarians have deciphered the circular
figure to signify unity or the union of
two branches of the same family. The
idea appears to be strengthened by the
rude drawing of the united lodges.
From this Interpretation, it is inferred
that two families, possibly connected
by ties of consanguinity, lived together
. in this prehistoric dwelling. The lines
that are supposed to represent water
are sinn,ar 70 tnose gwen ny MI. School
- n a.: aneqai.les OF Amerlca as
..es p's tiui'.s' II i MOI unnkeiy that
the figure may have some association
with the Ohio River, which is distant
from the spot not more than half a
mile
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as -.on' ~ s'ueu' as II
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'ID lssaons, 70 tne Drink OF
~ s - 'eS.esne nao leu tneM DuI on
foiio"ing morning tney procured a
supply Oh canaies' ropes ana other
'eies,o sed IN cave explorations, and
neade1 py an intrepid young fdlow
na& PIP nspn" yates repaired to the
SS..t.n - tsen -'ne oe'scen.- AT
Sss1 '.s J. - s.1e " entrance
pen1,co 1our feet, when
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: - l17 20 - -. o
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u Y ( :. Anee OF nis room IS de-
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IN e ana gnssened IN the
% s.e canuies hke masses OF soiid
: s,Ner Inc moor was covered with .
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me sea ssofe' 70 the depth OF ten or
s~s1se MONIES. Inc young men, who
nag never Witnessed such 9, sight as the
Iost - ,-o. - va pesenleu' were
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