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Is 1T A CARDIFF GIANT2
A Stone Giant Unearthed In Colorad ado-..Tho
Singular Figure Described,

. Singular Figure Described,
A few months since, saws a late nnm.
Der Of the Pueblo (Col.) Chieftaiu. M.
w. A. Conant, who has been travelling
IN the region lying southwest of Pueblo.
between this city and Mace's Hole, dis.
covered variety of fossils, among others
sea turtle in an excellent state of pre-
servation. Mr.. Conant called the atten-
tlon OF the newspaper press of the State
to his discovery, and considerable com.
ment was elected. The matter gradually
passed from the attention of the public,
though Mr.. Conant determined to search |
further in the same locality with the !
hope of making additional discover
les. On Tuesday he arrived in the
city, bringing with him large stone
figure OF man which he had unearthed
al the head of long, dry arroyo about
six miles north Of the residence of P. z.
Dotson, Esq, about twenty-five miles
from the city. The figure was found i'm
bedded in very hard clay, requiring
vigorous use Of pick to loosen it. A
cedar tree grew near by, one of the.
roots OF which had grown between the
arm and the body of the figure, making
it necessary to cut the root before re-
moving the statue from the bed in which |
it had doubtless reposed for centuries. s
MIR. Conant states that while sitting on
the ground eating his lunch in the local
1ty above mentioned, his attention was Q
attracted to a curious looking etone pro-
truding from the ground. He removed
the earth from around it and found q =
resemblance to q human. he then pro- !,
ceeded to dig away the clay about foot q q
IN depth and soon uncovered the entire
figure, and, having obtained assistance, !,
brought it to this city. Unfortunately, In .
removing the figure from its bed wood p
On lever was placed under the neck and ID
The head broken of. It has, however.
been neatly replaced. At first the dis 81
,overy was supposed to be the petrifed th
body of human being of gigantic stat ca
Ire, but closer examination proves it to
70 piece of sculpture, but by whom G,
'1ecuted or to what age it belongs no t ly
me seems to know. It is composed of tn
ort of slate rock colored dirty yellow do
n the outside, possibly from contact T..
nth the surrounding clay, and repre- su,
ents a man reclining, one arm being eat
rossed over his breast, and the other re,
7ing along his side with the hand rest evt
,g on his leg. The position is easy and
atural. The entire length of the statue 65
seven feet six inches, length Of arm bre
'ur feet one inch, breadth across the gay
'oulders two feet, length, of hand laii
velve and one-half inches, length of
'ot thirteen inches. The weight Of the NJ !
gre is about four hundred and fifty of
ounds. The type of the human race for,
presented is strange one The head, Ne
hich is turned slightly to one side, as of
natural in reclining position, is Of He
o Asiatic type, sort Of a CROSS be, :,
7een an ancient Egyptian and, an
nerican Indian, the cheek bones being
prominent. The figure is,
are and thin. much like the men in
cient' Egyptian pictures, while the
lole body is covered with indentations.
le remarkable feature which strikes =
Q observer is the great lengths of the n
ms and the ape-Ik6 appearance Of the trs
nds and feet. This hand which rests .e,,.s e,.,s
fEB S5E, d @f sfm Wgfs ~. -.
ould reach TO the knee, while the feetare - 4. 7
ng, fiat and slim, and the great toes mn ,,;y
'out two inches shorter than those in har %a
Q middle of the feet. At the end of ond ,,r'i
@ backbone is tail about two or three CIV. a...
ches long, strongly suggestive of the the H'
18th of the Darwinihn theory. The r. ;
,ure was at Nyberg & Rickers' stables wba ~
day on Tuesday, and visited by hun cat;, "ti
eds of our citizens. There is con- so;a, sa.
lerable excitement here over the dis ~ ~
very, and general desire on the part u, ta
all to hear the opinion of some scien- tnat = ~
with regard to the origin of this a ],
.ious work of art. There can be no rspe
estion about the genuineness Of this stea'
ce of statuary. The stone shows the ~. Du1
scts of time, and the circumstances of Ike
discovery are such as to preclude mas
thing like repetition of the clumsy P.oss
.diff Giant fraud. g!ra