The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-12
THE MISSING LINK.o
What MIR. Conant il Reported to Have Dug
Up Near Pueblo, Col.

What Mr.. Conant In Reported to Have Dug
Up Near Pueblo, Col.
The Pueblo (Col.) Chieftain says:
GA few months ago Mr.. w. A. Conant,
who has been travelling in the region of
country southwest of Pueblo, between
this city and Maces Hole, discovered
variety of fossils, among them sea-
turtle, in an excellent state of preserva-
ton. Mr.. Conant called the atten-
ton of the newspapers of the
State to the discovery, and consider
able comment was elected. The matter
gradually passed from the attention of
the public, though Mr.. Conant deter
mined to search further in the same To-
cality, with the hope of making addi-
tional discoveries. On Tuesday he ar
rived In the city, bringing with him
large stone figure of a man, which he
had unearthed at the head of long dry
arroyo, about six miles north of the res.
idence of p. X. Dotson, Esq, about
twenty-five miles from this city. The
figure was found imbedded 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 be-
tween the arm and the figure, making it
necessary to cut the root before remov-
ing the statue from the bed in which it
had doubtless reposed for centuries.
Mr.. Conant states that, while sitting on
the ground eating his lunch in
the locality above mentioned, his
attention was attracted to a
curious-looking stone protruding from
the ground. He removed the
earth from around it, and found re-
semblance to a human foot. He then
proceeded to dig away the clay about
foot in depth, and soon uncovered the
entire figure, and, having obtained as
sistance, brought it to this city. I'm
fortunately, in removing the figure from
its bed, wooden lever was placed I'M
der the neck and the head broken off.
1t has, however, been neatly replaced
At first the discovery was supposed to be
the petrifed body of human being of
gigantic stature, but closer examination
proves it to be piece of sculpture; but
by whom executed or to what age it be-
longs no one seems to know. 1t is COM
posed of sort of slate rock, colored a
dirty yellow on the outside, possibly
from contact with the surrounding clay,
and represents a man reclining, one arm
being crossed over his breast, and the
other lying along his side with the hand
resting on his leg. The position is easy
and natural. The entire length of the
statue is seven feet six inches; length of
arm, four feet one inch; breadth across
the shoulders, two feet; length of hand,
twelve and one-half inches length of
foot, thirteen inches. The weight of the
fig ure is about $50 pounds. The type
of the human race represented is
strange one. The head, which
is turned slightly to one side, as
is natural in a reclining position,
is of the Asiatic type-a sort of
cross between an ancient Egyptian and
an American Indian, the cheek bones
being remarkably prominent. The fig
ure is spare and thin, much like the men
in ancient Egyptian pictures, while the
whole body is covered with indentations.
One remarkable feature which strikes
the observer is the great length of the
arms and the ape-like appearance Of the
hands and feet. The hand which rests
on the leg, if the arm were Strengthened,
would reach to the knee, while the feet
are long, flat and slim, and the great
toes about two inches shorter than those
in the middle of the feet. At the end of
the backbone is tail about two or three
inches long, strongly suggestive of the
truth of the Darwinian theory. The
figure was at Nyberg & Rickers' stables
all day on Tuesday, and was visited by
hundreds of our citizens. There is con-
siderable excitement here over the dis
4 II 4 Il
of ali to hear the opinion Of some scien-
fist with regard to the origin of this curl
Gus work of art. There can be no ques-
ton about the genuineness of this piece
of statuary. The stone shows the effects
of time, and the circumstances of the
discovery are such as to preclude any
thing like a repetition OF the clumsy
Cardiff Giant fraud"