The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
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!; y few months since Mr.. w. 4. G.,
! nant. who had been travelling in tn
! region OF country lying southwest Q
Iueblo. between this city and Mace
hole, Uncovered Il variety Of fossils
among others a sea turtle in an excel
! lent state Of preservation. Mr.. Co
', nant called She attention Of the news
paper press of the state to his discoy
cry and considerable comment wa,
enclted. The matter gradually passed
from the attention of the public
though Mr.. Conant determined Il
search further in the same locality
with the hope Of making additional
discoveries. On Tuesday he arrived
IN the city, bringiog with him large
stone figure or man which he had
unearthed at the head of a long, dry
arroyo about six miles north of the
residence of p. X. Dotson. Esq. about
twenty-five miles from the city. The
figure was found embedded 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
or the figure. making it necessary to
cnt the root before removing the stat
ute from the bed in which it had
doubtless repOsed for centuries. Mr..
Cnant states that while sitting on the
ground eating his lunch in the locality
above mention, his attention was at
tracted TO curious looking stone pro-
trudlng from the ground. He
removed the earth from around it and
found resemblance to human foot.
tie then proceeded to dig away the
clay about a foot in depth and soon
uncovered the entire figure, and hav-
Ing obtained assistance, brought it TO
thlsclty. Unfortunately. in remOyinp
the figure from it's bed wooden lever
was placed under the neck and the
head broken off. 1t has. however.
Deen nearly replaced. At first the
discovery was supposed to be the pet
rlhed body OF human being of rigan-
tie stature, but closer examination |
proved 1t to be a piece of SCULPTURE.
nat ny whom executed or to what age
! u pelohgs no one seems to know. 1t |
is composed of sort of slate rock
colored. dirty yellow on the outside.
possibly from contact with the SIR
rounding clay. and represents a man
recllnlug, one arm being crossed over
MS breast. and the other living along
us side with one hand resting on his
leS. Ihesposltion is easy and natural.
Inc entire length of the statue is
seven feet SIX inches, length of arm
-Our feet one inch, breadth across the
shoulders two feet, length of hand
,welve and one half inches, length of
DOT thirteen inches. The weight of
ne inquire IS about four hundred and
lfty pounds. The type of the human
ace represented is strange one. /
The head, which is turned slightly to ;
NE SIDE, as IS natural in reclining :
'oSltlon, Is OF the Asiatic type. sort {
u across betWeenana ancient EGYPTIAN {
no an American Indian. the cheek |
zones being remarkably prominent. {
he inquire IS spare and thin, much like $
ne men in ancient Egyptian pictures. t
'hile the whole body is lowered with
huentatlons. One remarkable feature
'hlch strikes the observer is the great I
engths of the arms and the and the
Pe-llke appearance of the hands and d
Get. The hand which rests on the t
e, II the arm were straightend, would !.
each the knee. while the feet are Q
ing, nat, and slim. ard the great toes
bout two inches shorter than those in
ne middle of the feet. Atnhe end of il
re backbone is tale about two or p
lree inches long, strongly suggestive p
the truth of the Darwinian theory. h
he figure was at Nyberg & Rickers' Il
ables all day on Tuesday. and was Il
.slted BY hundreds of our citizens. e
mere Is considerable excitement a
ere over the discovery. and a general tt
eslre on the part of all to hear the y
onion of some scientist with regard W
origin of the curious work of art. Al
mere can be no question about the L
'nulness of this piece of statuarv. re
ne stone shows the effects of time. g
III the circumstances of the discoy- .
y are such as to preclude ANYTHING .
sc a repetition of the clumsy Car 4
in.