The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-24
Tne Recently Discovered Mounds
on Sheridan's Drive Produce
Records Of Ancient Times.
And as to When and Where Bat-
tie was Fought Between the
Former Inhabitants of
Kansas
| And the Leg. ions Sent out From Mex
ico by the Ambitious Monte
yuma in l420.
THOSE I'M IAN MOUNDS.

A short time ago a discovery OF several
mounds, evidently artifcially constructed
I and no, the handiwork Of nature, was made
4 at what is known as Sheridans drive, on
| range of hill Immediately 10 the west OF
| Fort Ieavenwo-,h. Within these mounds
was discovered traces Of stone work, TO all
sp,earapces. ar artistic and perfect a. that
! Of the preeent day, which led TO tie belief
| that the race or races which Inhabited this
portion Of the country anterior to the ad-
vent OF
THE WHITE MAN
were advanced in civilization and knew
more about the arts and sciences than the
egotistical beings of the present century
! give them credit for. These MOUNDS bear
| evidence OF superior WORK
IL. anship, and display an intelligence and a
| knowledge far beyond that which could
be expected from the most intelligent saw
age No attempts have We. been made to
| fully explore these mounds but lnvestiga-
| tions
| WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE
have brought to light developments which
tend 10 throw some light upon the iormer
| inhabitants Of this great American Desert,
who are now almost wholly extinct. Some
DAYS ago party proceeded to the mounds
and during the course Of their investiga-
| tie ms came across a sort oil
rpvc,pns
:, .,;o,,
written, or transcriped Ia'hIi, uPIn -.
of bark and placed together like the leaves
of book and tied with smaller pieces OF
bark. Among the exploring party was
gentleman from Boston, who has made the
iausu's VI
| upon
EXAMINATION of The hI''h
found in the mounds, found similarity
between the writings IN the records ana l,e
ancient Language oil MeAiIo' uuts VI.
lime oi 'ne I ;oIa 81 .ran,s b,nnened
history I.ns 49,. a;yen but from
,cus 80 :, "a 10 h, i,ferre3
nis.oii'"i ""e'
'hH'
| 1T MUST HAVE BEEN Abo' '
| during the reign of the Montezumas, In
Mexico, when the einPerors oil tha' name
had il shout all their own way In not only
their own section oil the country pu' uiS
way as we'll ne recoruS e,ye 'ng ua' a
of bloody ight, great pa'.'e which
Cured in this vicinity, ana In all Pfo''-
! biliiy
| UroN THE VERY SPOT
where tie metropolis of Kansas now stands
and here the ancients showed their good
sense IN military matters ior ;LaI |
favored spo' couiu ho' na.e ." prnIooJ pJ
npon- The lovely amphithea're en'io'eu
by ~
! THE skNiC'kClE of Mills
| H., ,..t, 10 he Il
| that in which the old gladiators fought,
and while the records do not state definite
ly that this is the spot 1t might
have been, or else the scene OF the carnage
was either
| uroS THE HILLS THEMSELVES
or in which is now the fertile and bloom
ing Salt Creek Valley. But be that as 1t
may, the records state that battle was
fought between the tribes then inhaoitins
this country, and an immense force sent
out from Mexico by the bloodthirsty, am,
bilious and adventurous Montezuma, ana
that
THE TRIBES WERE vANQUIsHED,
their primitive mode of warfare and un-
| skilled weapons forming but comparative.
ly small resistance 10 ,he wei ui >.
| legions ana imP.o'er weapons va
the Mexican nonarcn ne e',u t ~
ther state ,hs' % ,lie Da..ie 80 '''
days ana tha' 'iie srouh'
srREwN WITH SLAIN
,hick as the iraSes III .ne 't'a - ,n ,.;,h
the prisoners they had taken, reversed their
steps and went back to Mexico, where the
csp:ives were TO be offered up upon
the altars as a sacrifice TO ;heir
god of war. The records were
evidently written by the victors and placed
by them in the mounds where they were
found. The records deal in the most eX'
travagant praises OF Mexican frowess' 10
ke'H@' ~" W. ~ ,.
hfiA 'oD vi
who aided them in securing the victory
The names Of the tribes are not gwen, The =
being spoken Of throughout IN the record'
as the enemy. According to The state
meDt of the records forty great chieis o
the tribes we're slain; together win !hou
sands OF their warriors while 'he MeS'can'