New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-16
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RELICS or THE MoUND-BUILDERS.
ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN NEw-YoRK.
BLOCKS OF MICA FROM UNKNOwN MINEs-wAs THE
MAsToDoN A DOMESTIC ANIMALi

BLOCKS OF MICA FROM UNKNOwN MINES-WAS IliE
MAsToDoN DOMESTIC ANIMALf
OLEAN, Nov. 14.-There are in the vicinity
OF Randolph and other places in this county remarkaoe
reminders of tho mound builders Near the mouth OF
Catarauaus Creek for instance, there 10 series OF
earthwors that extends TO the Conewango valley be-
tween Lake Erie and Dayton, in Chautauqua County,
are the remains OF circular sepnlchrai mound "hich
hns an elevation Of ten feet 100 feet in orcumfer-
ence. According to antquares this mound must nave
been the buryng- place Of grrat warrior In the
towns OF Lear and ConewsUgO some years ago, eight
skeletons were found. They we're In sitting
posture, and were arranged IN a circle Large
blocks Of mica wero found in the mounds among the
skeletons Professor Lskin of Randolph. who has gwen
the subject much and study is OF the opinion
that whatever people might have built these mounds
they must have regarded sacred substance for
IN all the burial mounds that have been opened In Cat
turaugus and Chautauqua counties large docks OF mic"
have been found. As there deposits OF that NM
eral In region where the relies are nnearthed i
presence has always been sicry to scientists ono
of these ancient mounds opened in the village OF
Randolph. Three we-preservcd skeletons OF human
bcipgs who must have been of race much larger In
sature than ours we're found each with large block OF
mica inches thick and almost Transparent at ls
feet ON this mound tteo Hreo l'ot Iu ~, 80
growing. The roots I the tree had pushcd th'r WY
down into tho ancient sspuichro aud were ent"lued
aWLcn the iirst white settler came into Cattaraugns
ago. the remains Of numerous I"rtlncati0hs sph
bearths aud eaFth-sym1ols were all WEI, denrd' me me-
land, whose desire for utilizing the SOL 0uiWcSheu tlei
interest III the preservation OF the unWritton recOrN OF
an exiiuct race. Relics skeletons pottery, hnPr
ucut, and weapons tnns uncovered were my {t'Is
ago common aud uuvalued portions Of the ghrret cI
OF nearly every house the region; hut % dtG
year. they have 6cen so drawn upon DI c'ieotoIs '
an uua al the country that Few OF thcfr re-
untcr- of the mysterious race among tho posses
sou- the inhabitants Professor l|hIn has nnt'D
collection RnndOph, probably Que oi the otat III lue
AHhaash .ome Of the most important relics Of the
mound huicT-' tn thIs region have been Obhcld''h
there many sim IN such prc-rrN rNat'"h -N 10 j..
srnt intelligent aud intrrcslins record i,c No.
Of that age IS an earth formation near the ErN,fork
P,uusy lyantI and OHIO Railroad station lh haH' 'pn
According 10 thu>r VINO nave l'lH in' 'll'"l W ' ~,
mnuud.hu icrs by the monuments thry Hav" rlt ihl'
fashioned thousands OF yrar- Ato ana wa nt ~
represent serpent Inc l"rli' on - ~ Ie D"s ''
enthusiastic antiquities wh0N u iiro unanimous lh
declaring D., uuInstakih resemblance to huge sn1ho
baskue ~ the -liu. Thr farmer whose property tins
symbol Is pIourhiug around what the ahtipu!ir7
iaat extremity stood the stump OF wh 4 hfd been
piue Tree which tradition ays was fallen wan 1sc
feet circumference and s presence IN the mo'ud wa-
unmi,tAka1,r evidence "t the great age ot the 'r,h
mound that i, ploushsnare caught 10 porri,S r"ol
OF the oil stump The erth WIS rI-ci 10, a 700, W y.
more beneath IT, uncoyeriug number of t'rn' "lfhr
b'aIs ot pattern aud finish ihat showed WORK
arrows o the Indians fashioned. The monnd was
,uorrd for short distance aud nearly two hundr" 81
,iT and rroy nnints vcrc found all hrap-d Together
IA one spot. several stone aNcs, polished aud SYM
.rl,aL and many nnc sprcim, Of bl"rk mica were
a.-J unrnyc;rj. There over Two hunlrcd iect "I
the mound which have never hrcu disturbed. ONE!
excavations made near Randolph hove revealed
ruuny mclurd cells, some containing large pn'utur'
OF utrshcd excellent prc~"GVtt'n Around some
singular tunuli drcp aud wide bitches had pccn
du. ly the ancient wOrkiuru.
Professor Lu ha. traced the.e rc'ics of the mound
butlrr- from itAudnpa the Allegheny To ihr ONO
Ivtr. aud vtri a. faru- l0A" superior ana in'n
luta Wl-con-in There the most rcnarkHhr m"lhl' "u
no continent found. Auiqu lies outllln
distinct cngir. animals sN paILllc.p-Faus
one great ,r,lr aud immense oiigy "l ne hlihd
figure. The Dl-todon one Of ~" animals outline j.
a 4 fht- taken COnue.li0u with the ldct That IN"
ruatu. 0f ts monster hdNo been uurAr lh'd ~
All i Tn. localities where tho mounds found hh- l"h
Professor akin aud other antiqudirS 10 1dNoCttr tuc
theory thar tuc uouui-budrrs made The mt-iuduu san
yet tI thcir viii; thdt they made oi II" hi 'I 'i"li
,l.nlant are ut.l.i today. RruAln- ni TIE largest
II, !ot ever discoveries tyc bccu found iu ih" Gone
,.,,.o Valley bnt no cOnplctc skeletons were over
.s,I|t ftl