The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-24

Is ,lou'dful. TIL" writer found same "i
thr-t I~'stlrS up the Avery" See" and
Millar,l CANYONS. AMI IN the latter la1alI-
IL, about fuur miles from Pasadena. on
the ranch If Mr. Jean tiiieiInss, nephew
of thu famous asolitrnnlst hv that rame.
- consider that my ranch WAS an nl'i
camping ground, SAID MIR. tiRllings It :
Gently, ''und to give yolt an I,ita "t the
number uf these things IN my place.
will pilw ardund ami vTl i"lia" nn
hurSetack and >ae " lat tnd ygu.
TURNEp ~ BN \ rluW.
Studying archtaIn5v ou horseback
WAS something new. AMI when the l'law
started oil hhiud a pair nf powerful
horses fell in ls'hIud in Tia" ru; ami
followed along. In few moments the
pillow exposed a broad stone t'at w;,~
easily recognized n n Specimen, and
"a wash IN the brook near hy shaved that
it WAS half nf a large stone mortar that
La heen broken s,llar,ly in two. The
piece must have weighed seven pounds
AMI WAS very evenly warn "tt hN The
stone pestir. A> snun rs the ranch
owner stopped the team remarking that
'when one was found there worr ALWAYS
mor,'. and this proved time. rs almost
the first thrust ot the spade rNpo>,'l IA
ilattend stone at rrgulu, shape. that
was evidently the object That hal hen
used in grinding ont lh.' mortar.
The wstl.s We found in considerable
numbers ami w"r,' all Shap"'i cun,rn-
lent for the hand t. grasp. some We're
as round rs balls and evidently intended
for some other purpose perhaps a~ toys
for the native ,hllirrn or lhr parts oi
some game. In less than two hours W.
found a large nunilar If prstl,~ AMI
parts oi martarS, ami undoubtedly the
plow ,lil not par,trut" the stratum that
continued the largest number. tho>" that
Were found hring accidentally near the
surface, the largest AMI fines, specimens
heinz lower down.
THIilt GREAT ,'iE.
la huil,ling n cistern back ot hi- hollsr.
and about one hundred feet aho>r il,
Mr.. ''i'ings found great numbers Of
ims" objects ami many of them very
beautiful shape and To- som" extent
polished. Some are in the collection ui
Mr. RaSt. of PASADENA. while many
Others wrrr sent To- colleges in the west.
hut from the examination Of the writer
II is evident thar there are vast numbers
nl these objects still in the Elllings'
ranch waiting the pick and shovel If TIN.
patient collector. Nn human remains
have been found IN th, vicinity. and il
= the generally accepted belief that the
oM MnriS Of these relies were driven ava,
suddenly and buried many ot the ub
jrrtS. thinking tor'clalm them at some
future day which ',ilenil, never came,
Their great agr is shown hy the fa,t that /,
even tn" wnrn-out murtar- ~" buried /,
several feet beneath the suliarr. This !
could only have lrcn done hv gradual
washlngS down from above, and ia the
riannrr that all natural ohpctS are hul.
den. To accomplish tins. or cover them .
with even twelve inches would have r,
'luirrd years or rather hgrs. turinlsly |,
"nongh, the present Indians ani NlrAt. /
cans n~r the mortaIs when found tor |
grinding wheat anh h,rl,N. Mi. Gid /
'iings thinks that the Objects Of the ma +,
tive in this ranch was the enormous |
lcorns that grow IN rrcat quantities in
lhr upper range.