The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-09-17
KNOWN As LIN's FORT,

which stands Just behind the southern shoulder
Of Green's HIl. about two miles distant
This structure belongs 30 what IS called the
lyci0pgau order Of architecture: that IS 10 say.
.is massive walls, u feet high. and iuclG-ng "a
space 20 30 feet by 4, are constructed Of Fiouc7
which ars entirely uudTcssad. No attempt
WAS made TO lit them together by art fetal
mCaus. Tho intervals were simply filed In
with smaller fragments, taken, like the larger
parts, from ncirhboring ridges, and placed in
position without using any mortar. The fort
Is roughly lo9phOlcd and spring close Nv
supplied iis defenders with water. But tho
Circumstances which led 10 its erection aud
those that might surround the old place of
refuge with a halo of romance seem 10 have
been lost even by tradition. With reference to
Indian remains they exist here in abundance
and the only difficulty attaching 10 them j. our
inability 20 fix their dates. The New Stone
Age extends from tho end % the Pluisincrne 10
the present period, and during that immense
interval those implements and utensils by
which this era is Disseminated were Of much
the same general character. Similar diiiisul-
ties bc5ct the chronology OF mounds No ono
can know beforehand that the contents Of two
4 iumall in the same region viii he alike, aud
after they have been opened 10 Is not always
/ possible 20 say which is the more ancient.
il is commonly assumed that hunting peoples
/ construct no permanent works Of any kind. be-
/ CAUSE llliI SOCIAL oiEhNiE4lfVu aNN TIC nature
81 the men themselves discountcuanee the be-
lief that thoy are capable 81 ardupus aud con
/ uuuous labor. Further, no remains OF such a
/ character are known 10 have been constructed
/ by any race while n this phase Of development
Nevertheless on the eastern side OF Linville
Creek, and u plain sight lies a mound 80 feet
4 long aud 80 feet wide. which, although much
reduced 10 size now, WAS, in the
MEMORY on PERSONS
/ who have been familiar with il for the past 20
| years, originally - feet high.
About seven miles of toward the southeast
on the koezlclown road, "a q po,.o.8ce station
called Athens BE- another large structure al tins
/ kind, apparently bat little lower now than il
/ WAS originally, and beyond the fort before
/ spoken Of and lying ia forest belt. there
! exists third tumulus Of similar character.
As wag said, the history Of this region IL ex-
/ lemciy ilaEnentary aud unreliable 50 far as
Z % Tcaics 10 the native race that occupied H.
Tradition desipuaios the sites oil many Indian
/ battlCheids between the Potomac aud the north
4 fork oil the Shenandoah. From the same source
/ We derive also the story Of the determination
/ 81 The sened5s tribe in this vicinity by tic
1 Southern Indians. IL aTr-tTs 10 be beyond
doubt that this valley was continually tTaycTsed
by war parties OF DeaNarcs from tie North
aud tataWhas from the South; that these in
yotcrate enemies constani!- encountered each
other here. aud that there Was frequently =
very considerable loss OF lllc on both sides.
But who buried the dead whose bones outcr0p
iIoin almost every foot OF the surface Of thai