The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-23
CONCERNING MASTODONy.
como Reasons why Complete Skeletons
arc Not Found Nowadays.

arc Not Found Nowadays.
Fom n. rostErprcs.
A Post Erpyess reporter had an interesting
o ss sns sS q.
sSsh Es snd ss lad dug
WAS going to dix for the rest Of it. but doubt
Il ne finds very much moro. You can easily see
In the mud and dies. wolves tear the flesh aud
s snn the e., bones; perhaps 2 skunk will garry
deeompose. II there Is a Hood they become
scattered Ssans Sc you see. before time has dug a
SO Il Il with the fossil, remains Of tho mas.
todon anu mammoth. and the man who finds
one bone OF the animal and dgs for the rest Is
very apt 10 DO disnppoin,ed. There IS hardly
no. been found at QUO limo or another, Tho
mastodon tooth was found In this city some
twenty rents ago, and several bones wore
bore about The sae reIat VEs to tie ts as,odon
that tho Indian eierhant docs to tho African.
Mss tod were more pmmssom, in this cSun
and sent 70 Rnsisna. whcrs they are 70 .nrn.I
ivory !. usually stained by time, taough other
n have here" continued rrof. Ward. the
skull and upper Jaw Of q nnby ,mr,nstoion
WulCH. HS YOU bCB Is NgTy perfect. IEe t00tl
are milk teeth, ant you can SEQ one OF the Sec
chd teeth embedded in the upper jaw. The
teeth formed rear uni wors pushed ,er
SEN At county isi+ tnaes he s npps sA layer 81
member that the human skull, is composed Of
softer bone between. Tho human hoai does s
not rorpire TO be largo to DO in proportion
10 tue BODY ana eRput rust large enough
An elephant, mnstoaon; Or mammoth
nss NO, reGns aSe brain but they al!
per and unlsr lnrcr, a. in The human skull.
but III" porous bono bc;wee-. Is mnsnihed
in some q: tho Larger I't sp"cimcms. 4 remember
WHOM was on the coast OF Africa seeing what
1hn natives told mo il vas the head OF an ele-
phant which they had killed ,hros or four
had cos shee on eavnr Tie 'l ri t honey
comb .t Of bone exposed to Wow II VAS s.,ne e
TWAS really e0a kS That
Prot Ward showed ms visitor his collection
OF mammoth M and maslodon bones. Hc has
an entire animal. p,t. Of course. ths variation
In ,izs would prevent this. II is much more
skeleton from wood. :" j suppose" said this re-
many cnrlosit ties. suppose that human ' eyes
never saw these wonderful animals which
rom , over the country In such vast mum.
You nle mistaken said Pro-, Ward.
though They your mistake has been that Of the
mastodon have been found split open in such a
way th4, the oo;ec, Of breaking them was owl
which the work wa. done las be;n found near
stone hatchets to brens up bones. That
e war wn once Of
nastodon. bone comparatively thin. has
been found pierced. rs if by 4 spear, and tho
was evidently thrust in and Drawn from the
body Of he animal. and whom 1t was With
S draw Its head was probably torn or Non
evidences arc convlnc N: enough. they ,ars not
the best nroot wo have that man exis,e ed in
aud hns survived them botn. AntiGunrians
who lave spcnt So much time in an endcavor
erected By the mound HIild@rs have G made
ono thing certain. Many Of those mounds were
SH S an IN TIE s ssare OF animals and birds
pared by member Of the Mllwankee Histori-
represents hawk Or some similar bird OF
prey with outstretched wings. and there is
rel,lise animal with remarkably long tail
anI here You have ns perfect a representa-
Wen eontrIvsd Now had the mou N San
srsn rn neg tes
as We have. they y could never nave uaaers3ood l
the meaning OF tho cavity in the skull which
indicates to US that the animal had u trunn,
We could never have dons that had We not
seen an elephant. No the mound builders
They hunted. and. .perhars. were practically
instrument tai in their determination,
There Is mound in Ohio half 4 mile long"
continued Prof. Warl. which is a per.ect
representation. OF n serpent head and all.
The mound and n portion OF tho surrounding
country have been purchased BY Mrs. HeminE.
way OF Boston. and been laid ont, as public
park. In that box-lm sorry II hasn't bcsu
opened yet or would show it to yon-ls
model from which we are to construct raised
man OF the mound and the country surround
will he exhibited ut the Worlds Fair in Chca-
q n ma vt vAarn