Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-14
A PETRlEIED MAN.

Washington. y. g.. March 49,.
A well-known collector Of prehistoric
relics has whit is asserted 10 be- a real
petrided man. which hc was trying 20
dispose of TO the government scientists.
Tie would like 70 have this, intere7unk
pntonal capital II WIS found two weeks
Ago Ia the Black Hills 10y some cowboys.
Eminent physicians pronounce u q gen.
nine pctrihcatOn of human body, ana
the most interesting specimen OF its KIND
over discovered.
old, the body of Caucasian probably
! hunter or trnppcr lie was uudOubtcd-
IN killed by Indians. His body was
buried in n Cnlcareous soil. Hence the
Aesh and other parts Of the body Were
found mostly replaced by limestone
THE FORM or A GIANT.
There Is no suggestion Of disease IN
The body, therefore, II is supposed that
neath came suddenly. The muscles are
round aud full: the chest aud shoulders
lhOso of n giant The head Is well
shaped, stamping the person ~ Cau-
casian and not nn lndinn The fore
head ~ full. -Four Of his teeth are plain
~ visible and are white as ivory, and
as wen preserved rs In life The creascs
aud peculiar oOnhguruuons of the skin,
especially ON the neck, tuCe wrists and
finger joints are distinctly visible.
The lower limbs are small. but the
foot are well formed, and on one of the
big toe there i3 buuiOn plainly marked.
The veins of the ankles are clearly
outlined In the petrihcatiun
This specimen has been crlticnllv pY-
nmncd hy medical experts under pow
crtul microscope and submitted 90 ull
kinds OF chemical tests. Geological nu-
fhurtics have also examined 10 and, nc.
"a fn 81. O. D..
authorities of the national museum. an
agree Tint The body is genuine uctE-
hcntiou beyond q shadow Of doubt
The man was o giant iu life aud his
form was cast I'm heroic mold The
length Of tho body is six feet two inches.
md The weight now Big 800 pounds
Where the man came from ia hard TO
conjecture, for ut that time as Jar as
known the Black Hills had not been
discovered hy white men, 10 Is Thought
that he may have belonged 10 the pre-
historic nEc, and 10 The tribe Of men who
HOW IN WAS iSouSn. "'''' ''
The story Of the find Is as follows.
The cowboys wore prospecting for gold
when they discovered the prtr6ei man
Ills feet were protrudng from the earth
Ono cowboy noticing the peculiar stone
formation struck u with q hammer Tie
hoped: as the minors say, Il would show
1900 NUN ava NtA hia Aht from
the petnhcd man
His curiosity was aroused and lac sum.
moncd his comrades Together they dug
away The soil in which the man WINS
buried 10 a depth Of two foot. The en-.
tire form was found well preserved. Tho
position was that Of u man laid ont for
burial. the hands and arms being laid
across the body
Undoubtedly the body had first boon
buried much deeper During tho lone
years u had lain there the rains hnd
washed the enrth away.
The cowboys secretly transported the
body fipm its Resting place h, n Wnron
aud put IL on exhibition M tho smaller
towns Of Iowa. There VI Immediately
came 10 the attention Of tho collector of
now Wishes TO sell e to the government
since me'hcal men have always doubted
the pelrlhgation Of the lumnn body after
pHtNNi thlt, ~ the satenonta made are
fully nttcsted u an Interesting discov@rt
from the standpoint of sciruce.