Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-05-20
AEanAa pailaeIls Traek,.

AEeaaa Dailaes,s Track
Mr.. L. Greene. Of The n. Il. Station
herr. has jusi shown me the track OF
. human being In sri 'ce of lime rock.
which was taken frou the Lime Cut"
about two miles is.rth Of this place,
aud which wss come eight or ten fee.
below the surfzce Of the earth. The
track weakened the rock at that point
and the jar from dropping Il short dis.
lance severed the rock, 30 a. 10 show
the track plainly. II was the truck Of
the right foot Of . woman or boy, who
would have WON . number three
shoe, but who was wearing Q moccaAin
or tndisn shoe. These shoes are made
With two stitches. u near tho foot
and the other about three .fourths OF
N inch from the foot; th,s outer stitch
could Be plainly seen In tho track, hsv.
ing been made with . whsns or lesth.
CT thread, coarse enough to show each
Glitch; the sole was . little square At
the heel, but balance rounded 10 suit
the shape Of TINS foot. Near the little
toe III the edge Of the track 10 q email
animai's track, perhaps . squirrels.
This track represents q prehistoric
race. which Is now understood to be :
the Mound Builders. a racs that had ,
been swept away and bletted out from !
this earth before the Indians first 10. 4
hsbited 1t. The mystery surrounding !,
this lost people creates . fascination !,
isgreatly increased III tho mind h
OF the student OF nature, 40 be oh n
serves these mounds and other eviden. I
ces OF these ancient people. Who were q
What became Of them? How
|onq since they were here aud may we c,
not be annihiIated - they were? 81
This track carries u back to q time !"
when the gray lime rock wa In course !.
Foundation aud shows that il waa a D,
hat time In a soft condition yet suhi. III
'leu''y firm to support the weight Of
he individual who made it and that 9.
more OF the rock materisl was formed al
'efore the track was cfIaced by rain or "
'ther causes and which was thorough. Ia
y blinded with the rock around the VI ~
but not in time to mix and blot 0l
ut the smooth track. This track toI
too, that tho rock was gradu. lie
l'y yet rapidly formed but which pcr. &c :;
APPS had nothing to do with the e1is. r.
'uce or rather tho destruction Of the
lound Builders but the many sea Gle
Tells found on the lime hills shows ~
'st the sea Inundated this country at Il"
no time and more than probable de. ~,
royed the Mound Builders complete. an
, leaving not one 10 te | tho tale, and sgI
Ia claimed by the American Archol. ~
yis's, who have been more or iess in. on
ressed 10 the matter Of their edacs. Nj
IN, that these people never attaiucd CHI
such On advanced mark of civiliza. "n'
IN 40 to have a written language, the
hey LETT only their mounds aud come Gr
de implimen.s o. evidence Of their ant
'stcnces here and many Of the imple. uu'
spts resemble those used by the H.. ;he
ans 30 much that it has been hard to rev
stinguish QUO from the other, how. !
somo have been found Inst were "
'de Of met,le that was not known to N.
used BY the Indians. They iuhsb. che
u the country from New York 10 is c
litornia aud South to Central Amer. arc
J. extending from the Gulf of Mexi. nj, u
to tho Northern boundary Of the to :
''ted States, there being moro VII,
'unds iu the northern states than in I
South aud more In tho river bot. nov
than in the billy country, the lat. cali
being smaller than the former. nor
'sost OF the mounds were evidently owe
'de in respect to honored pcrsons I"r'
! show that the builders cremsted ,cr.
dead ~ the mounds contained NAL
':ts which were filed with ashes the
] human bones. tioii
rhc.o Mo,,a. tho,
49,, "''e o""' WIN m"th' bett
."' P'oc'''Vn anu q looking or n
r them will observe the great req. Of Il
rity OF form, their dimentions at !.
crest points being tho same. %m
Nv. "e.' more lnte'''gcnt race long
people than the Indians who sue. the
led them, and were a settled nco, Icing
and did not live by the chase .sno
nc, as no wandering people never the
!" nave erected these structures. anyt
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