Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-04

ST. Paul MINI, October 3.-While
Minnesota AS State is getting fairly
wen alous III years, as Western States
20. scil there are many large tracts
over which white men have not Travelled
TO any extent. and about which little
IS known, eXcep. as fragmentary IN
form ion has been brought in by huns
eTs ana suides who have had occasion
% pass over the territory. This is par
-icl'r'y rue Of the extreme northern
D0IiOn Of Minnesota. which until gold
was found there, was as little known as
were the vast wilderness of ,he West
when the Pilgrim Fathers landed at
Plymouth Rock.
The steady rush of settlers to this
section and Of the gold seekers 10 the
regions further north has resulted in
opening no many thousands Of acres OF
entirely Law country and placing be
Gore Jhe world q farming territory as
rich as 3uv En- the Omitted States and q
mineral depcs.t so wonderful and varied
u It's character that no one may say
Che end has yer been reached With
Che partial settlement Ct this new
country have come many strange finds
showing char nc one time IN the dark
pas, the northern portion Of the State
was inhabited by men and animals of
which ne present gcnegUi0n knows
nothing. except what scientists and
searchers after the curious may say.
The country around Ely Is particu-
'ar.y rich I'm relics of the past judging
from the many finds made by various
people since farms have opened up
here. Scarcely q day passes but some
new discovery is made. and The relies
are particularly Interesting to those
who have delyed into the musty records
of me pas. 10 any extent. There is
evidence To- show that at one time this
country was peopled by men Of ire
mendOus size, and by animals i'm COM
p9r.s3n with which The elephants of
the circus of to-day would seem like
p.guies. There is also evidence 10
country were not mere hewers of wood
and drawers of water, but possessed
skill tn various directions.
Thomas McNinster has recently
taken up O farm near the mouth of the
Little Fork river. I'm Itasca county. At
one corner of his farm stood a knoll,
possibly $50 yards across. covered with
q heavy growth of pine. On the top OF
.l.s knoll was huge bird, or rather
The outlines OF one. made of stone, not
found In any other locality in the State
So FAR as known. I'm digging into this
knoll /, was found that the place was
once O burylng ground of a prehistoric
race Human bones Of great size were
found. and the positions indicate that
-he original owners thereof had been
buried I'm q sitting posture. Il was an
easy matter 10 distinguish the bones of
he male from those of the female for
they were larger. more massive and had
preserved thCir shape better. In some
eases the bones fell 10 pieces at the
slightest touch. while I'm others they
were soft and sp0ngy the earth seem
iugly having entered the cavities FORM
erlv occupied by the marrow and fUrn-
ishol q support for The shells.
Iu one grave were found the bones
Of Whist were once probably mother,
father and child. The huge bones Of
.hc male were about o foo, distant from
those OF the woman and child, which
were locked Ia a close embrace, as
though he mother had drawn the In
FAINT to- her bosom just before death
came. The larger bones were those OF
@ man. who. I'm life, must have been
nearly. IF not fully. nine feet in height,
while those of the woman showed that
she had been no dwarf, measuring as
they ala s. feet t inches from the bottom
of the bones Of the foot TO the top Of
.le skull. which was larger, hatter and
considerably heavier than the skulls
OF be people Of to-day
The child must have been very young
fer its bones went TO pieces as soon as
exp-ssd to the air. and covered the
honps of the mother with a fine white
powder. BY measuring the outlines OF
The bones of the child, it was round
-hrt the infant had been nearly hve
feet FIJI height. which is really not SO
bad for child of tender years. In the
skull of the woman was O. big dent,
between and slightly above the eyes
showing -lat she had met death ID
vfo'an- manner. BY the side OF the
man law o. s-ronge weapon, shaped
something like an egg, with QepfeS-
SION cut around one end, i'm when
-Forc rfeht have been twisted. 1t was
of the same kind Of stone as the olru
on TOP Of the knoll or mound, a hard'
biue-c9l9rel granite, almost as close
grained as steel
Some fee, from where these bones
were found were the bones Of a man,