The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-18
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wide and four feet deep, the descent
being gradual and $50 feet
Before appearing at Orangevile the river
comes TO the surface, about two miles
northeast of Orangeville. Here the sub
terranean stream may also be reached
through cave. While at OrangeVilie Is
said to be the rice of Lost river, many
people think the true rise Is on the Hig-
gins farm, one mile further down the
stream.
Stamper's creek, in the eastern part or
the county, In a small way is a counter
part of Lost river lacking the dry bed
II begins near Millersburg, has a current
which carries everything some miles
northwest, TO deposit IL in a hole in the
ground. No one knows where Il comes
out. but II is thought to come up again at
Springs Mills, six miles south. Here Lick
creek bursts out OF the base of a hill,
Just In the rear OF a mill, and tests
would suggest that Stampers and Lick
creeks were the same. This has been de-
termined by passing sawdust and other
light articles through. Further down, and
not far from Paoli Lick creek again OBJ
scures itself from public view, then comes
up and flows to New Prospect, where IL
empties into Lost river.
French Lick creek, which begins in the
southern part Of the county and flows
northward past French Lick Springs and
West Baden also disappears several
times, and finally helps swell Lost river
at New Prospect.
There are in the county some ten or
twelve caves, several of which are deep
and beautiful. New ones are being dis
covered yearly, and doubtless many others
abound In staiactites and stalagmites OF
great purity and beauty. 1t seems that
Orange county is honeycombed, and fu-
ture genera Ions will make surprising dis
cOVeries. 1t Is said that a cave a quarter
Of a mile deep underlies Paoli the county
seat. In the caves and subterranean riv-
ers are found several varieties Of blind
FISH, blind crawfish and amphibeans.
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mound builders, some of which are quite
important and interesting to the archaeol-
ogist, and demonstrate the presence Of a
large poulation Of this lost people In
many parts of the country arrow and
spear heads are found in large quantities,
especially around the springs and banks
Of streams. Besides these are found in
considerable numbers heshng instru-
ments, ,stone axes and ornaments Of Gu
rious fashion.
About one mile east of the county seat,
on the south bank of Lick creek, is an
important earthwork made by this primi-
tive people in untold centuries of the
past II consists Of two embankmenfs,
now about three feet high, at distance
ranging from twelve to thirty feet apart,
and nearly 1900 feet in length. These
begin on the bank of the creek and
extend their full length in the form OF
the large end of an oval returning again
to the stream some distance further
down. The ground around this embank-
o
many arrow heads have been found there.
Growing upon these eartheu walls are a
large number Of forest trees of gigantic
size, some Of them representing no less
than 800 years. The hight of the walls
has constantly decreased, and II there is
any difference the outer wall is the high
er one. A cross section shows II to have
been made Of ine dry dirt of the sur
rounding fields, while here and there
scattSSed through It, are slight traces or
ashes and charcoal and an occasional
animal bone.
The wall was probably built after the
time of the inner one, and into it were
consisted largely Of the camp fire ashes
and bones Of such animals as they were
accustomed to eat, and broken pottery,
The other wall is built Of the same kind
Of soil, but about half way down from
the top is a layer Of large nat stones con-
tiguously arranged.
Close to the surface, on the inside of
this wall, a considera BILE number of brok-
en- pieces of pottery are found mingled
with more Of ashes and charcoal than
appears in any other part of the en-
tire embankment. These pieces of pot
terry are all blackened with fire. and, be-
ing found with the ashes, would lead TO
the conclusion that the cooking for the
inhabitants was nearly all done close to
the bank, or the ashes and broken pot
terry were cast against 1t to be out of
the way. This seems to be rather con-
frmed by the shallow layer of earth COW
ering them. suggesting that the stream,
when overlooking, covered up the refuse
left on the surface in the past ages.
To state the object and purpose of this
large, double embankment to its builders
is only 10 conjecture. Some have thought
it to be sepulchrai in nature, but Of this