The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15

LONDON. Aug Is--scsen..tc men are
deeply Interested n arena soiogscal tss-
rovevses tGst made concerning tire ancient
BFiioGz- 3hirtssa xra-es opened a. =
Aftss place called C2assSale. near Drift
hfsd. Ia Fast Yorkshire yezle-5 relies
tnat snowAd thai ths bur,ais tcck psa@cs
a. last $50 years besnre .hs advent et
William the concueror 70 British soil
Fer so lcrg that The memory Of man
'1nneth not 20 tks contrary the mounts
Or graves fust opened have been supposed
e he tire last resting places Of ancient
Danes. They we're called the Danes
graves Indeed. the town % DanesGass
referred To gained It's name from tnss SAP
position. TIE graves or mounds are Ii
In number. b.. Only thirteen have thus
far been opened. Thsr are surrounded
y forests and upon some Of the mounds
huge trees are growing.
Arehaso!cgfsts have long believed that
Investigation OF the ancient mounds would
lead 10 important discoveries II was this
sentiment which led the East riding Az
tsquarian Society. through cancn Green
wall Of Durham. 10 institute the inquiry
which resulted In opening the mounds
Deep down In the first mound opened was
found not only the bones Of an ancient
Briton. but thu iron tire OF his chariot
ths Iron bit and trar2ings 90 his horse
and q bronze pin beautiful! in design. ami
the curious curled up position OF the skele-
ton. left no doubt as 70 the age 10 which
al belonged ard disposed 10 the salts
faetien Of every enc, OF the Danish theory
which Ia. 90 long prevailed.
Perhaps the most notable of the relies.
SO Tar as establishing the antiquity there
OF Ii concerned. was the bronze pin. IL
Is specimen OF the earliest known Brit
ish asreiing. and is ef a type most Pc
~ fa
GUITAR twist In the shank which makes
It's origin an absolute certainty. II In one
or TIE curious facts found Ia British his
tory. that pins such a. the one described
only existed during a certain period. Dis
tnct changes in articles OF this sort were
made AT certain point In the develop
uent OF Britain. This fact Is known abb
soluteiy. and therefore this pin settles be-
yond question the point as to the time be-
Tore which IL must have been made
TWO other graves were opened at Arras
and Beverley. In which chariots were
found. and IN the one at Arrzs the tiras
and nayes OF the wheels were complete
The tires are OF iron and the naves Of
bfonze There were also found in these
graves an iron mirror with bronze mount
3a2s. the end OF shank OF bronze whip,
ana two Or three rings through which the
reins OF the chariot must have been car
RED. The bones fond at beverley had
gone TO decay. but at Arras the hum IN
remains and the bones of the horses ap-
reared As fresh as II they had been buried
100 years ago.
The graves referred to as having been
opened were not close together For H.
stancs. the places of discovery, Danes
dale and Arras, are twelve miles apart
The theory advanced by the archaeo,o-
gtsts who have taken the matter up Is
thar the district through which the
aFssSA
huryfng place OF the ancient Eriton prob
ably years. before the Danes attempted
'he conquest OF the island The relics
discovered Indicate that they once were
part OF ard the property of leaders among
the aboriginal inhabitants Of Britain.
There has been dispute for a very
iong time between archaeoiogtsts as 10
the occupation Of the territory I'm which
'hs mounds were found. ny the Danes srd
By the early Britons. zone faction Of dis
pa:ar1is held that the mounds. being &C
csptso as graves Of ancient Danes, were
conclusive evidence that the Danes were
In possession Of the country centuries be-
fore some persons claimed 10 believe.
The second faction held that Tire Danes
had never held possession OF the country.
but that II vas fer centuries located IN
tie center Of the stronghold OF the Brit
ons OF sRriy days
The formation Of the tires and the nayes
% the chsrio.s found also indicated n
hitherto Unknown communication between
the Romans aud the early Eritonx. The
tires and the naves are almost exactly
similar 20 those now in the British muse
u5n At London. which are known to have
been in use in Rome about the same perl
Cd In which the original charfots 20 which
tha British tires and raves were attached
sped over the soil Of the island II es-
tahlishes a new fact In history fir refer
eHce 20 the relations and power Of Rene
ard while II settles ore dispute makes
seemingly incorrect q number of ass~r-
tons regarding the period tn which the
hurtais In the British graves took place
Il Is very likely that several more tr
these mounds will be opened for the pur-
rose Of sseertainiug whether they are, the
resting places ot Eritons Of a certain
century. or whether as many believe. the
mounds are located IN what was the
burial ground OF The leaders Of the early
Ryitons fer many centuries. Should the
latter prove true. * IS more than likely
that discoveries viii be mad which xilI
entirely change the history 81 Britain a.
FAR as x relates % that period which lei
up TO the conquest.