New-York tribune., 1899-07-23
GRIM RELICS EXHUMED.
BONES OF GIANT ABORIG1NES UN-
EARTHED ON AN ANCIENT
BATTLE-GROUND.

Santa Ana correspondence OF The San Francisco
Examiner.
on the brow OF low, rolling hill, twelve miles
southwest Of Santa Ana, and near the set~tlement ~
Of Ocean View, have been discovered the grim
relics Of some ancient metropolis. Archaeoo8lsts
who have recently made cursory INSPECTION OF
the surrounding country are inclined 10 credlt tne
common theory OF lo,al antiquarlans that THIS
bleak and barren hillside served as sepuschhrie ,hi
valley and the contiguous mountains Llnle ea any m
snperca traces Of this extinct people but their
bones and u few imperishabe articles USED IN
The latest nnd in this prehistoric buiial ground
that of skeleton Of UNUSUAL % proportions;
workmen who engaged in excavatng soil.
An "ExaSlner" representative visited me plaee IA II,
company with artist and Mr.. MIs himself ana
obtained photographs of the Ielic which had been
The remains lie, or rather SIT on the west side
OF the em!nence which rises some fifty feet from
tue marsh on the ranch OF e. j. Northam. When
small proportion of the skull protrudng above the
ground. With the exception or THIS exposed sur sur
ton. The system of ligaments IS entirely dissolved
but the bones all in their relative positions
The funeral feasts of the early tribes are de-
scribed as Solemn and maidening,' but now, 1 WIN
any degree of soemnty man could be cnuGned reei
TO the observer 1t consigned to earth IN a
sitting posture. with the knees drawn together
tho teeth were in Place and except pssSg roT
sh dsfo0FsH srEns fsir features s"eff of the spee
men OF antiquity who laid Ibis, his torehsoH bones IN
this grave were a nlBD HdIIO" cio"N
prominent cheekbones and massive deep-set jay"
From the structure Of the skull II IS probable that
the deceased was member OF some early indian
fore the advent of the Franciscans. -
During the last ten years several skeletons nave
been uncovered near the brink OF this same hlIl
About a year ago the remains or human Delhs
of giant stature were dug up not nifty feet from
where the last one was found, and the surface or
the ground IS still strewn with the bleaching rem
nants OF his huge frame. The tawbcne OF thls
specimen which is In possession or Mr. Mills, IS so
large as TO 1T over the cheek OF an ORDINARY man
with fully an inch to spare and the other parts o
the frame were proportonately large. In this case
the remains were found lying face downward unuer
about two feet OF SOIL this being the ur'torm depth
M which All the specimens have been unearthed
The presence OF this od-time sepulchre and inc
apparently reckless manner In whlch the ueau
were consigned its keeping have led 10 the con-
cluslon that the broad mesa about ocean view was
once a chosen battle-ground OF Indian Dra7es Here'
according TO tradition they met at intervals 70 set
lie their tribal differences with the hOnofs OF war.
This theory is not without support Tor many ieics
OF early warfare been picked up In the vlcity
Mr. Mills exhibited collection OF these articlss,
among which are several arrow heads or Jayeilil
points ingenousy ground from hard piacA
and nestle such as used by the early lnulah
settlers in preparing their corn for the baking proc
ess A Frenchman residing at Ocean view also mas
an extensive collection Of these curos including
emo<ng-pIpe fashioned out OF stone. A rusty SWORD
OF crude design recently added 10 MI MllIs
exhibit but this weapon could hardly be classeu
ne an indian curlo, as Poor Lo was oDliged 10 90
hattie with instruments Of more prinitve manu-
facture.