The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
sToRY o. 4 STONE BOOB.
Found Near the Indian Mounds In
Wvandotte County.

Kansas city. Kan, Jan H.-George U.
S. Hovey Of White Church. Kan, has
among his very interesting collection of
found near the three Indian mounds in
Quindaro township, Wyandotte county
Mr.. Hovey has spent years IN declpner-
ing the stories of stones and f1ints that he
has found in that neighborhood- He has
the largest collection Of relics OF the stone
age in the west. His home is full of them
and the overflow is piled up IN the yard
As the result Of his investigations he has
some new theories which he is trying to
impress upon the scientists at Srnitnson-
ian and Peabody.
the red pipe clay found in Minnesota,
darker than When first taken from the
quarries It is about three inches long,
lines are not as true as they would have
been had the worlxmen had modern tools,
but nevertheless It is good representa-
ton of a book.
Near the mounds where the book was
found was the site Of a prehistoric town
said Mr. Hovey; here men oWell I0r
many years, with their wives and chill
dren. and here are to be found in great
numbers their implements for the war
and the chase. We know their workshops
from the dint, chips and spalls- Thou
sands of arrow heads have been round,
also many currying stone knives called
by the Smithsonian professors hump
backed knives indicate that here was
also located their tanneries- The extent
of the grounds, the many loads of hints
removed since the place has been known
to the whites, all show that it was a
town of considerable Importance. The
number of these ancient townsites and
mounds within the limits of Wyandotte
say that a thousand years ago enough
people lived here to make a great city.
But to come to the stone book
There is a tradition that a great med
fcine man had a stone Bible and this is
the way it goes. The first whites to
come among the Indians were the mis-
they prayed, and always from a book.
Their works. appeared good and they soon
The food and furs that had kept the wild
medicine man from work and want now
mans influence was gone and starvation
was near. Something must be done
ITO him it appeared that all the power
came from the book the missionary car
ried. He must, too, get a book, he said.
secretly made a book of stone On his
return he preached, and he proved that
the book he preached from could stand
spect it was better than the book of the
white missionaries. He. also told them
about traders who would come and who
would take their furs and exchange for
fools: of men who would come with
weapons of fire that would kill and scare
away all the game Then he told of many
more white people who would come and
who would want their land. then great
troubles and quarrels and finally Of white
warriors who would kill and drive all the
Indians away. He talked with so much
was refnstated, and to this day among
most all tribes are the two factions, the
blanket Indians and civilized, the pagans
and Christians.
There's still another story. For years
we have been taught that the richest land
in the world is for a hundred miles or so
around Kansas City. The Mormon Bible
teaches and told years ago that the Gar
den of Eden was located not far from
here Arrangements are being made to
erect the Mormon temple at Independence
Some Of the faithful think that the stone
book is a. new testament new revela-
ton TO the old Mormon BibIe-and when
41rfa sc,ff uTs6 NV
phetfc head OF the Latter Day Saints,
looked at. into and through by the Trim
and Thumrnin spectacles. It will read tina t
the center Of the Garden of Eden is where
this book was placed, and that on that
spot the great temple will be built Not
in Jackson county, Missouri, but Wyan-
dotte county, Kansas