The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-16
Caught by Phantom,

Caught by Phantom.
A week later Jose was riding along tho
same road when the ghost met him in tho
same place. But his time II anticipated
II shy on the part of the horse, for It
seized the animal by the bride with one
hand and pointed with the other in the
direction OF the hills. Jose saw at once
that he was in for It so he decided that
he had better humor the ghost He
therefore, turned his horses head in the
direction indicated and started Off raDt3-
~. In about a quarter Of an hour thew
arrived at the foothills, where the ghost
stopped and pointed to q huge srOne nj
the foot of a tall tree after which he i'm
medlately disappeared into the earth lose
sprang from his horse and marked the
place with q couple of sticks in the form
OF a cross. as indicative of his WILLINGNESS
TO do the VIII of the ghost. Then he rode
slowly homeward.
Next day he tried to persuade sorno
men TO so with him and help him dig Nd
me Dig stone to see what was beneath It.
But the story was enough for the viii
layers. Every one decided he was ghost
haunted, and that It was unwise to have
anything TO do with such a man. A. tha
emo OF TWO weeks, however, he succeeded
IN ~Persuading an Indian from n ueirhhor-
ing town and n Protestant misgionar ~,
from Mexico City, who happened to he IN
az inc Allilp, 10 ac"COnln1nr hf7,
Inc three ghost hunters set out one MIMI
at midnight, armed with picks snaaos "a
croWoars. When they got to the nIoca
.Ley trleo 10 remove the big stone. hut
.hey could not even move it. Ar Ia et thav
Jug uhaer one side of It and let # roil
Gown the hill. Then they began r. a.,
lilto the place where the stone had haon
t aoout an hours steady work thew
Game upon a circle OF skulls. or rather
Il part or the circ1a w. .l
was unearthed a few DAYS latar w.
also round a stone ak and other ro,,oa
q long-plst age. The next dav thora ~
huiluieos or people ready to go out ana
help in the digging. "nu
Before the Aztec.
On examination it was found tho. 49,.
big stone had been arrested viii, ~ tLe
derslde up. 1t was evidently A monnnan.
OF some Kind, for 1t had carved ,non tta
surface part OF q gigantic hand, sotnnwbat
$3.50 e. nut sylhtnetrically cut in relief.
ruitler excavation disclosed the whole ~
the great circle of skulls wbich u
nearly thirty feet in diameter NJ
lnefn there was not q single othnr 49,
Ia th's curious grave there vera rnnnL,
lelcs VI d past age. Among these 800
stone Whistles, sea shells. seed i,,gs -
poslety' stone grinding and weavInp fools
80 neaos ana many beautifully worl,oG
idlleT showed TINT +LiI
curious Golgotha mus, have ho' Ia. tfls
people of Importance. In the rrn,re : y
a,ss round some stone slabs with anc,edt
nleroglyphlcs. which evidently hs,nnnas
people who lived In the country be-
1oEe the coming of the Aztecs. D'
,n - any man still doubts there are ghost,
Goatepec he can find most of the bnva
Iosa ana many more, at the homo ~
80 Mirafda: and there Is scarceiv ~
inhabitant Of the place who baaiy an
teast one relic from this ancient sravo d
investigation made lately sho,,s 80
NEAR nEar the Circle Of the Skulls" sa ia
place is now called. are the rema,n "s INC
s,,a ancient city. almost buried bv ,snd a
siidea from the foothilla. ny land