Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1906-10-26
THE RUINS OF A
ONCE GREAT CITY.
Is YazoO City Built Ilpon a PrehiS-
tOnc One2

10 those who delight h deell 10 an
cicnt history and delve iniotbe unknown
things 81 the past the fcflowing Letter
received BY Mayor r. n Holmes will
be Of interest. Il may cause a delying
and digging into the soils vest Of Yazoo
T City that would unearth TIE ruins Of a
city once great 10 size and Of immense
riches. II may show that Yazoo City
IL resting upon what was once the
greatest city Of America, and give 70
the people new ideas Of what once ex-
listed in this Delta country Of ours.
The writer Of the letter gives just
enough hints TO whet the appetites Of
those whose curiosity will cause them
TO begin a series Of Investigations, or
the letter may have the effect Of caus-
ing the people TO think that the writer
IL drawing upon fertile brain, and his
imagination has drifted from facts 10
visions. Whatever the effect, the Her
aid presents to its readers the letter
handed us by Mayor Holmes, and as II
comes from the State of Kansas no sur
prise need be expressed, for Kansas and
Kansans have been known TO say and do
many wonderful things. The letter
reads:
Oswego, Kan, r. r., Oct, II, 1906.
Mayor, Yazoo City, Miss;
Sir:-According TO some ancient
records in my possession there was a
city in 9ncient times few miles east Of
the Mississippi river, and not far from
the Yazoo river. II knew the altitude
OF the mouth Of the Yazoo, could To-
cate the ty, whether north or south OF
the liver. The ruins will consist Of
mounds, perhaps not very close to-
gether. There should be one large
mound truncated and facing west (if
any evidences yet remain of front
Also is there any evidences Of canals
connecting with the Mississippi or va
zoo2 The canals, ii any, would be dif-
ficult to locate, filled up perhaps.
IL was one of the largest cities Of
ancient America, and the principal port
Of entry. | am very certain the city
was in western Mississippi, and could
not have been below the mouth Of the
Black. And II the city can be located !
could locate some rare things in it,
think. The city and its people persisted
in day. II you are not an archeologlst
or have no interest in ancient things,
please hand this to some one who does.
The records cay the city was destroyed
by an immense tidal wave from the gulf
Those old first settlers Of America
mined lead and zinc in Arkansas and
southwestern Missouri, and copper in
the Lake Superior mines.
G. M. MoMICKLE.
p. S. 4 have tried in vain to induce
the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton to make survey Of your country.
They have made a topographIca sur
vey only. The Curator writes tM thev
have never moved shovel OF ditbin the
South, vet 1t is the richest field in
America. II would cost the Govern
ment 5000 to make a preliminary sur
yey, and a private survey would cost
perhaps 500.
If you can locate that old city Of
Posedon, will be able to tell you some
wonderful things about the ancient
glories of your country. You need not
not look for stone work, as they did not
use it but little. They used some adobe
brick for facing and steps, all now dis
solved unless buried under debris.
G. NJ. McMICKLE.