Show AN ANCIENT METAL Belie Found on the Battle Ground of the Indians Fremont Tribune A C Records for a number of years a resident of Dodge County but now of Linwood Butler County in the practice of law is in the city today Mr Records with num bar of other people was recently Ibok lug over the historic battle ground where the great fight between the Sioux Indians on one side and the Pawnees Omahaa and Otoea on the other occurred about twentyfive years ago near where Linwood now stands and among other interesting elks one of the party pioked up an old medal which is very interesting It is of pure silver 1 inches in diameter weighs about twice as much as a silver dollar and is in a good state of preservation vation One side is ornamented < with a coat of arms nearly like that of the Stateof New York ndis Inscribed Erie Canal Com 4 July 1817 cIty of N York On reversals a mediaeval design representing the union of the coast and inland country and the inscription cription Union of Erie and the Atlantic The medal is of excellent workmanship and the mystery Is how it came there The old Indian battleground battle-ground IB a grim place to visit grinning grin-ning human skulls and bleaching bones are to be seen on all sides and many valuable relics have been found and preserved by the jjeaidenta of that vicinity |