Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1889-06-01 | Page 3 | Mound Builders' Skeletons

Mniiml Builders Skeletons Important discoveries havo been made near Floyd la of remains of the ancient mound builders A circular mound thirty feet in diameter and about two feet high has been opened and five skeletons found They were exceedingly well preserved tho earth having been closely packed around them Three of them wero males one a female and a fifth a babe The skull of the female was In a good state of preservation Archaeologists claim that tho measurements show inferiority even to the celebrated Neanderthal skull