Deseret Evening News | 1893-03-24 | Page 5 | Aboriginal Relics

A 110 111 (! IN' All UEMCS. An Indian (Iraro Iutail.'l by an In. iiulilllro Willi) Ainu. J. A. Frlsbla of Hpokane, Wdililnj- ton, glvte an Interesting account of bin reoeut examination of n largo Indian mound alxtten miles aoulhwtst ol (olvllle, In Btevcns count, that atali. It la altuattd In n tmall lain butweun low rolling hills, and before being opentdwaathlrty-flvu feet high mil teveiity.llve feet In clrcumh rencf. The material of Ita construction nu rou, tiny, adobe and shale. Although the txti ence of llioraouud I has long been known to tho people In the vicinity, It waa generally regarded J as a freak of nature left by thu tut- I sldonceof eddylug walcre. Mr.I'rKbli, 1 minever, entertained another view i and, tiiulnlng hhmelf with cro- , ban, picks, drills and dynamite, and ' irttsliiittwoHlwash buckalutoatrvkr, he uttacked the mound. Alter l-v jr making an txcavatlou four ftet bj 1 ' six the came upon u wall aa bard that .s- " lilaillngwtanectwiary. The explosion V' blew down oue third of thla wall, and I a chamber, circular tu shape, wa I disclosed, the Interior walla vt whlih I wereasamgelh as klana and duooraleo B with figures In verinllllou. R Three human sktletous, euppuse I to be those of a chief and hlstwueiiuavis, I which were ttlll ilad la wuul wore once tklua of tuflaln and dcer,rrcllno I, with fare toward thecal a(alust Hie nut wall of tho cliamier. llotn skeletons and skins crumble I at the touch. In front oi tho csutral luure atood a largo earthtrn urn, or, rather, a pot, which was half tlllt I with queer-looking queer-looking oruameuts of varioui r lotel stems and arrow heads of brunts lit ru were also remains of three long lows, a leather iiulvir filled with air ws,and a narrow bladcd tomahawk of brouzt.