Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-05-10 | Page 2 | Skeletons Uncovered While Digging Sewer

Skeletons Uncovered While Digging Sewer Evidence of ot what Is supposed to lo battleground of ot bloody blood have been en a 11 settled was before beloro this valley alley Indians unearthed this OIls morning at the tho was Intersections of oC l' l Fifth North and Third West est streets A local 11 construction construction construction tion company while dl digging a sewer tho the remnants of or se several sev ses' uncovered uncO there hero of ot skeletons at al a depth oral eral human Uman Jearly twelve feet Parts of oC the tho fore fore- pearly and anda Sim of ot skull Jawbones jawbone inn rn pieces molar tooth were dl discovered perfect a a. the time excavation atlon From Prom the e extraordinary in of ot the thu skulls and antI thickness Unary I is I their apparent nt age a e the conclusion of ot Indians those that th the theY v are The Tho ground In tho the vicinity accordIng according accord accord- Ing to a resident Is 18 a a. veritable bog sprint springs covered the and large were ucro supposed to have They surface bottom This gives rl rise e to the opinion no that centuries ago when the th t tie the plains n n mot met In battle on e they took tock advantage nd of the nature of oC the ground and buried burled their dead Inthe in inthe inthe the oozy earth thus saving sa the labor of oC digging graves ra R It Is the he belief bellEt of oC I the workmen that if it the t. t hole were wert widened and enlarged more bones and skulls would be bo brought to light The possibility of ot the parts found remaining remaining- In such n. n state of ot preservation preservation is 19 attributed to the nature of ot the ground Moss alkaline traces and anda a sandy soil 1011 mixed with water ac according according ac ac- cording to en engineers in charge haj hu kept the more enduring part of ot the human botI body from completely decayIng decaying decay decay- Ing Th The Tho remains were found resting on a It sandy layer laver of ot soil I