| Show AN arf OLD COUNTRY the following extract 1 from a private letter from an authentic source mentions men tiong som some curious circumstances going to show that the west had c civilized inhabitants years ago the relics found may be coeval with the mound builders the letter is dated sterling whiteside county illinois there are stron strong indications that this country tyas was formerly inhabited by a civilized people and that the entire surface has been covered by the present surface to a depth of 20 90 to 30 feet I 1 will mention facts that have tave come to my knowledge occurring within three miles of my place which chich go far to satisfy me of the truth of the theory advanced last autumn when I 1 was here a man from dorchester mass was digging a we well weli ll 11 and when about twenty feet from the surface he found pieces of cedar cut and split and below them a soil with a deposit on it like a decayed grass another man when digging a well at about the same sam e depth came directly upon a well stoned up with stone slone laid in lime ilme mortar tar which he cleaned out and now tin uses oh oxen ar cases I 1 could name but they are of similar import |
