Eureka Reporter | 1902-11-28 | Page 7 | Relics of the Indians

RELICS OF THE INDIANS interesting D scover es made in the state of ma ne A rare treat has hag been offered indian relic hunters at eineo during the past week the worl of grad ns ng in front ot of the hotel has beon been en and the plows and harrows have unearthed hundreds of arrowheads many spear heads and various crude fl nt tools tradition has it that the ground being broken up was formerly a bur burying yino ground of the indians who came here from all sections of the country many years ago to secure flint from the mountains for the pi purpose ot of making arrowheads spearheads tomahawks and crude stone tools it Is also said that many a battle had been fought in this vicinity and valuable indian relics relies have been discovered here from tin a e to time by curio hunters but never be fore in this section hae hane as many evi dences been unearthed at one time the ground being bidlen up lies di erectly in front of the binea house it Is the high bank which backs the point known to fishermen as the pine trees it is evident that the indians in former times camped on this point which was then covered with the tor for est and there worked the flint into definite forms the ground from six to eighteen inches beneath the sod Is literally alive with evidences to this effect kennebec journal