Garfield County News | 1928-09-28 | Page 2 | Skeleton and Coins in a Quebec Cellar

skeleton and coins in in a quebec cellar celia r quebec digging into the earthen floor of the cellar of the old french regime house he occupies at tadoussac Tadous sac where ft here the Saque nay empties into the st lawrence laurence armand lin imbeau beau a carpenter tins has turned up the whitened hones bones of a man and nearby a leather bug bag containing P couple of hundred coins of the seventeenth century the skeleton Is that of a nian of medium height the coins comprise two of silver and many of bronze bianze numismatists tire are particularly interested intel ested in the hie silver tokens on ono one la Is DO DG rr FR et nav HUX on the reverse are the arnis anus of france of navarre and of larean and the date adafe 1655 rhe second coin Is dated 1650 1659 it refers to france fro nee and navarre but omits reference to all of the bronze pieces bear the effigy of louis XIV lini and are aie dated from 1010 to la 0 historians ore are trying to find some dew clew that might lead to of tile hiding of tile the hones without vestige of coffin the region Is full of historical lore for tadoussac Tadous sac suc Is ono of tile he oldest catholic in than dlan missionary regions and boasts lie oldest church in enlinda canada