| Show GRAVES GRAVE S OF ANCIENT RACE prehistoric remains exposed by tho the freshets Fresh ets in tennessee floods that prevailed in tennessee recently washed ached up what had been called an old indian graveyard scientists enlists ts however who have given their critical attention to the find are now inclined to the opinion that it was the resting place of prehistoric men the mound builders the graves were very deep the green knoll under tinder which they rested gave no evidence of covering such grew easome some relies relics there has been no indication of a graveyard in the locality within the memory of the present inhabitants and no record of it in history before the flood the field was worth 60 an acre and produced fourteen bales of cotton but this year the creek spread over the bottoms as never before causing much destruction the soil was swept away in the torrent and when the water finally receded there were left exposed twelve graves some evidently were the graves of adults and some the graves raves of children now these graves were vere evidently not the remains of indians they gave evidence that the dead had been burled buried there with much care while the indians were wont simply to wrap a blanket about the body and lay it 1 in a shallow grave |
