Show traces of Town sites of undetermined age discovered on isle royale by explorers the history ot of a vanished race that once inhabited isle royale has not been rendered illegible by the forest growth according to george A west of the milwaukee public museum who with other scientists conducted an expedition searching into lore ot of the island traces of 0 town sites of a still un determined age have been found which tend to bear out the evidence obtained in long forgotten burial grounds that isle copper was mined by a prehistoric race that made seasonal raids on the island mystery surrounds the discovery of three depressions found in the eastern extremity of the entrance to Mc Cargoes cove by dr carl E guthe and fred dustin university of michigan archaeologists archeologists according to earl G kirby whose ship the alabama calls regularly at isle royale on cruises from the lower lakes bowl shaped the depressions disclosed a 14 inch layer of carefully placed rock under which was fo found und a bed of charcoal pott pottery cry and other relics of the indian india n civilization believed to have reigned on isle royale long before father babion in the seventeenth century made the first white mans visit to the territory were taken back to ann arbor by doctor guthe and his assistants kirby said |