Hide Article Text (OCR)
- Discovery or a Pituifibd . Isdian.*— ATej . %loam from a friend that asthe workmen, upon the Milwaukee end La'Crosse Kiii-road were at work upon an.excavation near ■Schleiwngervillei. a fiw daya.ince, the petrified remains of an Indifcn were fovnd, and with his remains, relics of olden tiries. [The remains are perfect, not having Bu fer-j.eii by decay. His height, at the pre: ent day, would be considered gigantic—-his body measured seven feet two inehei in length. On his breast, was a plate of 1 op-' per, on which were engraved numerous i ior-oglypics, the meaning of which can haidly be imagined. But there they are a relt; ord of the past Could these hier glyphic*, be' read, they might, perhaps, unveil, som 3 of the mystery which hangs like a dark ©loud over the history of the red man. An ar-row, of considerable strength and cur otis construction, was also; found with .him, and especially invite the attention of antiqiari-ans.'These remains ntay be ecen at the store of Caspar Liver, in idchleiBingeryille, lor a. few days-. . In a short. time, they will be-forwarded to Madison.— Washington Co. Organ June 9,
Newspaper Details
Daily Wisconsin Patriot
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 15, 1855
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Badgerlink
WI, USA 02 May 2017
Other Publications Near Madison, Wisconsin
Peoples News
Madison Patriotic Crusader
Madison Democrat
Madison Password
Our Church Home
