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Scouts 'U n earthIndian Squaw at SheboyganA .‘ * •“* /' * * n.----«l• SHISBOYCIAN. .July 28.—Anton Hrotz, Koilier, and Odin Torrison,- this* city. Hoy Scouts who are wimping with Sheboygan add -Fond du bar* scouts-at Chi np Slinginappl, Lake Winnebago, Wore horrified to unearth n complete skeleton of an Indian squawwhile they were digging in a smallmound wear the camp..-. Arrowhoadw and other Indian relies have been found in the district and the two hoys were searching for similar relics when their shovels struck stone.They scraped away the dirt • and found a wall of pointed stones, neatly arranged. Tearing some of the stones away they found a large hone, • -uiul ..upon—digging further, unearthed the entire skeleton. The, skeleton was in a sitting position with the knees drawn up under the chin and the arms folded about the knees, a position customary In Indian burials. The boys made tunny surmises about, the story of the Indian, warrior they supposedly had unearthed from bis “happy hunting grounds:’’.however, ;t doctor from Fond Uu Lae, who was a visitor at the camp found that the bones were probably those of an Indian woman. Parts of another skull wen; found in the same hole. •••••• «. _MIMED C’ OTDIIf E
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Manitowoc Herald News
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jul 28, 1920
Page 5
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