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FOi'GHT A(rKS A(iO.hrelihtorir HsittloliHd inImltnnskull*, imw I p %i'Jtii Vimn f I'oiikfpv in AnlKrc»*'0*] WVim.i. Ivils.. Nov ■'!».—Tilt■ greatest prchi storm battle and bury.\ lfiLt ground yet discovered m t he I L'nitod tltatto has just been foil ml near the little town of Redlands, 1 T. It lies lt;iu the northern border of the Choctaw Indian reservation and near the Arkansas river.Prof. Kdwin Walters, the archaeologist who discovered it, states that from extensive excavation* tie has made he believes that nearly loh.ooo warriors met death at that point and that the battle occurred 20,000 years ago. He goes a step farther and declares the battle was fought between the mound builders and the Maya Toltw raise, the lattei- coming from Yucatan and striving to wrest the Mississippi valley from the mound buildersThe battle ground is thirty n.-tf? in area and hv a series of lt;xeuvu-stioiw Professor Walters has satisfied himself thai there tire nearly a. 000 skeltons to every square acre, His estimate as to the remoteness of this prehistoric conflict is formed by a study of the geological structure ol the formation t» which the skeletons are found. The bones are buried near the top of a deep Strata of sand and covered first with A sort of adobe, a formation of the quaternary pcri-d, then with an alluvial top soil.They huvo been dug out by the carload and almost every skull has from one to five arrow points stick* iog into it- Sharp arrow points and javelins are also found emlwldod in other bones of the body and the great number of these instruments of warfare that hare been unearthed leave no doubt in the mind of Professor Walters that he has found what, was once a field of awful carnage.The skulls have narrow, retreating foreheads and projecting’ Chins aud the skeletons vary greatly in length*, some seeming to be those of dwarfs and others of a giant race, The bodies are buried in a circle, feet toward the center and most of them iu a sitting posture. At tlio side of each is found a clay vessel that was evidently tilled with food to stay the soul of the departs! warrior on his way to the spirit land,Professor Walters has for many years been studying the mounds and battle grounds of pndustorie races found in the Mississippi valley and declares that tho mound builders established a line of defense from Omaha, Neb., south of the gulf of Mexico in their efforts to repel the invasion into their territory of the warlike race of Maya Toltecs.
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sun, Nov 28, 1897
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