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Indian Mound Opened

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
November
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Went to Happy Hunting Grounds from Above the Huron

Dr. W. B. Hinsdale, dean of the Homeopathic department, is known to be not only devoted to his profession, but an enthusiastic antiquarian. Ou Saturday he opened a small Indian mound on a bluff overhanging the Huron river. He found four feet under the surface, under a bed of burned clay, a skeleton of an Indian, evidently buried in a sitting posture. In front of the skeleton, there were two earthen pots containing implements of various kinds. The skull and cross bones were in a good state of preservation. The teeth were particularly good, but much worn. Among the implements were a copper needle, a barbed fish spear, made out of a moose antler, perforated tablets, probably for neck ornaments, flint drills, arrow heads, large and small bone needles and ornaments. There were also a lot of American common beaver teeth among the articles. Evidently the warrior had been well provided to make his travel to the happy hunting ground as comfortable as possible.