Sioux Indians Tell of a Former Giant Race Destroyed by The Great Spirit

                      Sioux Indians Tell of a Former Giant Race Destroyed by The Great Spirit

History of Fremont County, Iowa - 1881

     In 1875 a huge human skeleton was unearthed at a brick-yard about one mile east of Hamburg at a depth of fourteen feet from the surface of the earth. The bones were for the most part in an advanced state of decay but the teeth were well preserved. The remains are believed to be those of a giant at least eight feet in height. The teeth were worn down almost to the jaw-bone, which fact indicated that the "mighty men of renown" must have lived in the days mentioned by the old Indians who formerly lived in the vicinity of Hamburg. "Long ago," said they, "our fathers used to ride across the Missouri river here on their ponies, for the water was very shallow. The eastern margin of the river then was at the foot of the high bluff (at Hamburg) and the river itself was very wide. But there were so many bad men among our fathers in those days and they engaged in so many wars that the Great Spirit cursed the waters of the river (the Missouri) and caused it to run in a narrower and deeper channel, so that the tribes, could not cross and fight and kill one another. After that our fathers lived till their feet were worn off with walking and their teeth worn down with eating." Many other bones of extinct giant animals and men have been found in the same locality where the skeleton before was described."

           Native American  Concurred That A Giant Race Once Roamed North America

Giant Skeleton with Infant Uncovered in Iowa by Road Crew

Giant Skeleton with Infant Uncovered in Iowa by Road Crew

The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.) August 17, 1897
WORKMEN UNEARTH SKELETONS
An Indian Giant and Infant Turned Up at Burlington
    Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 17 - A remarkable find was made by workman excavating for the road around North Main street bluff yesterday.  They turned up the complete skeleton of an Indian and an infant. The former was a giant at least seven feet tall.  With the skeleton were found a silver armlet, a spear head, pipe, knives, beads, a bridle bit and a quantity of silver and copper ornaments.

Neanderthal Hybrids Described in Iowa Burial Mounds

Neanderthal Hybrids Described in Iowa Burial Mounds

Beetle browed "archaic" type skulls have been described across North America.

History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 1902

    What sort of people were the first inhabitants of Iowa is a question that must ever be of interest. It is generally believed by archaeologists that remains of two distinct prehistoric races have been found in the Valley of the Mississippi.

   The first human skulls discovered resemble those of the gorilla, having the thick ridges over the eyes and an almost total absence of forehead, indicating a low degree of intelligence. Similar skulls have been found throughout the different countries of Europe, indicating that the first inhabitants of the earth known to ethnologists were low-browed, brute-like, small-bodied beings, who were but a grade above the lower animals. Skulls of this type have been found in Illinios, Wisconsin, as well as in Johnson, Floyd, Chickasaw and    Dubuque counties of Iowa.  The first inhabitants of Iowa and the Mississippi Valley of which we have any evidence are called the “Mound Builders.” Stone and copper implements found indicate that they had made progress in the scale of intelligence. Whether they cultivated the soil, erected comfortable dwellings and built towns is not known; but that they made cloth is proven by samples found in mounds, strangely preserved through the innumerable ages that have elapsed. The numbers, color, habits, customs and forms of government of these people, as well as the manner in which their mounds were constructed, the purpose for which these enduring earthworks of various forms