The Ohio Valley Mound Builder Giant's Prayer to the Dead

The Ohio Valley Mound Builder Giant's Prayer to the Dead

Large Hopewell Sioux Indian Skeleton Uncovered in Burial Mound in Southern Illinois

Welch Burial  Mounds in Brown County, Illinois

Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894
     On the spur of the ridge upon which the Welch mounds of Brown county, hereafter noticed, are situated and about midway between them and Chambersburg, in Pike county, is a group of circular mounds, possibly the work of another people than those who built the effigies. They are mainly on the farm of Mr. W. A. Hume, who assisted in opening eight of them, of which but two are specifically noticed here...

The other, situated on the point of a commanding bluff, was also conical in form, 50 feet in diameter and 8 feet high. The outer layer consisted of sandy soil, 2 feet thick, filled with slightly decayed skeletons, probably Indians of intrusive burials. The earth of the main portion of this mound was very fine yellowish sand which shoveled like ashes and was everywhere, to the depth of from 2 to 4 feet, as full of human skeletons as could well be stowed away in it, even to two and three tiers. Among these were a number of bones not together as skeletons, but mingled in confusion and probably from scaffolds or other localities. Excepting one, which was rather more than seven feet long, these skeletons appeared to be of medium size, and many of them much decayed. 

The Shawnee Indian Legend of the Ohio Mound Builder's Chief Yellow Hair

The Shawnee Indian Legend of the Ohio Mound Builder's Chief Yellow Hair

Exploring the Ruins of Indiana's Lost Sun Temple Henge: Photographed for the First Time

Exploring the Ruins of Indiana's Lost Sun Temple Henge: Photographed for the First Time

From the photo, the two henges or Sun Temples are visible along with a newly discovered smaller circle shown with the arrow.

This map was done by the 8th, 9th, and 10th Annual Reports (1876, 1877, 1878) / Indiana. Geological Survey. The northern henge was aligned to the summer solstice sunrise and the southern henge to the equinox.
Note the cut or via going to the river, this was artificially cut into the bank,

The artificial cut is still visible that leads to a wide second terrace and must have been the site of some processional up to the the sun temple complex.

Despite being plowed for years, the southern sun temple is still visible. This site is not recognized as a historic site nor preserved.  This is the first time these henges have been photographed.

European Beaker People Type Pots in Michigan

European Beaker People Type Pots in Michigan

On the left are the distinctive 'tulip shaped' pots of the Beaker People.  On the right is a Beaker Pot uncovered in Michigan.

50 Giant Human Nephilim Skeletons Discovered in La Cross, Wisconsin

50 Giant Human Nephilim Skeletons Discovered in 

La Cross, Wisconsin

Eau Claire Leader – Eau Claire,  November 16, 1912
Five Bodies of Ancient Race Near La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse, WI  Fifty skeletons believed to be a part of mysterious tribesmen of a prehistoric race have been unearthed by a party of La Cross state normal school graduates on the farm of Alois White, a few miles south of this city. The skeletons were taken from five mounds which were excavated. Among the significant discoveries made by the students was the uncovering of a number of copper arrow heads and two or three copper knives. This, it is claimed, must dispel the popular belief that the mound builders antedated the whites. Investigation shows there are three distinct types of mounds, specimens of which are found in Wisconsin. The conical mound is most common, the pyramid shaped tumuli and the so-called effigy mounds, the latter usually in the shape of some animal. The size of the skeletons, and the weight and thickness of the bones indicate this early race was composed of giants. Most of the skeletons were more than six feet long and the bones are much heavier than those of the modern white men.

Indiana Man Shares Mound Builder Artifacts and Giant Skeletons with Smithsonian

Indiana Man Shares Mound Builder Artifacts and 

Giant Skeletons with  Smithsonian

Evening Star, September 14, 1897, 

     M. G. Mock of Muncie Ind., who has a large collection of Indian and Moundbuilders relic 

and curiosities, was at the Smithsonian Institution yesterday. Mr. Mock has probably 

10,000 objects in his collection, which he has gotten together simply to gratify a taste of his 

own in this regard. He has been making the collection for thirteen years and is exceedingly 

proud of his acquisitions. Whenever Mr. Mock is in Washington he visits the Smithsonian 

to have a chat with the heads of the department of prehistoric anthropology, compare notes 

with them and examine any new objects of interest which have been secured by the 

the institution since his previous visit.  Mr. Mock has been in mounds in many of the states, 

delving for the relics of the mysterious race who buried their dead and then erected the 

mounds as monuments. The more prominent the persons are, too, the more relics are found 

about them.  Pottery is often found in the mounds but is generally in imperfect condition. 

Some of the skeletons found in the mounds have been those of men of gigantic proportions, 

seven feet or more in height." Mr. Mock is a prominent member of the Order of Red Men 

and was passing through Washington to attend the convention in Philadelphia.

Red Haired Mummies Discovered in a Utah Cave

Red Haired Mummies Discovered in a Utah Cave.

One of many accounts of an ancient tribe of giants that were described as having red hair and large size.

Giant Human Skull Discovered in a Fort Gaines, Georgia Burial Mound

Giant Human Skull Discovered in a Fort Gaines, Georgia Burial Mound

New York Times  Febuary, 21 1893
Georgia's Big Mound
A Jawbone That Proves There Were Giants in Those Days
   Fort Gaines, Ga., Feb. 20 - About twelve miles below Fort Gaines, on what is commonly known as the Mercier Place, is a mound which is said to be the largest known in the United States, and undoubtedly the work of the mound builders of former generations.  Whether its the largest or not, it is a very large one, and deserves the distinction of being the boss one of Georgia.
  Its base cover more than two acres, and running up at an angle of about 45 degrees, it stands about 100 feet high.  Large oak trees several feet in diameter cover the sides and stand as witness to the great age of the mound.  Many years ago a gentleman had a small sized well dug from the top down into the heart of the mound, and among other things found the jawbone of a man that would easily slip over the head of an ordinary man of this generation.  His explorations were very meager, and since then nothing like and systematic search has ever been made.
   Leading off from the mound in the direction of the creek are ditches, at the present time several feet deep. They were evidently used by the mound builders as secret ways of egress in case of attack. The pace is worthy of close and careful observation.
  

9 Foot Ancient Giant Human Unearthed in the Connersville, Indiana Cemetery

9 Foot Ancient Giant Human Unearthed in the Connerville, Indiana

Sunday Vindicator

Sunday, September 12, 1897

NINE FEET TALL

Was This Man Whose Skeletons Was Found In Indiana

     Connersville, IND., Sept 11 - While Sexton Charles Rieman was digging a grave in the city cemetery, he came upon the skeleton of a monster of a man,  It had been buried in a sitting posture with the face to the east, and was about three feet below the surface.  The remains indicate that the being of which this was a veritable giant, probably nine feet in height.  The femur bone is about a yard long, and the massive under jaw is much larger than that of an ordinary man.  It is supposed that the bones are those of an Indian or Mound Builder

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