Thibodaux Sentinel, December 21, 1901 Hunters from Susquehanna, Pa., while excavating for a hunt near Shohola's Glen, New York., discovered a cave in which they found the skeleton of a man of gigantic size. It was swathed in rawhide trappings that kept it in a sitting posture. Near the skeleton were several bowls of reddish clay but almost as hard as flint. A rude stone tablet was found near the skeleton side covered with rude pictures of birds and beasts, among them one of a monster half beast, half reptile. A number of implements were also found in the cave, amongthem a huge ax made of stone and stone spearheads of unusual size.
Weekly Democratic Statesman, April 12, 1883 Mr. John W. Emmert, employed by the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution atWashington, has lately explored a mound at Bristol, Tenn., and secured some interesting andvaluable Indian relics. Among other things in the mound was found the skeleton of a giganticIndian.
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.
