Monday, March 9, 2015
Mass Grave of Giants Uncovered in Augusta Kentucky
Mass Grave of Giants Uncovered in Augusta, Kentucky
The Bourbon News., June 10, 1921
ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE
(Augusta. Chronicle)
It is believed by many wise and experienced men that centuries before the Indians, a race of people greatly superior to them in arts and knowledge, lived here. That such a race of men occupied portions of Kentucky at some time cannot be doubted. We can only speculate concerning the prehistoric people who dwelt here in fable and mystery during the silent centuries of an unwritten epoch. But it is certain that our little town of Augusta has a peculiar historic value, for it is located on a large burying ground of these ancients. Everywhere between the mouths of Locust and Bracken creeks, skeletons of great size and of great number have been found. When Gen. John Payne dug his cellar 110 skeletons, were taken up in the space of 60×70 feet. They were of all sizes from seven feet long to those of infants. Many arrow heads have been found and earthenware of clay and pounded mulch. Some of the largest trees of the forest were growing over these remains when the land was cleared in 1792. The Indians had no tradition about these people. We are
lost in.conjecture as to who they were and how they become extinct.
The Bourbon News., June 10, 1921
ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE
(Augusta. Chronicle)
It is believed by many wise and experienced men that centuries before the Indians, a race of people greatly superior to them in arts and knowledge, lived here. That such a race of men occupied portions of Kentucky at some time cannot be doubted. We can only speculate concerning the prehistoric people who dwelt here in fable and mystery during the silent centuries of an unwritten epoch. But it is certain that our little town of Augusta has a peculiar historic value, for it is located on a large burying ground of these ancients. Everywhere between the mouths of Locust and Bracken creeks, skeletons of great size and of great number have been found. When Gen. John Payne dug his cellar 110 skeletons, were taken up in the space of 60×70 feet. They were of all sizes from seven feet long to those of infants. Many arrow heads have been found and earthenware of clay and pounded mulch. Some of the largest trees of the forest were growing over these remains when the land was cleared in 1792. The Indians had no tradition about these people. We are
lost in.conjecture as to who they were and how they become extinct.
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