Blackford County, 12 yr old Giant Teeth
Giant Teeth
One Mound-builders skull, from subject only twelve years old,
The county is named for Judge Isaac Blackford, who was the first speaker of the Indiana General Assembly and a long-time chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Before the arrival of European-American settlers during the 1830s, the northeastern portion of the future Blackford County was briefly the site of an Indian reservation for 
Chief Francois Godfroy of the Miami tribe.
One Mound-builders skull, from subject only twelve years old, as is evident from the stage of developement, which the teeth exhibit, is as large as the skull of a full grown man of modern type. This was found in a mound, accomplished with cup shaped vessels. with such mound an relics, the Salomonie River abounds.
- History of Blackford County, Indiana, 1895. “full grown man”
- 1876 map of Blackford County https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackford_County,_Indiana#/media/File:Blackford_County,_Indiana_map_from_1876_atlas.jpg.
- History of Blackford County, Indiana, 1895. “12 Year old Skull, . . . is as large as the skull of a full grown man.”