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Catahoula Parish County – More than 7 Feet

​Skeletons of Giant Indians Unearthed In Louisiana Parish

By the associated Press.

NATCHEZ, Miss., June 23.- Skeletons of Indians estimated to have been more than 7 feet tall have been unearthed by explorers of Catahoula Parrish, La.

A search for Locations for study by members of the Smithsonian Institution disclosed from 15 to 20 of the skeletons in a grave on a mound at Larte Lake.
The discovery was made by Dr. E,. A. Beithaupt and E. W. Knight and was regarded as contributing to the  theory that the prehistoric mound builder once lived there.

Louisiana, Catahoula Parrish County, 1933.


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