“BONES INDICATE
DEAD RACE OF
GREAT INDIANS
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (UP)
—Excavation work along the
Washita River near here where
the skeletons of a tribe of giant
Indians recently were discovered
continues under the direction of
University of Oklahoma and Tulsa
University anthropologists.
A half dozen of the skeletons,
more than 7 feet tall, were uncovered
after a rise in the river had
caused a section of a bank to give
way.
Dr. Forrest E. Clements, head of
the department of anthropology at
the University of Oklahoma, estimated
the race existed 750 years
ago. He believed the find might
lead to discovery of a race of Indians
unknown to anthropologists.
The excavations have attracted
considerable attention and visitors
will be permitted only on Thursday,
those in charge said.
Pottery, arrowheads and other
relics have been found. The jawbone
of an animal believed to have
been a deer also was uncovered.
The WPA is furnishing a crew
of 20 men to assist in the work.
Clements said a detailed study
of the finds, along with a study of
leyrs of soil, will be necessary before
an accurate estimate of the
age of the skeletons can be made

“Circleville Herald, 1937-06-21

thanks to (Rephaim23) for this research

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