Post by hi224 on Dec 8, 2019 1:27:29 GMT
In 1883, a small town newspaper, the Mandan Pioneer of Mandan, North Dakota, announced the discovery of two vast, prehistoric, cemeteries. That in itself wasn't all that interesting, but that these cemeteries supposedly held the bones of a race of giants got quite a bit of attention.
The Scientific American would pick up the story, and other papers would label one of the cemeteries "A City of the Dead." This first cemetery was said to cover over 100 acres in the present day Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in North Dakota. The cemetery itself was placed near the junction of the Heart and Missouri Rivers.
The cemetery of a "dead nation" was discovered during an exploration of the area. A series of little holes were dug into several mounds, and it was determined that trenches had been filled with bones, and then buried.
Only brief excavations were done at the area, but it was a promising site for future study. But nothing seemed to have been done. In addition to bones though, pottery was also found, which appeared to be quite sophisticated.
A second cemetery was also mentioned, which was said to be five miles north of Bismarck, ND. Additional burials were said to have been at Crying Hill in Mandan, ND.
A reporter for the Mandan Pioneer would ask an aged American Indian about these cemeteries, and his answer was that his people didn't know about who was buried in these cemeteries. That they were there before any American Indian had come to the area.
Edit: To those saying it's a hoax:
I thought the same thing as well, but there are some oddities here. I'm not saying they are giants, but at each one of the locations, there were long lived settlements. The main one is On-A-Slant Village, which was home to the Mandans. Crying Hill was home to the Mandans, and before that, the Arikara. The one north of Bismarck is Double Ditch, also home to the Mandan.
So these were settled areas. Bones have been recorded at Double Ditch. But thorough excavations were never done at Crying Hill or On-A-Slant Village.
What really caught me though was the interview with the local American Indian who said whoever buried there was long before.
Cemetery for the Giants
The Scientific American would pick up the story, and other papers would label one of the cemeteries "A City of the Dead." This first cemetery was said to cover over 100 acres in the present day Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in North Dakota. The cemetery itself was placed near the junction of the Heart and Missouri Rivers.
The cemetery of a "dead nation" was discovered during an exploration of the area. A series of little holes were dug into several mounds, and it was determined that trenches had been filled with bones, and then buried.
Only brief excavations were done at the area, but it was a promising site for future study. But nothing seemed to have been done. In addition to bones though, pottery was also found, which appeared to be quite sophisticated.
A second cemetery was also mentioned, which was said to be five miles north of Bismarck, ND. Additional burials were said to have been at Crying Hill in Mandan, ND.
A reporter for the Mandan Pioneer would ask an aged American Indian about these cemeteries, and his answer was that his people didn't know about who was buried in these cemeteries. That they were there before any American Indian had come to the area.
Edit: To those saying it's a hoax:
I thought the same thing as well, but there are some oddities here. I'm not saying they are giants, but at each one of the locations, there were long lived settlements. The main one is On-A-Slant Village, which was home to the Mandans. Crying Hill was home to the Mandans, and before that, the Arikara. The one north of Bismarck is Double Ditch, also home to the Mandan.
So these were settled areas. Bones have been recorded at Double Ditch. But thorough excavations were never done at Crying Hill or On-A-Slant Village.
What really caught me though was the interview with the local American Indian who said whoever buried there was long before.
Cemetery for the Giants
