Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1892 — Aztec Remains in Tennessee. [ARTICLE]

Aztec Remains in Tennessee.

Dr. A. P. Clarke, of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1). C., recAitly passed through Nushvillo from Cleveland, Tenn., where ho and other gentlemen have been investigating alleged Aztec remains. In an interview Dr. Clarke said; “It is a genuine wall similar to some found in Central America and Mexico. Such formations aro peculiar to tropical climates only, and none have over been found so fur north of tlic equator as this ono. Tho wall was found buried beneath tho earth, enough of it was uncovered last spring to give tho geologists of the country some idea of what is was. We uncovered more ofthe wall, and on ono stone, twelve feet under ground, we found tho imprint of a man’s toot plainly and distinctly marked, thirteen inches long and fivo inches wide; with some mystic characters in the heel and foot. If these characters had been in the ball of the foot they would have been indentical with the curious hieroglyphics found only in India. We have somo splendid photographs of the wall and tho marks, but have been unable to decipher tho characters as yet.”