Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1917 — FIND UTE BURYING GROUND [ARTICLE]

FIND UTE BURYING GROUND

Cowboys Discover Ancient Indian Burial Place Near City Limits of Craig, Colo. Craig, living In this section of the state have discovered an ancient Indian burial ground within half a mile of the old city limits. They overheard an old trapper a battle fought In the early sixties'between the Ute and Arapahoe tribes, and going to the spot where he said the dead had been burled, found several mounds. Digging into the first they found the bones of an Indian chief. Great quantities of brass rings, marbles, elk teeth and snake rattles were found.