People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1896 — A SUPERIOR RACE. [ARTICLE]

A SUPERIOR RACE.

Interesting Find of Skeletons Hear an Indiana City. A great deal of interest has been attracted to several finds of skeletons in the vicinity of Anderson, Ind., within the past few days. The most peculiar thing in connection with them is the fact that the top of the head had been sawed off or in some manner removed. Editor Biddle of The Daily Bulletin has a skull in his oolleotion that is a fair sample. The top of it had evidently been sawed off when the body was interred. The top piece was found lying right next to the skull. It had been taken off right above the ears, and evidently for the purpose of removing the brains. The skeletons indicate that the people were of a large build—much larger than the present tall men and women. Similar finds have recently been made near Montpelier, and, together with the Indiana mounds, a nice story is being put together by the theorists, who are of the opinion that the mound builders made it a practice of removing the brains of the dead for some purposa Some of the most remarkable finds that have been made in the way of skulls and skeletons have been brought to light around the Indiana mounds. All of them have been found very recently. The skulls are well formed, indicating a superior race of aborigines. —Cincinnati Enquirer.