Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — An Old Indian Camping Ground. [ARTICLE]

An Old Indian Camping Ground.

The Philadelphia Record says the little island lying in the Delaware midway between Bristol and Burlington, which is to be turned into a place of public amusement, was in olden days a favorite camping ground for the Indians of the Delaware tribe, and the young bucks used to settle their differences there according to the code. It had quite the reputation of having been a duelling ground. Many arrow heads and even battle axes shaped of stone have been found on the island by relic hunters, and occasionally human skulls have been unearthed. Several rusty cannon balls have also been brought to light