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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, a young man ploughing a field uncovered an ancient Indian grave with a large skeleton, prominent jaw bones, a string of beads, and a stone jug filled with clear bear's oil, estimated 75-100 years old; walled with river stones; no prior burials known in area.
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ploughing in a field at Plymouth, Luzerne
county, (Penn.) struck upon a stone
which being removed, was found to be
part of the enclosure of a grave, and con-
tained what was supposed to be the skele-
ton of an Indian. The bones were large,
and those of the cheek and under jaw re-
markably prominent. A string of beads
was round the neck, and a stone jug placed
by the side of the neck, partly filled with
oil, which is supposed to be bear's oil. The
jug is perfectly sound and bright, and the
oil clear. The oldest inhabitants never
heard of any Indians or whites being buried
in that neighborhood; and it is their opin-
ion that this burial must have been made
75 or 100 years ago. The grave was
walled round with thin river stones.
-N. Y. American.
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Plymouth, Luzerne County, (Penn.)
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A young man was ploughing in a field at Plymouth, Luzerne county, (Penn.) struck upon a stone which being removed, was found to be part of the enclosure of a grave, and contained what was supposed to be the skeleton of an Indian. The bones were large, and those of the cheek and under jaw remarkably prominent. A string of beads was round the neck, and a stone jug placed by the side of the neck, partly filled with oil, which is supposed to be bear's oil. The jug is perfectly sound and bright, and the oil clear. The oldest inhabitants never heard of any Indians or whites being buried in that neighborhood; and it is their opinion that this burial must have been made 75 or 100 years ago. The grave was walled round with thin river stones.