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September 30, 1833
Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Mr. Flint's book describes ancient footprints of men and horses imprinted in Tennessee limestone, resembling an army's tracks in soft clay that hardened. Similar marks appear on bluffs in Missouri and Illinois, including a human foot in St. Louis limestone. Western traditions cannot explain their origins.
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Singular.--In Mr. Flint's Indian Wars of the West, he relates the following singular circumstances--which it will puzzle the gownsmen satisfactorily to explain.
"On the side of a mountain in Tennessee, are the marks of the footsteps of men and horses in the limestone, in great numbers, and as though they were the tracks of an army. Some of the tracks show as if the army had slipped in miry clay. All have the appearance of being an actual impression in soft clay, which afterwards hardened to stone, retaining a perfect impression. Characters of great freshness of coloring, are marked upon many of the high bluffs, that impressions of this sort are found in Missouri, on the Illinois, and in various other places. A remarkable track of a human foot was found in a solid block of limestone, on the bank of the Mississippi, at St. Louis. The most ancient traditions of the West do not touch the origin of these mounds or characters."
"On the side of a mountain in Tennessee, are the marks of the footsteps of men and horses in the limestone, in great numbers, and as though they were the tracks of an army. Some of the tracks show as if the army had slipped in miry clay. All have the appearance of being an actual impression in soft clay, which afterwards hardened to stone, retaining a perfect impression. Characters of great freshness of coloring, are marked upon many of the high bluffs, that impressions of this sort are found in Missouri, on the Illinois, and in various other places. A remarkable track of a human foot was found in a solid block of limestone, on the bank of the Mississippi, at St. Louis. The most ancient traditions of the West do not touch the origin of these mounds or characters."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What keywords are associated?
Ancient Footprints
Stone Impressions
Tennessee Tracks
Army Marks
St Louis Foot
Unexplained Origins
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Flint
Where did it happen?
Mountain In Tennessee; Missouri; Illinois; St. Louis On The Mississippi
Story Details
Key Persons
Mr. Flint
Location
Mountain In Tennessee; Missouri; Illinois; St. Louis On The Mississippi
Story Details
Ancient impressions of human and horse footprints in limestone suggest an army's passage in soft clay that later hardened, with similar marks and characters on bluffs; a human foot track found in St. Louis; origins unexplained by traditions.