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August 14, 1844 in The Daily Madisonian

Domestic News August 14, 1844

The Daily Madisonian

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Indian Relics, Portsmouth, Bones Discovery, Smoking Pipes, Axe, Archaeological Find

Washington, District Of Columbia

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Discovery of ancient Indian relics, including bones of two or more individuals, two clay smoking pipes, and an old-fashioned axe, found six feet underground in the cellar of a house in Portsmouth, N.H., that had stood over 100 years; relics estimated at least 200 years old.

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Indian Relics.—In the cellar of a house in Portsmouth, N. H., recently, the bones of two or more individuals were discovered six feet below the surface; also buried with them two clay smoking pipes, and an old fashioned axe. There is no doubt that these are Indian relics. The house, which had just been taken down, had been standing over 100 years, and as there had probably been no Indian burial within what is now the compact part of the town for more than 200 years, these relics must be of that age at least.

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Indian Affairs

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Indian Relics Portsmouth Bones Discovery Smoking Pipes Axe Archaeological Find

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Portsmouth, N. H.

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Portsmouth, N. H.

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bones of two or more individuals discovered with two clay smoking pipes and an old fashioned axe; relics at least 200 years old.

Event Details

In the cellar of a house recently taken down in Portsmouth, N. H., bones of two or more individuals were discovered six feet below the surface, buried with two clay smoking pipes and an old fashioned axe. These are Indian relics, and no Indian burial likely occurred in the compact part of the town for more than 200 years.