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A GIANT OF STONE, 10 1-2 FEET HIGH, EXHUMED IN ONONDAGA COUNTY, N.Y.
On Saturday forenoon, Oct. 16th, 1869, William C. Newell, a farmer
residing near the village of Cardiff, in the town of Lafayette,
County of Onondaga, commenced to dig a well near his barn. Two
workmen were employed, Gideon Emmons and Henry Nichols; Mr. Newell
being engaged meanwhile in drawing stone with which to line the well.
At the depth of about three feet one of the workmen struck a stone,
as he at first supposed. A moment later he thought it a water lime
pipe, and asked for an ax with which to break it. Before the ax
arrived the foot was partially uncovered, with the exclamation,
"I declare, some old Indian has been buried here!" Farther
excavation disclosed the entire foot, and a part of the leg. One
of the workmen, seeing the direction in which the body lay, dug
down just above where he thought the head might be, and his shovel
struck the nose. The face and head were soon uncovered, and in a
short time the entire figure exposed to view.
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