Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee Shell Mounds Determined to be Early Sioux

The Crib Shell Mound is upriver from Bone Bank in Posey County that was determined to be of Siouan origin. Hopewell mounds and earthworks, like the Mann site in Posey County, are definitive evidence of Sioux origins of the Hopewell mound builders.

    In Louis F. Burns book “The History of the Osage” he writes, “Recent archaeological findings seem to indicate that both the Dhegiha Sioux and Chewere Sioux were the Indian-Knoll and Shell Mound culture of [Indiana] Kentucky and Tennessee.” Skeletal remains found in these shell mounds are identical to the later Hopewell showing that they had inhabited the Ohio and Wabash Valleys for hundreds of years.  

 8 Foot Giant Nephilim Skeleton Found in Kentucky Cave

The Evening News, Oct. 14, 1927     
     The strange story of how four men found an eight-foot skeleton of a man in a recess of a cavern is vouched for here by friends of the quartet, who say they have no reason to doubt the integrity of those concerned. John Nelson and his three sons were exploring Harlan Cave when they came upon the skeleton, over eight feet in length, according to Nelson. Nelson said he believed it was an Indian's bones. Arrow flints and trinkets were found about the body. Old Indians living in this vicinity said it was the custom of the tribes to bury medicine men and chiefs alone. They believe the skeleton was that of some great man of an ancient tribe. Discover the ancient giant mummy discovered in Kentucky. www.nephilimgiants.net : 8 Foot Ancient Giant Mummy Wrapped in Skins Uncovered in Kentucky

 

 Ancient Red Haired 14-Year-Old Boy Uncovered in a Kentucky Cave

More red-haired mummies found in a Tennessee Cave www.nephilimgiants.net : Ancient Caucasian Mummies with Auburn Hair Discovered in a Tennessee Burial Vault

Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee: 
       “A human body was found, in the year 1815, in one of the limestone caverns of Kentucky. The skin, bones, and other firm parts were in a state of entire preservation. The outer envelope of the body was a deerskin dressed in the usual way, and, perhaps, subsequently softened by rubbing before being used. The next covering was a deerskin, the hair of which had been cut away by a sharp instrument. The remnant of the hair and the gashes in the skin nearly resembled the sheared felt of beaver. The next wrapping was of cloth, made of urine doubled and twisted. The innermost wrapping was a mantle of cloth like the preceding but finished with large brown feathers arranged and fastened with great skill, so as to be capable of guarding the living wearer against wet and cold. The plumage was distinct and entire, and the whole bore a near similitude to the feathered cloaks now worn by the natives of the northwest coast of America. The body was in a squatting posture, with the right arm bent forward, and its hand encircling the right leg. The left-arm hung down, with its hand extending partly under the body. The individual, who was a male, did not probably exceed the age of fourteen at his death. There was a deep and extensive fracture of the skull near the occiput, which was probably the cause of his death. The skin had sustained little injury. It was of dusky color, but the natural hue could not be decided with exactness from its appearance at that time. The scalp, with small exceptions, was covered with sorrel and foxy hair. The teeth were white and sound. The hands and feet seem to have been slender and delicate.

 

Lexington Kentucky is on Top of an Ancient Metropolis

Many giant skeletons have been found in Kentucky. This is just one account from the "Encyclopedia of Ancient Giant in North America" www.nephilimgiants.net : The Madison County, Kentucky Giant

George W. Ranck, writing in 1872, also discussed this “lost city” buried beneath Lexington: I quote from Dr. Ranck:

“The city now known as Lexington, Kentucky, is built of the dust of a dead metropolis of a lost race, of whose name, and language, and history not a vestige is left. Even the bare fact of the existence of such a city, and such a people, on the site of the present Lexington, would never have been known but for the rapidly decaying remnants of ruins found by early pioneers and adventurers to the Elkhorn lands… The testimony of the learned Prof. C.S. Rafinesque, of Transylvania University, fully corresponds with this, and proves the former existence in and about the present Lexington of a powerful and somewhat enlightened ante-Indian nation.”

“Kentucky’s first historian [John Filson] tells us of stone sepulchers, at Lexington, built in pyramid shape, and still tenanted by human skeletons, as late as two years after the siege of Bryant’s Station. “They are built,” says he, “in a way totally different from that of the Indians.” Early in this century, a large circular earthen mound, about six feet in height, occupied a part of what is now called Spring Street, between Hill and Maxwell… A stone mound, which stood not far from Russell’s Cave, in this county, was opened about 1815 and found to contain human bones.” 

 Shell Mound and Indian Knoll Culture of Southern Indiana and Kentucky Were Proto-Sioux

There is evidence that the early Dakota also had contact with the archaic Maritime people, both of whom buried their dead in shell mounds. These people are pre-Hopewell and are also called the Shell Mound Tradition. Shell mounds are found most extensively in southern Ohio, Indiana and in northern Kentucky. In Louis F. Burns book “The History of the Osage” he writes, “Recent archaeological findings seem to indicate that both the Dhegiha Sioux and Chewere Sioux were the Indian-Knoll and Shell Mound culture of Kentucky and Tennessee.” Skeletal remains found in these shell mounds are identical to the later Hopewell showing that they had inhabited the Ohio and Wabash Valleys for hundreds of years. 

 Adena Burial Mound in Clark County, Kentucky

This elliptical mound shows two peaks representing separate burial mounds that have joined in the middle. The mound is set on high ground overlooking Pretty Run creek and is about a half mile from the road, but easily seen.  Photo from, "The Nephilim Chronicles: A Travel guide to the Ancient Ruins in the Ohio Valley."   A large Adena mound near Richmon Kentucky is nearly destroyed by the University of Kentucky archaeologists. www.nephilimgiants.net : Adena Burial Mound in Kentucky's Land of the Giants Destroyed by the University of Kentucky

 Adena Burial Mound in Shannon, Kentucky

Adena burial mound located in Shannon, Kentucky in Mason County. Like this mound, the only photo taken ofthe Adena burial mound in Clark County, Kentucky www.nephilimgiants.net: Adena Burial Mound in Clark County, Kentucky

 

Adena Burial Mound in Kentucky's Land of the Giants Destroyed by the University of Kentucky

Large Adena burial mound at Kirksville, Kentucky being prepared by the University of Kentucky archaeologists for destruction. More giant skeletons and extant burial mounds and earthworks were found in Madison County, Kentucky than anywhere in the state.  Giant skeltons discovered near this burial mound  www.nephilimgiants.net : Nephilim Giant's Graveyard Discovered in Madison County, Kentucky

Kirksville Adena mound, located in Madison County, Kentucky after being nearly obliterated by the University of Kentucky archaeologist. Large burial mounds were once numerous in the State of Kentucky, but few escaped the spade and eventual destruction by the University of Kentucky.

 More on Kentucky's ancient race of giants found here https://nephilimgiantsinnorthamerica.blogspot.com/2016/09/10-foot-giant-sioux-indian-from-shell.html

8 Foot Giant Nephilim Skeleton Discovered in a Kentucky Burial Mound

 

8 Foot Giant Nephilim Skeleton Discovered in 

Kentucky Burial Mound

Giant burial mounds located in Kentucky containing the remains of the ancient giant race. A list of giant Nephilim uncovered in Kentucky https://nephilimgiantsinnorthamerica.blogspot.com/2020/07/ancient-giant-human-skeletons.html

San Francisco Morning Call, October 1, 1894
The Skeleton of a Human Giant. 

Portsmouth, Ohio, Sept. 30.-The skeleton of a prehistoric giant has been exhumed in Kentucky, twelve miles below this city. The skeleton is 8 feet in height and 4 feet across the shoulders." More on Kentucky's ancient race of giants found here 

 8 Foot Ancient Giant Mummy Wrapped in Skins Uncovered in Kentucky

Actual Photograph of the Mummified Remains Uncovered on Elkwell Creek, in Kentucky www.nephilimgiants.net : In Search of California's Giant Female Martindale Mummy

Daily Public Ledger., November 09, 1896

INDIAN MUMMY
Dug Out of a Cellar on Elkwell Creek, Kentucky 
Skeleton of a Man Eight Feet High

Lexington, Kentucky., Nov. 9. - John Winter, of Bell County, last week, while digging a cellar at his home, on Elkwell creek, excavated a giant mummy. The mummy was that of a man eight feet high and wrapped in a winding cloth of skins. It was placed in a canoe-like coffin and crumbled away upon being exposed to the air. At the head of the giant were a stone hatchet and a few cooking utensils and a large hollow stone, which presumably contained food. At his feet was a skin shield, which had also crumbled to dust.

     Lexington

 Yellow Haired Mummies Found In Kentucky Cave

Not the actual skeletons

Chronicles Of Border Warfare In West Virginia, 1895

   Many of the antiquities discovered in other parts of the country, show
that the arts once flourished to an extent beyond what they have ever
been known to do among the Indians. The body found in the saltpetre
cave of Kentucky, was wrapped in blankets made of linen and interwoven
with feathers of the wild turkey, tastefully arranged. It was much
smaller than persons of equal age at the present day, and had
yellowish hair. In Tennessee many walls of faced stone, and even
walled wells have been found in so many places, at such depths and
under such circumstances, as to preclude the idea of their having been
made by the whites since the discovery by Columbus.  

www.nephilimgiants.net : Two Yellow Haired Skeleton Unearthed by the Pilgrims

 

8 1/2 Foot Giant in a Burial Mound with Corn that is Planted by a Kentucky Farmer.

So, you always wondered about the true origins of this American favorite.

Fredericksburg Star, July 7th 1900

GREW IN SPITE OF AGE

Corn Found in Indian Mound Planted and Proved Productive

    Floyd Tully of Stout, Ohio has received from a Clay County, Kentucky friend an ear  of corn that has a history.  It was grown from a seed dug out of an Indian mound in that county, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.  The seed which was 6 feet under ground, was in a jar, sealed, and was close to a skeleton, that measured 8 1/2 feet in height.

    The corn was planted and proved a good yielder, and the ear presented to Mr. Tully was part of the product.  Mr Tully distributed kernels among his friends, who will plant them this year.

 

Nine Accounts of Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Kentucky

Adena burial mound in Kentucky. More giant skeletons discovered in Kentucky  www.nephilimgiants.net : Three Nine Foot Giants Discovered in a Louisville, Kentucky Cave

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Allen County, Kentucky

Collins Historical Sketches of Kentucky V. II, History of Kentucky, 1874

   Many very large human bones have been exhumed from the mounds in this county – some of the thigh bones measuring from eight to ten inches longer than the of men now inhabiting the country.

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Adair County, Kentucky

The Newberry Herald (Newberry, S.C.), February 16, 1876

   Another mammoth cave has been discovered near Columbia, Ky., which rivals in grandeur the original Mammoth. In it were found thirty-one human skeletons of gigantic proportions. The cave has plenty of galleries and many varieties of stalagmites and stalactites.

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Barren County, Kentucky

Canton Daily News, November 20, 1927

Huge Human Skeleton Found

Glasgow, Kentucky, Nov 19 – The strange story of how four men found an 8 foot skeleton of a man in a recess of a cavern is vouched for here by friends of the quartet, who say they have no reason to doubt the integrity of those concerned.

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Bell County, Kentucky

Xenia Daily Gazette November 10, 1896

A GIANT INDIAN MUMMY

Dug Out of a Cellar on Elkwell Creek, Kentucky

Lexington, Ky., Nov. 9. - John Winter, of Bell County, last week, while digging a cellar at his home, on Elkwell Creek, excavated a giant mummy was that of a man eight feet high, and wrapped in a winding cloth of skins. 

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Butler County, Kentucky

Collins Historical Sketches of Kentucky V. II, History of Kentucky, 1874

Butler County

Mound and Cave

  No bones have been found in it; but from a smaller one, a number of bones belonging to a giant race have been taken jaw bones which would go overt the whole chin of a man, and teeth correspondingly large; the teeth remained sound, but other bones crumbled on exposure to the air.

Ancient Giant Human Skeltons Discovered in Boone County, Kentucky

The Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) July 10, 1886

A Skeleton of a Giant Found

 The bones were all of large proportions, and the monstrous skull, with teeth perfect and intact, was more than a half an inch thick at the base. A number of copper pieces, evidently worn for ornaments, a stone pipe and a quantity of arrowheads were found with the decaying bones. The air had scarcely reached the receptacle when the bones broke and crumbled into dust.

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Bracken County, Kentucky

The Bourbon News., June 10, 1921

ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE

(Augusta. Chronicle)

       Everywhere between the mouths of Locust and Bracken creeks, skeletons of great size and of great number have been found.  When Gen. John Payne dug his cellar 110 skeletons, were taken up in the space of 60×70 feet. They were of all sizes from seven feet long to those of infants. Many arrow heads have been found and earthenware of clay and pounded mulch. Some of the largest trees of the forest were growing over these remains when the land was cleared in 1792. The Indians had no tradition about these people. We are lost in conjecture as to who they were and how they become extinct.

Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, 1878

   David Kilgour (who was a tall and very large man) passed our village at the time I was excavating my cellar, and we took him down and applied a thigh bone to his. The man, if well-proportioned, must have been 10 to 12 inches taller than Kilgour, and the lower jaw bone would slip on over his, skin and all. Who were they? How came their bones here?

Ancient Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Carroll County, Kentucky

Collins Historical Sketches of Kentucky V. II, History of Kentucky, 1874

Carroll County

Antiquities

There are a number of mounds in the county, but generally of small size. In 1837, one was examined in which were found the skull and thigh bones of a human being of very large frame, together with a silver snuff box, made in the shape of an infant's shoe. 

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