Strawtown Hopewell Earthwork Determined to be Oneota Sioux in Central Indiana

More on the crimes committed by Fort Wayne archaeologists at the Strawtown burial mound and earthwork site from the Indy Star. www.nephilimgiants.net : The Desecration of Oneota Sioux Burials by Indiana (IPFW) Archaeologists

   Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History (Fourteenth Annual Report), 1884

But Strawtown has an antiquity evidently higher than the days of the Delaware Indians. The mound builders have left their footprints in this vicinity by the numerous relics of the Stone Age that have been picked up by the present inhabitants. A little west of the present village there is a burial mound about six feet high; it has been plowed over for a number of years, so that not only its height has been reduced, but its base rendered so indistinct that its diameter can not be accurately measured; it is, however, between seventy and eighty feet. It was opened in 1882 by Judge Overman, of Tipton, and four skeletons were found lying on the original surface of the ground, with their heads together and their feet directed to the cardinal points of the compass.

The Strawtown earthwork was excavated by IPFW in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and they concluded that it was Oneoto Sioux in origin. This earthwork had been plowed for many years, and its original contours diminished. The archaeologist replaced the earth when finished, leaving no apparent signs of an excavation. 

   The IPFW Fort Wayne archaeologists also kept hidden that they had recovered numerous skeletal remains of the Oneota Sioux and kept the fact hidden, which led to the Hamilton Parks Department being fined and the dissolution of the IPFW Fort Wayne Archaeological Department. Unfortunately, not before they destroyed every ancient burial mound in Allen County, Indiana

This type of 'spoked burial' is found throughout the Ohio Valley associated with both the Adena and the Dakota Sioux Hopewell.

At a distance of 150 yards southeast of this mound is a circular embankment, now about three feet high, and twelve feet on the base.  The diameter of the circle, measured from the bottom of the ditch on each side, is 315 feet. There is a doubt as to what period this work should be referred. A tradition among the “old settlers” claims that the remains of palisades that once formed a stockade, were standing on the embankment when the early immigrants settled here. This tradition is strengthened by the fact that in 1810 a stockade was built by the Delaware Indians somewhere near this spot, as a protection against their Miami neighbors north of White River. Moreover, it was not the custom of the mound builders to make a ditch on the outside of their embankments. On the other hand, the regularity of the work, and the perfect form of the circle, is hardly compatible with the idea that this is the work of modern savages. It is possible that the circle dates back to the period of the mound builders, and that the Delaware’s took advantage of it to build their stockade on, and made the ditch to strengthen their palisades. The ditch was been filled, and the embankment reduced much by cultivation.

 

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

 

Destroying the Adena Carriage Mound, Chillicothe, Ohio

Many of the mounds around Chillicothe were destroyed including the geometric earthworks. Stange occurances have happened around these earthworks. www.nephilimgiants.net : Triangular UFO Sighted Over the Seip Geometric Earthwork and Mounds in Ohio

This burial mound was destroyed by the Ohio Historical Society in 1897. What was discovered is unknown and I recently heard archaeologists say that they weren't sure of the original location. This burial mound site is gone, but I photographed another 121 in Ohio.  See the photographs here 

 

Hopewell Sioux Burial Mound Saved from University Destruction in Kosciusko County, Indiana

 One of the finest Native American burial mounds in northern Indiana, dating from 200 B.C. -200 A.D. was scheduled to be excavated and destroyed by one of Indiana's university archaeological schools.  Locals objected to the digging and inevitable destruction of this American treasure, but grant money had already been authorized to have the mound destroyed.  Despite this, when the university archaeologists left at night, locals would remove their stakes used in recording the dig. After weeks of frustration, the archaeologist gave up on their criminal act and left.

  
    The importance of this mound is that it links Kosciusko County mound builders with those in central Ohio. The Sioux Hopewell in Ohio and shared similar mortuary practices. This is most telling in the shape of the mound in Kosciusko County that is identical to many others in central Ohio that are loaf shaped and tapered on one end.
   The shape of this burial mound if most prominent in several of the large earthworks in Chillicothe, Ohio, more specifically at Mound City, and at the Liberty Works. Unfortunately, these two mounds were destroyed by the Ohio Historical Society.

Sloped burial mound identical to the one in Kosciusko County, Indiana that was once inside the Liberty Works, near Chillicothe Ohio.  The mound was completely leveled by the Ohio Historical Society.