Ancient Iroquois Burial Mound and Manitou or Spirit Stones Located in Noble County, Indiana

    Certain rocks were believed to be endowed with spirits of the ancient Iroquois Indians. Some of these were rocks that had the appearance of a face.  The other type and most common were stones with a grooved band on the top. 

This rock with a face was situated next to a burial mound in Noble County, Indiana.  This spirit stone would have been used to protect the dead from evil spirits.

The spirit stone was located next to this burial mound that is situated next to a natural spring.

This spirit stone was located at the same site on a hill that once featured a circular earthen fortification. This type of spirit stone has also been referred to as the "Pipe of the Manitou."

 Iroquois Burial Mound with Spirit Stones in Noble County, Indiana

Close up of the Spirit Stone with a face made by natural sculpturing. 

On the west side of a small Iroquois burial mound in Noble County, Indiana was a flat stone pushed deep into the ground.  I was able to free the stone, that revealed what appeared to be a face. These faces were used as Spirit Stones by the ancient Iroquois. The Spirit Stone was used to guard the dead buried in the mound.

The burial mound adjacent to the Spirit Stone has a natural spring next on the west left side.

This carved slate stone was also found on the property, north of the burial mound, on an elevation where a circular earthwork was once situated.

 

 Mysterious Ancient Spirit Stones in Wabash County, Indiana   

   A series of prehistoric Sacred stones bowls cut into rock and boulders have been discovered in the upper Wabash drainage that includes the Missisinewa River.  The sacred nature of the stones is revealed by the existence of a spring next to one of the bowls. Springs are evident at many mounds and earthwork sites and are evidence of Earth Mother worship.   These bowls are likely Iroquois dating to 800 A.D. A "V" shaped stone fish (eel) weir is located near these sites that were constructed by the Onieda and Onondaga Iroquois in New York to catch eels and fish www.nephilimgiants.net : Oneida - Onondaga Iroquois Eel Weir on the Eel River in Wabash County, Indiana 800 A.D

  Wabash River stone with a bowl carved in the top.  This photo was taken December 23, as the sun rose over the riverbank it was in alignment with the boulder.  

This is the stone bowl on the Mississinewa River that is adjacent to a spring

Another stone bowl is part of series of boulders that are next to an oblong subterranean stone enclosure also located on the Mississsinewa River. The boulder with the bowl is the white colored stone. This is the only stone enclosure in northern Indiana or Ohio. The purpose of the stonework surrounding a four-foot hole is a mystery.

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