Large Hopewell Sioux Indians Discovered in a Alton, Illinois Burial Mound

Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois)  Aug 30, 1960

The Hopewell Dakota  Sioux,  Kamp Mound Site in Alton, Illinois

Skeletons indicated men six feet tall, More than 100 skeletons have been taken from four mounds atop the bluff near Kampsville by Perino during the summer, the largest such find in a long history of digging into burial grounds of the Hopewell (Dakota Sioux) who lived in this region 2,000 years ago.

 Large Skeleton Found Near the Site of the Kennewick Man

The facial traits of the Kennewick Man (7000 B.C) included a protruding brow ridge and a sloping forehead.  The large skeleton found near the site is evidence that Kennewick was part of the Maritime Archaic that began to come to North America via boats starting about 7,000 B.C. and lasting until 2,000 B.C. Simultaneous migrations occurred on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

The Salt Lake Tribune,  January 9, 1934

Skeleton of Prehistoric Man Unearthed by Blast

Kennewick,
   Wash., Jan. 8 (AP) – Buried in 35 feet of gravel and rock, perhaps
for centuries, what may be the skeleton of prehistoric man was
blasted out by Benton county gravel, crusher crew last week.

The skeleton was unharmed by the blast, and was taken to Crosser. Over

six feet tall and with huge snow white bones intact, it bore
vertebrae the size of a man's fist. Front teeth as as most man's
molars were in the skull, which had been crushed in one side, giving
rise to the belief the man may have died when the roof of a cave gave
way.