The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America: The Missing Skeletons and the Great Smithsonian Cover-Up

374 Pages·2013·8.67 MB·English

by  Richard J. Dewhurst

THE ANCIENT
GIANTS
WHO RULED
AMERICA
“This is the most comprehensive and level approach to the subject of giant
humanoids in Earth’s past to have ever been published. The most appealing
aspect is that Dewhurst has collected a vast array of primary sources and
presents them here. Reading one newspaper discovery after another of giant
skeletons and artifacts is perhaps the most compelling reason to question the
standard lines we are given about humanity’s origins. When coupled with his
persuasive theories explaining why the Smithsonian would actively cover up
such discoveries, you have one valuable and entertaining read! Highly
recommended.”
ROBERT R. HIERONIMUS, PH.D., AUTHOR OF FOUNDING FATHERS,
SECRET SOCIETIES AND HOST OF 21ST CENTURY RADIO
“Giants in ancient America? You bet! It’s all here in Richard Dewhurst’s
fabulous book. Extensively illustrated and chronicled with firsthand accounts
from early 19th-and 20th-century news clippings, this book will shatter the
mainstream academic teachings that continue to ignore and cover up the role
giants played in early American history.”
XAVIANT HAZE, AUTHOR OF ALIENS IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND
COAUTHOR OF THE SUPPRESSED HISTORY OF AMERICA
“At last, a comprehensive sourcebook that demystifies the giants of ancient
America. Lavishly illustrated, this goliath and gutsy book delivers an
unprecedented wealth of information on the great mound builders. Dewhurst
digs deeper than the rest. Don’t miss it.”
SUSAN B. MARTINEZ, PH.D., AUTHOR OF LOST HISTORY OF THE
LITTLE PEOPLE AND THE MYSTERIOUS ORIGINS OF HYBRID MAN
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Giant gratitude to my wife, Maxine, and son, Charles, for their continued love
and support, without which this book would have been impossible. Giant bro’
love to Doug Grant, Ben Edmonds, Tom McGowan, Jay Kriss, Derek Crockett,
Bruce Marshall, and Ehud Sperling, president of Inner Traditions, for their
friendship and inspiration along life’s often perilous and bizarre journey. Giant
respect to all the wonderful people at Inner Traditions who made this book
possible: Jon Graham, for his great eye and greater mind; Mindy Branstetter, for
her admirable patience and meticulous editing; Jeanie Levitan, for her wise
guidance; Nancy Yeilding, for shaping the manuscript into its final form; and
Cyndi Marcotte, for keeping it all together. And finally, giant thanks to the
Quarry Hill community for providing me with shelter from the storm.
The eyes of that species of extinct Giants, whose bones fill the mounds of
America, have gazed on Niagara, as ours do now.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1848
CONTENTS
Cover Image
Title Page
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Preface: On Being Tall and My Fascination with Giants
Introduction: Uncovering the Real History of America
Part I
FINDINGS ON ANCIENT AMERICAN GIANTS
Chapter 1: How Big Were They?
THE BONES TELL THE TALE
THE BIG WHOPPER: EIGHTEEN FEET AND COUNTING?
GIANT BURIED WITH A PANTHER
THE GIANTS OF CONNEAUT
GIANTS FOUND IN GEORGIA
SACRED POOLS, SECRET CAVES, AND THE HALLS OF THE MOUNTAIN
KINGS
ON THE TENNESSEE GIANTS
THE HIDDEN ROOMS FILLED WITH GIANTS
SQUARE WALLS ENCLOSE SPRING, MORE GIANTS
ROLL AWAY THE STONE—MORE SECRET CAVE ROOMS
A NINE-FOOT GIANT BURIED NEXT TO A FAIR-SKINNED INFANT GIRL
“GIANT ON THE BEACH” IN TEXAS
THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE DR. HRDLICKA CONNECTION
SMITHSONIAN SAYS THE SKULL SIZE OF ARIZONA GIANT IS “BEYOND
COMPREHENSION”
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
Chapter 2: North America
Land of the Giants
THE LENNI LENAPE GIANTS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ARE TOLD OF THIS FAMOUS PEOPLE
THE MENGWE JOIN IN THE WAR
AMAZING FINDS FROM EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
OHIO STATE GETS IN THE ACT
MASS GIANT BURIAL EVIDENCE OF BLOODY BATTLE
COPPER-HELMETED GIANTS RULE
EXCAVATIONS AT ILLINOIS SITES IN 1891
CHICAGO TRIBUNE IN 1892 CONFIRMS RACE OF GIANTS
THE LARGEST NEOLITHIC BURIAL SITE IN THE WORLD—THE DICKSON
MOUNDS MUSEUM (ILLINOIS)
SMITHSONIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF GIANT
SKELETONS FOUND IN WISCONSIN INDIAN MOUNDS
DOCUMENTED DOUBLE DENTITIONS FROM IOWA
GIANTS IN MIDDLE AMERICA
THE DEATH VALLEY TEMPLE OF THE GIANTS
Chapter 3: How Old?
Clues from Mastodons and Carbon Dating
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES IN THE COUNTRY
SMITHSONIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1880S AND 1890S
SIGNIFICANT FINDS AT THE MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER
THUNDERBIRD IMAGES DATE BACK TEN THOUSAND YEARS
THE DISCOVERY OF THE FAMOUS ELEPHANT PIPE
Chapter 4: Copper-Crowned Kings and Pearl-Bedecked Queens
THE SMITHSONIAN LEADS GEORGIA GIANT SEARCH
THE INCREDIBLE PEARLS OF OHIO’S ROYAL GIANTS
GIANT KING’S MOUTH STUFFED WITH IMMENSE PEARLS
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA—HOME TO GIANTS, ANCIENT KINGS,
AND HIGH PRIESTS
GRAVE CREEK MOUND, WEST VIRGINIA
KING CONEHEAD IS DISCOVERED
MOUND BUILDERS HAD PECULIAR HEADS
Part II
SOPHISTICATED CULTURES OF THE ANCIENT GIANTS
Chapter 5: Pyramids and Pictorial Mounds
THE GREAT PYRAMID MOUNDS OF ILLINOIS
MONKS MOUND
MYSTERIOUS MOUND 72
CIRCULAR WOODEN SUN CALENDARS CALLED “WOODHENGE”
ONLY FORTY OUT OF 120 MOUNDS SURVIVE AT CAHOKIA
ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE MOUNDS
PLEA TO SAVE THE MOUNDS
CEREMONIAL COPPER-HELMETED AND ARMORED MEN
ON THE CASE OF THE SEVENTY DESTROYED MOUNDS
HUNDREDS OF MISSING SKELETONS
NO RECORDED SKELETON FINDS FROM MAIN CAHOKIA MOUND?
MYSTERIOUS EFFIGY MOUNDS FOUND IN MANY PLACES
THE BIG FIND IN WISCONSIN
NO TRADITION FOR THE MOUNDS AMONG THE SIOUX
MOST NORTHWESTERN SITE OF THE MOUND BUILDERS
SUPERIOR QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP
EVIDENCE FOR THE WISCONSIN MAMMOTH
MAMMOTH-SHAPED MOUND IN MINNESOTA
PANTHERS AND ALTARS
EVIDENCE OF DAMS
Chapter 6: Cities in Circles and Lines
THE POVERTY POINT INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS
LOST CITY IN ONTARIO
THE WHEATFIELD MOUND OF PENNSYLVANIA, FIRST DESCRIBED IN
1806
CIRCULAR VILLAGES AMID THE TREES
THE GIANTS CLEARED THE FOREST
SKELETON AND HOUSE FOUND AMONG THE SOYBEANS
AN UNUSUAL SQUARE MOUND IS DESCRIBED
THE ANCIENT ROADS LINE UP WITH THE GATEWAYS
THE CADDO
CLIFF DWELLERS
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Chapter 7: A Copper Kingdom and Mica Mines
ISLE ROYALE—THE ROYAL COPPER MOUND CONNECTION
SURFACE EXPLORING COPPER MINERS
KNOWLEDGE OF ANNEALING AND EMBOSSING
GERMAN BOOK FROM 1857 TALKS OF THE ANCIENT MINERS
“ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
EVER MADE IN WISCONSIN”
MICA AND THE MOUND BUILDERS
A DETAILED INVENTORY OF GRAVE GOODS
Chapter 8: Treasures of Giant Burial Grounds
EARLY EASTERN OUTPOST FOR THE MOUND BUILDERS
RICH BURIALS AT SUGAR RUN ATTRACT SMITHSONIAN
MATERIAL TO BE CATALOGUED AND PLACED IN SMITHSONIAN
MUSEUM
1880 HISTORY OF INDIANA COUNTY REVEALS INDIAN LORE
SEVENTEEN BURIALS UNCOVERED
THE MISSING GIANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
THE MANY MOUNDS OF TENNESSEE
Part III
PRE-COLUMBIAN FOREIGN CONTACT
Chapter 9: Holy Stones, a Calendar Stele, and Foreign Coins
GEORGE S. MCDOWELL REVEALS HIEROGLYPHIC TABLETS IN THE
POSSESSION OF THE CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY
HIEROGLYPHICS ALSO FOUND IN MARIETTA
HOLY STONES IN OHIO AND ILLINOIS?
HUNTERS FIND STONE TABLETS UNDER A TREE
THE DAVENPORT STELE
HIEROGLYPHIC TABLETS IN MICHIGAN AND KENTUCKY
ANCIENT COINS FOUND IN AMERICA
A HALF-SILVER-DOLLAR-SIZED SCENE OF HOUND AND DEER
ROMAN COINS FOUND AT THE OHIO FALLS
Chapter 10: Extremely Ancient Red-Haired Mummies
GIANT MUMMIES OF SPIRIT CAVE
THE SPIRIT CAVE MAN AT THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE CONTROVERSY
THE ANCIENT RED-HAIRED GIANTS OF LOVELOCK, NEVADA
THE LEGEND OF THE SI-TE-CAH
THE FLORIDA BOG MUMMIES
THE LOST KINGDOM OF THE RED-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INDIANS
THE MANDANS AND REPORTS OF RED-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INDIANS—
LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS
Chapter 11: Megalithic Catalina
The Blond-Haired Children of the Nine-Feet-Tall Kings
REWRITING THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE RACE
Chapter 12: Insights into Origins