They (Royce, Weldon and perhaps Tompa) were leveling a piece of land, and some earth moving machine opened up an Indian mound of artifacts. Much of the mound was gone when dad noticed it, unfortunately. What remained were assorted bones and a few beads. After some research Dad surmised that these were the remains of the indigenous people of that area, the Karankawa (sp?) Indians. He attempted to get feedback from PAC and some creditable people, but I don't recall if that was successful or not. Anyway, our dads were all excited about being acheologists..... Dad packed the artifacts away very carefully and every now and then he would get them out and we would listen to him tell all about them. I used the artifacts as visual aids in two speeches ....one is high school and another in college...earning good marks on both. .......Wonder where that box is now. Maybe in a box in my attic?
Patty
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