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Fri May 18, 2007
NORTH SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island(Reuters) - In a thick
forest of maple, willow and oak trees where 17th century
European settlers fought hundreds of American Indians,
algae-covered stones are arranged in mysterious piles.
Wilfred Greene, the 70-year-old chief of the Wampanoag
Nation's Seaconke Indian tribe, says the stone mounds are
part of a massive Indian burial ground, possibly one of
the nation's largest, that went unnoticed until a few
years ago.
"When I came up here and looked at this, I was
overwhelmed," said Greene, a wiry former boxer, standing
next to one of at least 100 stone piles -- each about 3
feet (1 meter) high and 4 feet wide -- on private land in
this northern Rhode Island town of about 10,600 people. "I know it has
significance -- absolutely," he said. More...
Copyright: Reuters News Service Reprinted with permission.
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