Does anyone know the location of these picture-writings?
Item in the "Blandford Monthly", October 1903
"Mrs. Edith C. Cross writes to the Monthly, telling of some interesting marks discovered by herself and Mrs. Jettie Davis on a flat rock on the so-called Walker hill, on the land of Edward Uhl.
They noticed an animal's head cut in the stone. On clearing off the surface some picture-writing was visible, seeming to re- present a party of men with horses moving up the hill toward the south, with the sun high above them. Many smaller objects, tent-shaped, may represent tepees, or wigwams; others cannot be read by those not versed in picture-writing and doubtless are the work of aborigines who formerly roved over these hills and camped by the crystal waters of the small lakes, or ponds, on this place. Many pictures are nearly now covered by soil and moss. One large figure on a higher plane may be a bear of huge frame - who knows?
She also reports having a stone axe, a pestle and mortar, the mortar having been found on Walker hill, and being of white stone. She has found some Indian arrowheads about the Otis reservoir.”
A letter addressed to the Librarian, Blandford, Mass.- dated Nov. 1966, from Braintree, Mass.
"While visiting friends in Chester last week-end, we were driven around to see the local country. Our host showed us a rock on Gibbs Road. A most interesting rock, with many Indian characters seeming to tell a story. He had come upon this place about fifty years ago.
As a former Campfire leader and now working with Cub Scouts, my interest was aroused. Is there a history to this rock and where could I find more about it?
My host was a Mr. Whitcher of Chester, Mass.”
Doris Hayden: After reading "America B.C." by Barry Fell, it is intriguing to think that these picture-writings might fall into the same classification as those about which he writes.
Item in the "Blandford Monthly", October 1903
"Mrs. Edith C. Cross writes to the Monthly, telling of some interesting marks discovered by herself and Mrs. Jettie Davis on a flat rock on the so-called Walker hill, on the land of Edward Uhl.
They noticed an animal's head cut in the stone. On clearing off the surface some picture-writing was visible, seeming to re- present a party of men with horses moving up the hill toward the south, with the sun high above them. Many smaller objects, tent-shaped, may represent tepees, or wigwams; others cannot be read by those not versed in picture-writing and doubtless are the work of aborigines who formerly roved over these hills and camped by the crystal waters of the small lakes, or ponds, on this place. Many pictures are nearly now covered by soil and moss. One large figure on a higher plane may be a bear of huge frame - who knows?
She also reports having a stone axe, a pestle and mortar, the mortar having been found on Walker hill, and being of white stone. She has found some Indian arrowheads about the Otis reservoir.”
A letter addressed to the Librarian, Blandford, Mass.- dated Nov. 1966, from Braintree, Mass.
"While visiting friends in Chester last week-end, we were driven around to see the local country. Our host showed us a rock on Gibbs Road. A most interesting rock, with many Indian characters seeming to tell a story. He had come upon this place about fifty years ago.
As a former Campfire leader and now working with Cub Scouts, my interest was aroused. Is there a history to this rock and where could I find more about it?
My host was a Mr. Whitcher of Chester, Mass.”
Doris Hayden: After reading "America B.C." by Barry Fell, it is intriguing to think that these picture-writings might fall into the same classification as those about which he writes.