Conneaut Giants: Babban wurin binne katon tseren da aka gano a farkon 1800s

Daga cikin waɗannan ƙasusuwan da aka gano daga wani tsohuwar wurin binnewa, akwai wasu na mutane masu girman gaske.

A cikin 1798, mazauna Amurka na dindindin na farko daga gabas sun isa Yammacin Yammacin Ohio. Sun fara share dazuzzukan da ke gabar kudancin tafkin Erie. Kuma a cikin wannan tsari, sun sami tsoffin gine-gine na ƙasa da kusan ko'ina da kyawawan mashin mashin da sauran kayan tarihi na al'ummar da aka manta da su kuma da yawan jama'a da suka taɓa zama al'umma - mutane a fili sun sha bamban da Indiyawan Massasauga a lokacin da suke zaune a wannan ƙasa.

Ginin tudun ya kasance babban siffa na gine-ginen jama'a na yawancin al'adun Ba'amurke da Mesoamerican daga Chile zuwa Minnesota. An lalata dubunnan tuddai a Amurka sakamakon noma, farautar tukwane, masu son so da ƙwararrun baka.
Ginin tudun ya kasance babban siffa na gine-ginen jama'a na yawancin al'adun Ba'amurke da Mesoamerican daga Chile zuwa Minnesota. An lalata dubunnan tuddai a Amurka sakamakon noma, farautar tukwane, masu son son kai da ƙwararrun baka © Hoton Hoto: Jama'a

Wani ƙarni kafin masu binciken baƙi na farko na yammacin Pennsylvania da kudancin Ohio sun yi irin wannan binciken: manyan ayyukan ƙasa na Circleville da Marietta, Ohio, sun riga sun bayyana da kyau a lokacin da mai masaukin Haruna Wright da abokansa suka fara fitar da sababbin gidajensu tare da su. Conneaut Creek, a cikin abin da zai zama daga baya County Ashtabula, Ohio.

Abubuwan ban mamaki na Aaron Wright a cikin 1800

Wataƙila domin shi matashi ne marar ƙarfi da kuzari, ko kuma domin zaɓin da ya yi na gidan ya haɗa da babban gida. "Maginin tudu" wurin binne shi. Ko da menene dalilai na iya kasancewa, Haruna Wright ya shiga cikin littattafan tarihi a matsayin mai gano abubuwan "Conneaut Giants," tsoffin mazaunan gundumar Ashtabula, Ohio da ba a saba gani ba.

A cikin asusun 1844, Harvey Nettleton ya ruwaito cewa wannan "Tsaron kabari na kimanin eka hudu" yana cikin abin da ba da daɗewa ba ya zama ƙauyen New Salem (daga baya aka sake masa suna Conneaut), "Daga arewa daga bankin rafi zuwa Main Street, a cikin wani fili mai cike da rudani."

Harvey Nettleton ya lura a cikin asusunsa:

“An bambanta tsoffin kaburbura da ƴan baƙin ciki a saman duniya waɗanda aka jefo su a cikin layuka kai tsaye, tare da wurare masu tsaka-tsaki, ko lungu, da ke rufe dukan yankin. An kiyasta cewa yana dauke da kaburbura daga dubu biyu zuwa uku.

Waɗannan baƙin ciki, akan cikakken bincike da Esq. Aaron Wright, a farkon shekara ta 1800, an same shi a koyaushe yana ɗauke da ƙasusuwan ɗan adam, baƙar fata da lokaci, wanda a lokacin da iska ta shiga cikin iska nan da nan ya rushe zuwa ƙura.

Makabartar da ta riga ta kasance a ƙasar Haruna Wright ta kasance abin ban mamaki sosai, a cikin girmanta da tsarin kaburbura; amma abin da ke cikin waɗancan kaburbura ne da kuma cikin matsugunan da ke kusa da su ne suka ɗauki hankalin Nettleton.

Duwatsun da ke gabashin yankin da yanzu ake kira ƙauyen Conneaut da kuma babban wurin binnewa kusa da Cocin Presbyterian da alama ba su da wata alaƙa da wuraren binne Indiyawa. Babu shakka suna nufin wani lokaci mai nisa kuma su ne abubuwan da ba a sani ba daga jinsin da Indiyawa ba su da masaniya game da su.

Waɗannan tudun sun yi ƙanƙanta kwata-kwata, kuma suna da halaye iri ɗaya na waɗanda suka warwatse a ƙasar. Abin da ya fi daukar hankali game da su shi ne, a cikin adadin kasusuwan mutane da suke dauke da su, an samu samfurori na manyan mutane, wadanda kuma tabbas sun yi kusan alaka da wata kato da gora.

An ɗauko kwanyar daga waɗannan tuddai, kogon wanda ke da isassun ƙarfin shigar da shugaban talakawa, da ƙasusuwan muƙamuƙi waɗanda za a iya sanya su a kan fuska tare da kayan aiki daidai.

Kasusuwan hannu da ƙananan gaɓɓai sun kasance daidai gwargwado, suna nuna shaidar ido na lalacewar ɗan adam tun lokacin da waɗannan mutane suka mamaye ƙasa da muke zaune a yanzu.”

Abin da Nehemiya King ya samu a shekara ta 1829

An yaɗa asusun Nettleton sosai lokacin da aka taƙaita shi a cikin Tarin Tarihi na Henry Howe na Ohio, 1847. Howe ya rubuta game da Thomas Montgomery da Aaron Wright sun zo Ohio a cikin bazara na 1798, da kuma na gaba gano abubuwan da suka faru. "Babban wurin binnewa" kuma daga "kasusuwan mutum da aka samu a cikin tuddai" a kusa.

Howe ya sake nanata rahoton cewa a cikin wadannan kasusuwan da ba a gano ba. "Wasu na cikin manyan mutane ne." Ya kuma faɗi yadda, a cikin 1829, aka sare itace kusa da tsohuwar "Fort Hill a cikin Conneaut" da cewa mai gida, “Hon. Nehemiya King, da gilashin ƙara girma, ya ƙidaya zoben shekara 350” bayan wasu alamomin yanke kusa da tsakiyar bishiyar.

Howe ya kammala: “Cire 350 daga 1829 ya bar 1479, wanda tabbas shine shekarar da aka yanke wannan. Wannan shine shekaru goma sha uku kafin gano Amurka ta Columbus. Wataƙila an yi shi ne da tseren tudu, da gatari na tagulla, domin mutane suna da fasahar taurare wannan ƙarfe don a yi yanka kamar karfe.”

 

Zane na 1847 na Fort Hill ta Chas. Whittlesey, mai bincike
Zane na 1847 na Fort Hill ta Chas. Whittlesey, mai binciken © Hoto Source: Domain Jama'a

A wannan shekarar da tarihin Henry Howe na Ohio ya bayyana wani littafi mai ban sha'awa wanda Cibiyar Smithsonian ta buga, mai suna. Tsohon Monuments na kwarin Mississippi. A waccan rahoton seminal na EG Squier da EH Davis ya bayyana sanannen sanannen bayanin da aka buga na farko "Fort Hill", wannan baƙon alamar ƙasa kafin Colombian dake kan mallakar maƙwabcin Haruna Wright, Nehemiya King.