Ancient Oklahoma River Kills

[fossis]

These bones were found in Ok rivers, preserved in the wet sand for thousands of years, they were found in association with Indian Artifacts & Indian bones,(which are not collected), these include, deer teeth, Giant Bison teeth, deer antler, buffalo vertebrea, & skull, (which could be as old as 11,000 yrs), deer leg bone, & two points, (large one is beveled).
These were probably butchered by Indians, or died in quicksand, & lost in the river bottom until found.
They are all partially fossilized, teeth are turned to stone.

Fossis...............

 

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[fossis]

You're so right MrDuke, people need to know their
History, I try to instill in my Grandchildren the history of
their family & history of our area, hopefully they will pass it on to the next generation, I hope to begin soon on a historical log to
give to them, they have Cherokee blood & need to learn of their past.
Fossis...................

 

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[MRDUKE]

ya , fossis Ive got Cherokee blood myself ,though I'm not exactly sure how much i thank I'm 1/8 but my father was born on the Cherokee reservation in 1937 in MC callaster OK, i really need to study that side of my family more.

 

[fossis]

ya , fossis Ive got Cherokee blood myself ,though I'm not exactly sure how much i thank I'm 1/8 but my father was born on the Cherokee reservation in 1937 in MC callaster OK, i really need to study that side of my family more.

My Great-Great-Grandmother was 0ne half Cherokee, so I
am one sixteenth, plus my Grandchildren had a Great-Grandfather
on their mothers side, (my daughter-in-law) who was almost full blood,
I live not too far from McCallaster.
Do you live in OK?

Fossis..................

 

[badandy]

Tough one to call on that second one bud. I'll see if I can't get a closer type for you. I'm part Cherokee too.
badandy

 

[MRDUKE]

no i was born and raised up in the gold country in California, but both my parants were born in OK , my mother was born in Miami OK ,Ive had people ask me what part of OK I'm from ,i guess Ive got a slite okky draw,from my folks, almost everybody that lives up hear came up hear in the depression and most are of Irish/ Cherokee descent at least the old timers

 

[fossis]

Tough one to call on that second one bud. I'll see if I can't get a closer type for you. I'm part Cherokee too.
badandy

Thanks badandy, there seems to be a lot of us
with Indian blood,

Fossis...................

 

[fossis]

no i was born and raised up in the gold country in California, but both my parants were born in OK , my mother was born in Miami OK ,Ive had people ask me what part of OK I'm from ,i guess Ive got a slite okky draw,from my folks, almost everybody that lives up hear came up hear in the depression and most are of Irish/ Cherokee descent at least the old timers

Yeah most of my folks went to CA also in the dust bowl & depression, (from AR), some came back but more stayed.
mostly in Southern part, others near Sacramento, most of the old-timers are gone now.
Fossis..................

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Amazing post

 

[fossis]

Amazing post

Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it,

Fossis..............

 

[Monty]

I haven't even looked for one, but I am told that several bison skulls have been found down on the sand bars of the Arkansas River that runs through my home town, Sand Springs. There was one mastadon skull found that I know of. Monty

 

[Neanderthal]

Hiya Monty, I hunt Sand Springs sometimes. I know of several buff skulls from SS, but no complete Mastodon skulls. I've heard the rumors of one that was found and then lost to the river, but as far as I know, it's only the rumor mill. Usually you find teeth, random bone fragments and every now and then a jawbone. I have several fossilized pieces of elephant, but nothing real dramatic.

 

[fossis]

A guy from AR was pestering me to tell him where to hunt for fossils, I put him off as long as I could, then finally told him how to get to the S. Canadien river, & he found a Columbian Mammoth tooth the first time up there,
He made the front page of his home town paper.

Fossis...............

 

[Neanderthal]

LOL Fossis! That would have to bite, I feel for ya guy. That's how the luck goes though, all to the beginners. I swear, there is a phrase that I hate now. When someone says "I've found something, I don't know what it is, but I've found something!"....I'm going to just leave them there. That's happened on corner tang knives, earspools and other items...uggh!

 

[Monty]

It could have been teeth of the mastadon that was found. I got the info about third hand. Monty

 

[Neanderthal]

Monty, them teeth can sure be hard to find too. I'm still waiting to find a complete mammoth tooth. I have parts, but not a complete one. Same with tusks, but I'm not sure I can carry a complete tusk out. A friend has a decent tusk piece that everyone stepping on every time they went out...they always thought it was a log until he checked it closer. I'll post a pic of a friends couple finds that he found in one day here. It's a HUGE Bison Occidentalis skull and the leg bone from a Mammoth. The skull is around 35" wide, to give you an idea of size.


Matt

 

[steve71]

awesomwe finds thanks for the pics

 

[fossis]

It could have been teeth of the mastadon that was found. I got the info about third hand. Monty

I heard it was a complete Mastadon skull
& when he went for a tractor to retrieve it, the river came
up & covered it again & it was lost.

Fossis.............

 

[fossis]

awesomwe finds thanks for the pics

Thanks Steve71, & thanks to all who shared
stories & pic's, here are pic's of what I believe is a
Columbian Mammoth hip ball joint, my son found one &
fast rising water caused us to have to quickly leave, &
he ditched it, the other pic is of the tusk tip (Ivory)
it has encrusted sand that I didn't try to remove.
next pic is a Columbian Mammoth vertebrea, next one
is a partial Wooly Mammoth tooth from Kansas.

HH, Fossis.............