EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.
The Callao correspondent of the ' N. T. Times' writes as follows in regard to the destruction of Arica. Gen. Kilpatrick reports a singular and horrible sight occurred at Arica, on the south side of the ruined city. As the earth opened and yawned, there came up five hundred mummies, who stand in long lines facing the sea, every one of the skeletons in perfect preservation, the hands doubled up and supporting the chin, the knees drawn up, and the feet supporting the fleshleas body ! This must be one of the most frightful sights possible, and quite beyond description. The spot where these mummies now stand was once an old cemetry, some ninety years ago, it is said, and these skeletons are doubtless the fabled Incas and Indians,, who either buried, themselves alive or were interred in this manner. They correspond exactly to the old mummies of the Incas, which I described in a former letter as among the curiosities to be seen in the museum at Lima. As the ground receded, what a ghastly spectacle, amid the throes of an earthquake, the coming up again to earth of these long-buried skeleton remains. Five hundred ghostly mummies !
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Southland Times, Issue 1069, 7 December 1868, Page 3
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209EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. Southland Times, Issue 1069, 7 December 1868, Page 3
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