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See also:WYANDOTTE See also:CAVE , a cave in Jennings township, See also:Crawford See also:county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., 5 M. N.E. of Leavenworth, on the See also:Ohio See also:river, and 12 M. from See also:Corydon, the See also:early territorial See also:capital. The nearest railway station is Milltown, 9 M. distant. The cave is in a rugged region of high See also:limestone hills, in one of which its See also:main entrance is found, 220 ft. above the level of the See also:Blue river, whose See also:original name, the Wyandotte, was transferred to the cave by See also:Governor See also:David See also:Wallace; it having previously been styled the See also:Mammoth Cave of Indiana, the See also:Epsom Salts Cave, and the Indiana See also:Saltpetre Cave. The exact date of See also:discovery is not known; but early records show it to have been pre-empted by a Dr See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams in 1812 for the manufacture of saltpetre, and his vats and hoppers are still to be seen. After the See also:War of 1812 he relinquished his claim; and in 1819 the ground was bought from the See also:United States See also:government by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry P. See also:Roth-See also:rock, whose heirs are its owners. The earliest See also:account is in See also:Flint's See also:Geography (1831); the first See also:official See also:report of it was by Dr R. T. See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown (1831); and it was first mapped by the writer (1855), whose See also:map was revised by See also:John Collett, See also:state geologist (1878). No instrumental survey has been made, nor have all its intricate windings been explored. Its known passages aggregate more than 23 M. in length, and 144 places are named as noteworthy. The " Old Cave " contains the saltpetre See also:works, and ends in a remarkable chamber exactly 144 ft. See also:long and 56 ft. wide, in which stands the See also:Pillar of the Constitution, a stalagmitic See also:column perfectly cylindrical and 71 ft. in circumference, entirely composed of crystalline carbonate of See also:lime (satin-spar), fluted and See also:snow-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. A cavity in the column was first claimed by H. C. Hovey as a prehistoric See also:quarry, proved to be such by the See also:stag horns and See also:boulder pounders found in its vicinity. Hiscareful estimate of the See also:rate of stalagmitic growth showed that limo years would have been needed to See also:form the See also:lip now covering the incision.
In the N. See also:arm of the newer See also:part of the cave, opened in 185o, is an immense See also:room, styled Rothrock's See also:Cathedral, loon ft. in circumference and zoo ft. high, with a rugged central See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill 135 ft. high, surmounted by statuesque stalagmites, near which is another quarry of satin-spar with similar fragments, pounders and aboriginal See also:relics. When Mr Hovey visited this cave in 1855 he found many See also:extinct torches, See also:charcoal embers, poles and pounders, as well = y as numerous footprints, in the soft nitreous See also:earth of certain avenues, which were See also:left by exploring parties previous to the coming of the white See also:man.
In the Pillared See also:Palace a number of large See also:alabaster shafts had been thrown down and fragments carried away. Near by were so-called " See also:bear-wallows," which proved to be the remains of an aboriginal workshop, where masses of flint were broken into rectangular blocks; and spalls and flint-chips en-cumber the See also:floor and choke the passage-way. Milroy's See also:Temple is a magnificent room, 10o by 15o ft. in its dimensions. It contains many remarkable formations; and its display of helictites, or See also:twisted See also:stalactites, is unsurpassed.
As Wyandotte Cave has no large streams and few pools or springs, its See also:fauna and See also:flora are not extensive. Formerly bears, wolves and other See also:wild animals took See also:refuge in its fastnesses; and bats, rats, mice and salamanders are frequent visitors. See also:Blind crawfish (Cambarus pellucidus)inhabit the Crawsh See also:Spring. Cave crickets (Hadenoecus subterraneus) abound. A dozen kinds of See also:insects, with a few varieties of See also:spiders, flies and See also:worms, See also:complete the meagre See also:list. The florae include mainly forms brought in from the
outside. See also:aaa,y See also:wake
For more full descriptions of Wyandotte Cave and its contents, see Hovey's Celebrated See also:American Caverns, pp. 123-153; Indiana State See also:Geological Reports, by R. T Brown, E. T. See also:Cox, John Collett and W. S. Blatchley; and concerning cave fauna reports and papers by C. H. Eigenmann, See also:professor of See also:zoology, Indiana State University. (H. C.
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