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The history of the role of the First Nations... in the War of 1812 is just as much about building what would later become the nation of Canada as it is about the solidifying of Canadian identity ....”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.”
I wish we had Tecumseh here to help us out of our difficulties.”
Certainly we won [the War of 1812]. Because if we hadn’t, we’d be using loonies and toonies instead of dollar bills, wouldn’t we?”
Close-up of lock securing box lid
(Mortimer, 2017)
After the remains were transferred to my lab, I was able to begin sorting the jumbled array of bones and grouping like remains into individual skeletons. By the end of this exercise, at least 15 individuals, including a minimum of five children and 10 adults, were identified. The subadult remains were some of the only ones found during the 2016 excavations.
Metal box in situ with the lid open
(Mortimer, 2017)
It would appear that sometime around the turn of the century, human remains were discovered while excavating the back lot of 62 Sparks Street. They were collected and put into this chest and buried in the clay beneath the normal level of the cemetery. Most of the individuals that were placed in the box were represented solely by portions of skulls, most likely because these elements are easily identifiable as human. Amongst the remains was a particular cranium and mandible (together they are called the skull), which were separated in the box but appeared to belong to the same individual.
The metal box in situ prior to excavation
(Mortimer, 2017)
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On the last day of excavations in the lot behind 62 Sparks Street, while digging a hole to get a good stratigraphic profile of an area of disturbance, a hollow thump was heard. Further investigation by lead archaeologist Ben Mortimer (Matrix Heritage) revealed that beneath a darkened deposit of sand, cinder, clinker, coal and refuse, sat a strange metal box.
It was closed with a lock, suggesting that it may have been some sort of safe or insulated chest, and that it possibly dated back to the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Removal of dirt and portions of the door revealed that the box held human skeletal remains.
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