<< Text Pages >> The Manitou Idol - Sculptured Stone in United States in Great Lakes Midwest
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Multi-periodSite Name: The Manitou IdolCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 2.809 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Detroit, Michigan
Latitude: 42.360000N Longitude: 82.981389W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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There used to be a native venerated Idol in this approximate area of Detroit that was destroyed by the first French Christian Missionaries in 1670. It was reputed to have been called the 'Manitou' Idol by the Natives.
The Idol was reputed to have been in Humanoid Shape and was said to have been Painted and Decorated by the local Erie Native Band.
It was reputed to have been broken up by an Axe that had been first Blessed & Consecrated by the Missionary Priests Francois Dollier de Casson and Rene de Brehant de Galinee.
This happened in the days when Christian Missionaries cared little for other people's beliefs or cultures.
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