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Who's buried in St. Augustine graves marked 'Six Unknown Indians"?

These are some of the Cheyenne warriors imprisoned from 1875 to 1878 at St. Augustine's Fort Marion, now known as the Castillo de San Marcos.
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via Florida Times-Union
These are some of the Cheyenne warriors imprisoned from 1875 to 1878 at St. Augustine's Fort Marion, now known as the Castillo de San Marcos.

Amy Larner Giroux has been drawn to the mysteries of cemeteries since she was 16 when she would go to graves with a box of matches to light her way, writing down the names of the dead and putting them in a coffee can. Later as a genealogist and academic researcher, she learned there's a lot of knowledge to be gained in cemeteries.

But also many questions.

Giroux's recent project has been particularly meaningful: She has been researching burial sites in St. Augustine National Cemetery where there are two separate graves, each with a headstone inscribed “Six Unknown Indians.”

Read the rest of this story at the Florida Times-Union, a WJCT News partner.