Nearly a century ago, as scientific interest in The Rogers Codex increased, two
anthropologists went in search of further evidence of the
Rojeri-Sa civilization in Minnesota. Dr. Anders Bjornberg
and Dr. Hamilton Ash scoured the state, but found nothing
conclusively from the Rojeri-Sa outside of the Rogers
area.
They did, however, uncover two rock carvings that are so
profoundly different from those of any other native culture they
have confounded anthropologists for decades.
The only evidence we have of the carvings are drawings Ash and
Bjornberg made and sent to the University of Minnesota.
Unfortunately, the precise locations of the carvings were lost when
the men disappeared in 1915.
One clue for the location of Ash's discovery is a letter he
sent, hiring a courier from just over the border in Sioux Falls, SD
to deliver his drawing to the Twin Cities.
Bjornberg could have been anywhere in the state. Even the
contents of the frequent letters to his fiancée, Maria Gantlet, did
not narrow down the location.
After their disappearance, several crews who went in search of
the carvings found and marked two possible sites with evidence of
undocumented scientific excavation. No carvings were found. Did Ash
and Bjornberg remove the carvings to a third location out of
paranoia or greed?
These carvings are nothing like the art made by known native
cultures. In fact, they bear no resemblance to anything in the
entire history of the midwest. The cynical members of the
anthropological community believe that Ash and Bjornberg created
these drawings themselves, in order to gain the notoriety needed to
publish controversial papers they had written. Many of us silently
feel that the carvings are actually Rojeri-Sa totems
whose meaning would provide an important key to the understanding
of that ancient race.
Can you solve the mysteries surrounding these strange totems?
If you can you should probably bring a pen!
