Show I 1 I 1 I 1 interesting obtained by bartles I 1 exploring them human skeletons copper balls odd Beil beilhes ces and other carl ous thin S lu in re regard g a rd t to 0 tl the e explore explorations t lo 10 u s I 1 in a ili mounds oil nil 4 the director sieg lei in his tho the act making appropriations tw for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ellid ending june 31 BO directed that ol of the appropriation made for the purpose of 0 continuing ethnologic resca iches among the dortu borth american indians should be expended in continuing investigations relating lux to mound builders and prehistoric mou mound beds teds lei in accordance with this direction 1 investigations were ere made as follows in tennessee and Ar Lausas by ur dr edward palmer A large collection wats wa received irom front him containing some gom extreme extremely lv rare rai c aud and aeu iti unique lique objects lu in west virginia anil adjacent poi lions ot of bastein aio ohio by br dr IV Del adellais lais in ili by air W J taylor raylor ii who ho lias has finished Uini shed a number of 0 specimens similar lei in character to those of dr palmer lo in florida by mr S T waller ills collections show some peculiarities lei in the contents ol of III chestol ila mol lutis and graves in e that state tate as compared comp irod ai willi ith those of sec and Arka ilu 1 his introduction to his repot I 1 ilij 10 powell ell says savie of the voik ot of his bureau burcak operations lei in connection with researches among M 0 the indians have been ba t na the plan established lei in previous vio I 1 is years which may bo be lit hi icily bet act forth fort II 11 as follows first the direct employment of suli ulars and specialist to conduct investigations verti actions anu prepare the hie results for I 1 second the stimulation and guidance of re by collaborators who voltin voluntarily tai ily contribute the results of their A work ork for publication or other uie tie tills this collaboration has been obtained by wide and gratuitous circulation of all the publications licati li catris ons of the bureau need and b by instituting with man many persons hobe abilities and opportunities kp feared to render it desirable such con aie again invited and will always be thankfully thank tully acknowledged billete in ili the ehnle of material objects they will be deposited in the national nt ional museum I 1 one ol of the very interesting INDIAN opened this year is situated in east tennessee this is ii feet IOD ions m ld e and 8 feel high ninety one human skeletons were found in it tit at fill all depths from a 11 footland foot and ft a halt to eight feet below tho the surface of the top ol of the mound Quate quantities of beads si were cre found in this S and abou amou among the coarser vail ties atles were some genuine la Is fashioned lut into beads in ili this also were found the best chisel shaped stone instruments poll pol klied lied celt ever discovered in a wound mound the best specimen of a polished bone instrument prof thomas lias its ever seen come from a mound was in ia this collection it Is fashioned boned into a small aul and Is so line fine and delicate that plot piot 1 thomas I thinks it was probably used by A women omen I 1 in a sew sewing 1 og buckskin there wis Avas also ahu a hu wall bone a part of the forearm taste fash toned antoan into an implement or ornament it looks as it if it might han hac c been used to scoop up dry dav food or something of thit that kind one of the most ceilous discoveries ever made in a mound und was m made ade in this one four round hollow copper balls with beads in inside which aie ate wonderfully like and tinkle like them when noc shaken among other articles found in the sune place were buffalo teeth sea hell artificially cut into vallous shapes tot tor use else or oro ornament Ament diaks of high polished biscuit stones about the size sie of the biscuit eaten lei in kentucky liili stones it is conjectured conjecture used lie in playing a game abc pottery one curious apeci specimen dieu clug acing made to a moccasin and one in ili the shape of it dauk with bead and body quite well defined ned following the natural tural shape but it having a aln p tour four web feet very di distinctly made this thi 8 has puzzled the thele loni amed ned plot Caird who had bad never befito bc seen nor such creature in ili nature or art as a tour four footed the collections ol of pottery from mounds I 1 it t may be rental ked u ei e especially line I 1 in it and promise to bo be equally so go this icar car fi aiom one the at nicles all eady cady secured A mound knoblo has been opened this year and a largo quantity of baided bailed corn was found zo dow n in the alic bottom of it which Is thought a curious discovery prof of thomas himself opened a 1 si ngu lar mound in i this year the other oilier end of A illicit was opened six years tl ago 0 by a man mail who is still living and who ilio lias has talked with plot thomas about his attempts to it he says when lie he found the human skeletons lie he ft got ot frightened and retreated and resumed his work nork many skeletons found lei in that mound and prof thomas tells with of one lie dis co ered at the very bottom ol of the moo mound nd in 1 I the bottom of a stone alone vault in a inaba of 0 charcoal char coil this human sh skeleton eleton had close by it a cane of split reed evident I 1 of gro growth itle which cane was wrapped whipped in balk baik and plastered clay when exhumed the cane was found to have twined around it silver foil us as thin as paper evidently native silver which has been examined and lias has proved to be put er than coin silver year near ilic top lop of 0 the he mound in ill lie c same a in e field conr our sheltons shel tons i ibah had bad evidently once been in wooden odden N coffins in ili the same mound vas a brass bras s kettle with nil an iron lian ennd dc 0 o but below that burials evidently ancient bad oc cuned in ili this exact locality locz lity once lived planter and his bencza indians amor among the other Uca found in im in mounds is pait of a store stone bust evidently 1 a I comans womans neck and the flout part of ber head bead the contour of tile the I 1 ice is beautiful the shapo being behig m a perfect 1 oval I the front of the throat and nee neck Is perfect showing that tile tho ofia copied must haio fl had ad a plump full form this year lei in a mound near ul where I 1 ere this was disco discovered cred lei in acor ii cor aa was found the pirt part of the licad head evidently broken from this when put pill to together eaber the parts fitted exactly and the wiLt erial of A which the sen sacral cral pal Ls ere made Is precisely the same in a mound in ill west wea Virgi nii some copperplate copper plates sand and ornaments were ere round found which evidently native copper hammered by the abut agines with tools fashioned by themselves A skeleton was found in a mound in that bbate which mound was thirty live feet it in bel bright bellit lit the llie skeleton was in a nult inaldo of wood and had on oil each cadi arni aim six eix copper dangles bangles and also wore on his neck i 1 forgea A very remar remarkable lable pipe 1 poli polished blied sua of lie precisely the kind that Bo ley and athler chroniclers 0 of virginia have as used by the found in a mound lei in that state stale it smells its as strong of tobacco as if only used 3 estel di east of st louis a wonderful f men of pottery y w was 13 I 1 aa 3 cal found in ill a mound this ii if a large bowl bm I 1 I 1 on oil appears I 1 in it relief a beinin licad head lite life size with all the marked distinctly the faccani face and even the teeth nic aie painted the latter hitter beag red 1 to sav tile the cast of tho the features c e regil uble those ot of a mulatto than of any ta 1 pe lie of indian known know oil u tills continent just about a year ago a maund was opened near Cart carterville erville UI ga it is is one of it group graull abit wh ali 11 prot prof 11 Ilio inns thinks was vl vi cited by do da soto lit in 1510 I 1 llie ilia larget one in ill tile 9 NN which is sixty feet high col likis 11 in 1 many particulars with one lie described describe lei in the of flotilda Fl oilda by gar ciano lie de la a N ega a lineal descendant of peru and alist in the sixteenth century in ili the place NN where here de soto aud and his party pirty stopped the writer mentions cei lain pc ol of a i mound ou on which the bouse bolle calel they y I 1 at 4 2 1 was a 9 situated tl elih I 1 I 1 large r g c mound I 1 still till ills has fit prof thomas visited lt it k knowland kno wand and bich no other mound la in tho south lias this this mound has not yet been opened ni as it lie li FO large coveris covering cov erig about four acres that bat it A would cost ful fully y v 1200 to open it measurements eirv been made including a partial ono one of 0 its depth and a model ot of tills this large mount mound now forms n apart part of the exhibit ot of the ho binnall of ef at the new orleans E exposition the alic yield ot of the one near it which ich was wag opened last lad year has been most Interest interesting log at the bottom it lead ten icet feet ot of light loam and the debris of what appeared to have been the wrappings pings put around when ready lor for burial and also ot of clothing IN THESE S were found numerous pieces of 1 I thin copper plate on which various devices had been traced to eo indelibly that they were still till very plain ou on one ot of these is tile tho representation ion of it human 11 ti re the dres dressing bing of 0 which ell tg Is of 0 a camra centgraf american type while the wing 1 given it are similar to those seen lu in mexican decorations tic its it Is 13 noteworthy iu in connection with thebe wal wings 09 to mention that no winged human figures cepl led by the indians on ali continent violate the laws ol of natice C us its du do tho the of angels made in III CO tile the latter leave have arms legs and wings also the wings grow avon in ins out oui ol of tile the luck back ot of the although althon sli a vertebra te d creature v with ILI six limbs is unknown to any student ot history the luciaus lud iaus the contrary fullow nature by giving fiusa lugn instead it arms when they male make a winged human flying biting it legs some ol of the copper plates in the mound ment mentioned lolled were found around the head ol of a skeleton on his breasts br cist which giac the impression that the mail inan bad been a chief in his tribe and was therefore but buried led with special lio honors nors the bodies found hill been wrapped in the slins of animals and tile outer covering erlo was uns it coarse matting 4 A sort of I 1 title tapestry was waa also used AS a wrap plug tor for some sonee of tile the bodies oa one of the copper plates a r regularly C it I 1 fly woven ta fa held was found stuck to it some of the cop lp in tile the form of crescents very regular regu lir in design and these ivere evidently cut with metallic instruments this nils leads scads to ro the theory that these copper plates wro vere roade made by the spaniards lards atho ho vis visited iteI this part of the country with avith do soto and were given to the indians indiana aa presents to conciliate the tools with which they ivete made may also have been given lucli by the spaniards Spanial ds to the alic Ind indians laus ano ono ol of the copper in ili this mound was fastened together with I 1 evets and represented a laige bird it is icv believed that the native pilu cess who aho to a certain extent played cleopatra to uc do sotos mark antony lived on oil the havaD nali I 1 iier is er in georgia and that thethis liis romantic acquaintance etith ii ith her began about the time lie visited the group of georgia mounds above mentioned while lei in the aZg aggregate regate number of specimens mens collected by those mallu making re rc barches for the bin can of of ethnology y among the indian mounds tile the yield in ISU ISM and thus tar far in ISS has peili pei hips aps not equaled A that of thi hi value of the objects found considered lei in the light of the advancement they afford alfordio to scientific sc research in ili solving the problem as to what mariner of people built the mounds gollu is and lor for what purposes pui poses la Is rated lie much rich higher than the work of 1883 irot thomas now thinks tle the theory that the mounds were built by indians indian and that flauy of them are of more recent oti origin in than tot nice 13 was generally si supposed may bo be regarded legard cd as almost if not wholly ho fly settled now in favor of tile late iview of the case in ili this conclusion major convell also concurs the oldest mounds aro arc now believed to be those in fit ohio and Ai At kansas lausas specimens afeie in 18 brought biorn in mounds s in geci georgia gla virginia lown iowa tennessee ayd 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