The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 09, 1906, Page THREE, Image 3
ENDIA BURIALS.
Recaled by a Find on Lake Superior.
New York Evening Post.
The skeleton of an Indian girl in a
birch bark canoe, afloat on lake Su
perior, suggested to the people of
Grand Marals, Mich.,when they
found it recently, that it was the re
mains of some strange burial cus
torn. There was color in the brief
dispatch sent out: "The bones of
the girl rested on a rich
blanket, and on the wrists heavy
silver bracelets." The dead lady of
Shallot must have been an Indian
Princess, consign'ed by reverent
followers to a sepulcre in the great
lake. The act must have- had -some
peculiar religious religious signifi
vance.
So the current of speculation
drifted- The imagination of the
northern Indian poets' belt might be
excused- for clothing bones of the
skeleton with beautiful dsky flesh
and th&fn&ka frifid ft
tale with a constructive fancy. But
it would be difficult to find verificai
tion for the belief that"anf trib ebf
Indians should put their dead beau
ty into a richly furni4*&&ddago'and
set her adrift. No people ever
guarded their dead mOre jealously
than the d1ansV Te 4if e
aration fir& the refo i
parted be&6rit Was j- ted tha" i
journeyt thi other lai had been
completsdVrdflsid to tth, and
it is their desire to keep a record of
the place-of-fina"lispositioni Only
by doing this among other things,
have the tribal and clan histories
been madebntitiuousa:fd veracious.
In the details of sepulture,however,
4he customs of the tribes have been
as varibus as. the imaginations of
superstitious peoples could suggest.
From the old Mandan platform bur
ial to the Iroqtiois interment in a
crouching sposture, the practice dif
fered as the local interpretation of
potents and the local conception of
the happy grounds diffed.c
*It is. probably true that a student
of Indian custors could reconstruct
from the evidence furnished by the
bt:rial mounds of thriniddle west
and south, as accurate a picture of
the old society as from any other
source. For example, the habits,
beliefs and state of artistic devel-'
opment of the people that sepul
chered their dead so elaborately
may be discovered. As Prof. Cy
rus Thomas of the Smithsonian
Institution wrote, in the annual re
port twenty-two years ago. "The
gift to, or property of, their dead
deposited ini these sepulchres illus-I
rate their' arts .and customs, and'
cast some rays of light into their
om~es and 'daily life and the{
regard for their dead indicated by I
the remaining evidences of their
modes of burial and sepulchral rites
affords some glimpses of their re
ligious beliefs and superstitions.~"
The symbolism of the geographical
form of the larger mounds is open
to interpretation; the wrapping of
the bodies, their posture, 'and the
material of the sarcophagi, too,
point to distinct tribal differences;
and the extent and length of tribal
occupancy of certain territory are
'to be guessed with rough precision
from,*the old e,emetery researches.
The numnberless burial mounds
found throughtout Ohio, Indiana,
owa and Wisconsin all indicate a
care in the fmai disposition~ of the
Indin dead that is far fi'Oei agree
ing \vith tve theor? of 'te Michi
ganl dispatch. In a inajority of them
a number of skeleto-nls are found
seldom but one is found interred
alone. Many ot these mounds are
veritable cemeteries, containig
scores of skeletons. Frequently
they are made up of a great collec
tion of bones, thrown together with
out arrangement, as if the burial
ad been undertaken y-ears after
death and widely scattered inter
ment. This might happen in a pe
rod of continuous wars when it
was impossible to follow out the
tribal burial customs, a-nd the bring- 1
ing together of the bones had to be1
done by a later generation that was
unacquainted with .the history of1
the degd. Nothing in a case like
this could be done except to gather
what remained of these scattered
bones and reinter them.
.4
WIN
$100000
IMhts a
J?9 Be SokI
TIN lE
I have had a good
over Winter goods or
and urfsaleable, nor c
opportunity to buy w
springs I have therel
a liftIe earlier than a
sale of the year. Alt
sold at our regular lo
and other goods that
shelves, and the sale
pOed4of. My fi-iendE
gai7ns they carried aw
hem than last year,1
arryirng a twenty tho
yr as clean a stock as
t again with the Brighi
The Suits I have been selling at $15S.C
The Suits I have been selling at $1 2.5
The Suits Lhgye been selling at $1 0.0
The Suits I have been selling at $7.5C
The Suits I have been selling at $5.00
Overcoats that were $15.00 now $11.
Overcats that were $ 10.00 now $7.5'
Overcoats that were $7.50 now $5.63
This is your opportunity. Come early
verythng spot cash. The eariier you c
Salesmen-W. F. Ewart, J. R. Booze
How Help Was Asked For. tin's hand
[he State, 4th. Senator C
One of the features of the dis- in Austin
ensary investigation yesterday as follows~
vas the appeal to dispensers for Dear Si
Lid for a weekly paper, which was I wil sen
)peratedl for awvhile under the name the VTidett
f "The Vidette" and Laurens was published
e place of publication. The pa- est of the
er is yet in existence. behalf of
The letters are wrtten on the be an oul
fice paper of the Vidette, the interests o
)rinted matter stating that WV. T-I to fight tI
rews and W. C. Irby, Jr., are the In order 1
esponsible heads of ti:e paper. The wvith whic
gnatre at the bo.tiorn of the let- twelve m<
ers is that of J. A. Austin, who is contribute
he dispenser at i .urens and also monthly 1
n some of the letters is signed as jIf so ple;
he treasurer of the Vidette com-~ ard returi
)anv. monthly 11
There were several of these let- as poss5ib)
ers some being printed forms with used to pa
notations at the bottom in Aus- ning the
'ots '
'01US 6
JaR CUSTO
[NUAL CL
Vorth.f W
rid, Men's F
at 25 Per Cg
kTEST SAL
season, but I don't wi
accumulating stock t
o I want to wait until
hat they really need
ore decided to have r
year ago, and will L
winter goods will be j
w cash prices less twE
cannot find room on
will continue~ until all
, remember the sale
ay daily from my stoi
ecause my stock is lF
usand'dollar stock in
I have and this is my
est and Best Things for
0 now $11.25 each.
O0 now $9.38 each.
0 now $7.50 each
now $5.63 each.
ow $3.75 each,
25.
and often, arnd bring your friends with y
me the more you will have to select frc
,Win. Carlington.
writing, but one read byseswlasito
hristensen was entirely $5sfiin en
handwriting and reads ~opyalepne
: Some time next week t otiuetes
d ou a sample copy of aeas euse
:e, a weekly paper to benaeofshmn
n Columbia in the inter-leti yor out
Reform faction and in vlbe ntrdo
the dispensary. It willtin.ok as eg
~spoken advocate of the fr1 ots n
fthe people and proposes d oyucncie
ie battle with gloves off. to rm teem
:hat means can be raisedmaysyo cns:
:h to run the paper forth yeradhu r
)nths will you agree tosefItwudba
$25 to be paid1 in 12 Iee,i o hn
istalments of $2 each? t os oslc
se sign the within slip frm tepo rci
it togethier with the first (0nttk es
istalment of $2 as soon ast tishecasv
. This money ~'l ) n hc will a
vactual expenses of run-~ e ot hsp
)ape. I al th dite o payie all editedses
MS 011i
GOC
EARANCIE
inter QIothii
E OF TFHE
mnt to take any chance
hat after a whilemnight
winter is over before I i
now to make-Ahem c
fly. semi-annual clearai
egin Tuesday, January
Maced on our five cent
ty-fiVe per cent discot
the center tables will be
of our winter and surp
I had last January, a
~e. This will be a greate
arger and practically al
Newberry has so few o
way of keeping it clea
>ping.
Overcoats that were $5-00 now $3.75.
Shoes that were $5.00 now $3.75 pair.
Shoes that were $4.00 now $3.00.
Shoes that were $3.50 now $2.63.
Shoes that were $3.00 noyi $2.25.
Shoes that were $2.50.now $1.86,
Shoes that were $2.00 now $1.50.
>u. No goods sent on memoranda, nothin
m. K'
Newl
the amount of and will be a guardian of the peo
can be raised pie's rights in fact as wvell as i:
of running the name. I have no interest in th
paper other than as a dispensar;
.If you agree man and a Reformer, but I fee
id amount you that it is high time for us to awak
to send us 25 en fromi our lethargic state and ar
as you may se- range ourselves in line to do batti,
,which names against an organized oppositioi
the subscrip- consisting of the strange mixtur
lar subscribers of preachers and blind tigers, pro
f you choose to hibitionists and politicians. I ar
t the subscrip- Isatsfied you will respond. There
n or from as fore I awvait your answer patiently
ne time duringYustuy
imburse your-,Yustly
*ood plan, how- J. A. Austin.
ou can afford____ ______
these 25 men! "You've put too much baking
s of rnen who powder in these biscuits," said Mr
)aper as a rule, IYounglove.
e wish to reach I"I know it," said his wife gayly
reciate the pa- They don't taste good, but don'
per ilbe pu- te'look perfectlyloey?'D
ews & Trbv imoit Free Press..<.
Away
SALEI
rg,SIioes,
for Citf
SEA8@N~
s about carrying
become old stock
give the trad':an
:mfoitab*e until
se sale thiS yeat
9th, the-greatest
er coVffters and
int, Shoes; HaWs
shiown from the
lus stock is~ die
nid the great bar
r opportunity for
I new. No house
Id goods to show,
n, and then to fill
Staken back or exchanged, and
derry, S. C., January 4, 1906.
- STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
' The annual meeting of the stock
' holders of the Commercial Bank of
SfNewberry S. C., will be held at
their Banking House on Wednes
-day, January 10, 1906, at 12 o'clock
for the purpose of electing Direct
1 ors and transacting such other bus
e iness that may come before the
meeting.
- tJ. Y. McFall,
NOTICE.
Persons having business with me
during my absence at the General
Assembly please see Cannon G.
Blease who will communicate with
me and if necessary I will come
home.
t Cole L. Blease,
- Wright's Hote&
Columbia, S. C.