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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 28, 1971—PAGE 3 Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw — were forcibly moved to Okla homa, they carried many cultu ral Southern customs with them. Many members of the aristo cracy of eastern Oklahoma to day are descended from these Indians. They were very help ful in gaining statehood for Oklahoma and added more pres tige to the state than the 89’s or the sooners. To conclude his talk, Dr. Mill ing recited three poems from his collection Singing Arrows, “Creek Village Spot,” “Indina Trader,” and “Treaty Ground”. Miss Margaret Paysinger, president of the Literary Study Club, opened the meeting by asking Mrs. Robert Schumpert to read the club collect She then introduced two Newberry College students who gave a musical program. John Drafts sang “It Is Enough” (Elijah) by Mendelssohn and “Avant de Quitter” (Faust) by Gounod. He was accompanied at the piano by Miss Ann Ballentine. Mrs. W. C. Carter introduced Dr. Milling. After his lecture the guests were invited to the tea table where Mrs. Conrad TO MEET AT SMELTZER HALL Calvin Crozier Chapter of the United Daughters of the Con* federacy will meet February 2 at 4 p.m. at SmelUer Hall with Mrs. T. P. Crooks as hos tess. The associate hostesses will be Mrs. Roy Whitaker, Mrs. H. M. Bryson, Mrs. Phil Brooks and Mrs. W. Ws Parr. Mrs. James Werts will lead a program on “Alabama" and Montgomery, the first Confe derate Capital. HEAR DR. CARL McINTIRE Standing: Up For God and Country Daily at 8:30 a.m.—(Mon.-Fri.) Over WKMG 1520 On Your Radio Dial Here In Newberry UGH! WHAT AN AWFUL TIME OF YEAR. It’s time to do something different—bright en up your life and earn money too. Become an AVON Repre sentative. Call collect MRS. BRAND 754-7123 Columbia or write 3823 Humphrey Drive, Co lumbia. Shown at the recent Reciprocity Meet- Milling; Mrs. W. C. Carter, co-cnairman Par k an(1 Miss Paysinger pour ing of the Literary Study Club are, from for Reciprocity. Dr. Milling, a Columbia left, Miss Margaret Paysinger, president; physician and author, was guest speaker Mrs. Olin Layton, co-chairman for Reci- for the occasion. (Sunphoto) procity; Mrs. Chapman Milling and Dr. State Indians subject of Milling talk Dr. Chapman J. Milling, a noted authority on South Caro lina Indians, stated that there are many misconceptions con cerning the Indians of early colonial Carolina. The picture that the average South Caroli nian has of Indian life and cus toms of three and four centu ries ago is not at all accurate. Dr. Milling was addressing members and guests of the Li terary Study Club which was holding its eighteenth annual reciprocity tea at the Commu nity Hall. “No more erroneous popular impression exists than the one which pictures all Indians as living in the conical skin tent peculiar to the nomadic tribes of the western plains.” The Car olina Indians actually lived in two types of dwellings, the dome-shaped wigwam and the rectangular lodge, neither of which resembled the portable, pointed tepee of the West. We have heard many hair- raising stories of Indians ver sus Whites, but we seldom hear the side telling how often the Indians “bailed out” our first settlers. The coastal In dians were primarily agricul tural. It is true that they were hunters and warriors, but they also planted many crops, such as com, beans, pumpkins, squa shes, and melons. Until our early settlers became acclimat ed to the New World, these supplies from the Indians’ lar ders were life savers. Orchards of peaches, plums, and figs were here before the settlement of Charles Town. The Irish po tato appears to be Indian in origin, not Irish. Indian fami lies maintained vegetable gar dens in which they cultivated several varieties of wild greens, beans and peas.. The Sewee bean is similar to our lima bean. The popular frontier term “medicine man” was usually “conjuror” in the Southeast. The conjuror was a combina tion of a shaman or magician, priest, and tribal leader. The conjurors were rather intelli gent and had considerable know ledge of medicine. They knew of several laxatives, used nico tine as an antiseptic, and em ployed sinews to tie off bleed- ng vessels. They had know ledge of treating fractures and performing simple amputations. They knew that wounds should heaf from the bottom outward; they blew powder into wounds by means of bone blowers. The Indians of the Southwest per formed traphines for relief of depressed cranial fractures and the South American medicine men used two most useful drugs, quinine and cocaine. It is equally true that these tribes men used dances, chants, pray ers, charms and magical exer cises; they were experts at ex plaining away unsuccessful re sults. The Indians used gourd feed ers to attract the purple martin to their towns. These birds are good “insecticides,” eating their own weight in mosquitoes in a day. In addition, they do not pollute the crops and the stream as do some modern insecti cides. As the Indians did not use screens, the martins no doubt added much to the com fort of the coastal Indians. The rock* formation in the mountains of western South Carolina known as Caesar's Head was not named for a Ro man. This likeness of a human head got its name from a Che rokee chief who was quite ac tive in the early 1700's. Inci dentally, the word chief seems to be a white man’s term. The tribal leaders were called “kings” by the tribesmen. Indian camps were erected only during the times the In dians were engaging in war. Locations of former more per manent town sites, not camp sites, provide archeologists with valuable artifacts such as bu rial urns, tools, cooking uten sils, and weapons. . The lot of the Indian woman was no harder or easier than that of the pioneer white wo man of the same era. Among all races and in every grade of society, the women handle matters of the household and the care of the children, and the men concern themselves with providing livelihood for the family. The Indian woman performed simple agricultural tasks; made baskets, rugs and pottery; handled the cooking; and attended the children. The days of the Indian child were happy days, singularly free from restraint or discipline. By the 1740’s the Carolina Indians were considered to be settlement Indians, not tribal. When the tribes — Cherokee, ed. 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