Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-07
THIRD ARTICLE.

THIRD ARTICLE
/. antiquities Of The .Ancient Icelanders and Nor
acegia1s IN Greenland.
The Society received from the missionary, Rev. Mr. Va
MULLER, at Lichenau thin square piece OF lead
Il inches in length and in breadth, on which represent
ed Saviour the Cross between Mary and ST. john
1t found among the old Scandinavian ruins at Frederck
dale Dr. VAIL sent to the cabinet sounding stone, the
side of which is carved small cross several pieces Of
lime, piece of melted bell-mea and triangular fragment
of stone on which is carved in Latin character, and
some less important fragments apparently belonging the
remotest period Of the colonization in Greenland by the
Mortimer.
Ii. antiquities of the Esguimaur.
DR.. Pingel presented the Museum with knife, nine
inches long, made of bones the blade likewise of bone had
formerly been fastened to the hi by nails which
lost The same gentleman sent aiakok
with an iron point The iukokS used in the chase Of
the reindeer before the Of firearms had been introduced
into Greenland Both these antiquities found at Fish
Cape, (Fsk-a8s,) in Greenland. Mr.. J. N. MGIer at
Hostenburgh, small ball of terra-coa like Neitsb
drksak he tennisball of the fh-sea) with the remark
affixed to that the Geenanders relate story of the
old Nesck or Seal teaching its young play with
these balls.
III. North american antiquities
valuable gift received from Charles Hammond, Esq.,
in Boston, containing an earthern vase with handles
fourteen inches high the mouth four inches and the
base five inches diameter. 1t found among the rub
bsh in the substructons of house in Nahant Massachu
small fragments of ornamened eahen vases used
by the Indians. The ornaments cut and impressed in
the wet and yielding me and resemble very much the sepu
chra of the Scandnavians from the heather times
They were found on the island Marha's Vineyard top
of The
end which found marlborough triangular and
perforated sone inch and long, of green
yelowsh COLOR and small boat anchor nine inches in length
with furrow cut side likewise found at Mddebo
rough then small stone wedges, eight rough pearpon
and arowhead which appear be preparatory work
arrowhead with mcson below in order to iasten the
shaft Three triangular arrowheads of white quartz, IN the
shape of the heart and another like lancet From Dr.
James Porter in Paneld in Massachusetts,, the Museum
received four heads Of quartz the of which is in
the form Of heart, and the others in that Of lancet all
found in Massachusetts, DR.. Swift, in Easton Pennsy-
vana presented round sone which had been laened,
and which he suppose TO have served for roughhewng
sone adding that he himself has, from different fragments,
formed arow-heads with it, in order to convince himself of its
being adapted TO that use. This then, exactly the
opinion which Professor Nilsson, in Sweden expressed a
long while ago about the kind of aened and rounded
acquainted with the opinion of the Swedish Professor.
". Mexican antiquities.
Mr.. Uhde, at Handshuheim, in Baden, Germany, made
the Cabinet valuable present Of large collection of Mexi-
can antiquities containing eighteen pieces among these
found entire suit showing the process Of manufacturing
the arowheads of obsdan in the remote ages of Mexico
This is the more interesting the Scandinavans per-
fecy comedies with the which find established in
the NORTH though with the natural difference in the coce of
the stone the Scandnavans having employed the flint which
is found in great abundance in the northern regions while the
Mexcans made Of the obsidan From Mr. Uhde the
Museum moreover received six pieces of obsdan strata of
which had been ceaved off, They of different dimen-
sions from five inches inch and half long, fourteen
various planes Of obsidan likewise differing in length
arrowhead Of the stone the shaping Of which had been
attempted small avelin points, in the form of heart
be fastened the shaft, and two others with top to fix in
the shaft They accompanied by several other antique
ties, all Of tera-coa such Two semcrcuar tops with
impressed ornaments inches in diameter, small circular
basis pedestal only half inch in height with ornaments
the border in the form of 8 round knob OF an un-
Known use one inch and three quarters in diameter with
the upper part and hautrelef three feet high,
representing sitting figure, who is placing both its feet
through square apertures fragment OF figure with
head gear and earrings carrying child her thirty
FIVE different small heads of red and gray coloed lime
the greater part Of which ornamened with curious head
gear and nne moreover, with rings four only with
headdress the part of them appear to have been
arranged for suspension two fragments Of animals heads,
and the figure of COUGHING animal resembling sphinx
". antiquities from the Caribbean Islands.
Captain de Customer, Commandant Of the Fortress OF
Fedeckso in the island Of ST. Crox, presented the Mu
with very large and broad wedge made Of stone 1t
is rounded the corners and has pointed neck 1t
found in shallow agune the fort Dr. Pinge, the In
specor General of the Museum for Natural History at Co
penhagen transmitted the Cabinet for American Antqu
ties eight different objects in stone, which in the year 1915
had been placed in the Museum for Natural History, and had
since formed part Of it. though it is supposed that they be-
longed to collection Of antiquities to Copenhagen from
the West Indian Islands.
The Carbide origin Of the most remarkable Of these stones
is uncertain il limestone, wrought in the shape of hui
man mask with fiat and blubber-ps superscrption
on the back part il have been discovered the plan
ation of Rose Hill, ST. Crox. The Museum has already
for long time possessed similar mask which said 10 have
been brought from Africa II would therefore desirable
10 ascertain by comparing them with others Of the shape
from where they come and they Of Caribbean
African manufacture The other objects four different
wedges Of green stone round fiat stone, followed out in
the middle Of Of its surfaces another smaller is con-