The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-21

sod biologists, THE distinguishing future
OF iiie ahaFigil4al A'''..Ft'ist, HA 'itfs''f,''I
the continent.
All this h positive evidence against Ile
claim set up by lhe northern nnliquhfirr,
There h nn abundance OF negative evidence
which We think il unuerersary 80 present,
bot amongst which wa amy mention lle en-
Tire rudeness Of lle meIdlic relic found win
the hkeleion--a rudeneHa inconsistent WIN
the period Ol Scandinavian history 10 which
they are referred, unless II should los clnih-
ed (Which ii 10 uOllihni The uhHrial unly wns
obtained from the northern ndyeniurers, aud
lhhi IL was nfierw Anl ruiely manufactured
by tho Indians, IL seems however, HAT, ui'
ter The settlement by'ilie Engllsli hIPlymoulh
in lOl5, the Indians obtained various metals
from the colOnisIr, upon which they placed
tie highest yHluei and which they worked IN
10 variety ofshnpea. IN Woods Ndw Eng
land Pr0speci,' published IN 1854, IN. boJwe
find it distinctly stated that the Indians OBJ
tanned brass oiile English for their 0rna'
menls, aud arrow heads tie last Of which
lhey cul into The shape ola heart and biaHgie,
aud lhslened ia a slender pifoe ofpood SIX OF
eight inches long IA u manner, according Ia
/ tie descriptions precisely similar 10 that Oh,
served in the articles found with lhe Fall
River skeleton, Furlllor, nricleu corfrgpdU'
ding will these, were found with an Indian
skeleton, few years since, ~ llie town OF
MediOrd near Boston, IN Massachusetts. and
are now ~ the possession Of 4. PWkhuni,
Esq, ofihnt city. They were accompanied
by some flint nIrOw heads aud some other
relies, among rhieh ipds a knife rue Engiih
manufacture Of hro hundred years ago, Tie ln.
dian custom Of buryng the urllcles Of the
dead with their bodies IL too well known 10
require more ihnn simple mention here.
sl.N .fFl
upon t'rir brcnsis, of displaying IL on other
parts Of the person, n also well knuwu.Thoro
y not the slightcst doubt, therefore, that the
Fan River skeleton was that 0fuu Indian,
aud bod no higher antiquity linn, nj He ut
most lint, two hundred ycnr-. As M c,i,
Gruce Of the occupation ofhc country hy
tie Nor;hmen, II ~ unworthy ofuolcc,
Rcspccti.r tie Stone Tower sometimes
called the 'Old Wm5nill, AT Newport. Rhode
Island, mud whiel, Ilo Aciira lnncics of some
have nscrihed to the Nuuimcu, Il Is perhaps
sufficient - sly, without attempting 10 nc.
count lot Us origin, that It hnd-u wei, nrchcd
hfcllncc IN ils walls, Ia which the chimney
Is also carried up tor some Distance, perhaps
through their whult length, II would hr
difficult to believe ilint i,iw at,cuturcrs on
hr shores of New England expended their
linr Hud labor To 80 little profit M the con.
construction of this tower would imply. aud
uuch more difficult to believe that dizzy were
so Car IA advance Of their cuuniymcp az
hume, as would follow from the ndmissioI-
Ihht ihey had iircplaces aud chimncys, ~
!h".s si'''-h';-- '''' 49, o. o. '''i.'-'-'.'''
ihIEur"po, dating hack lltc beyond the lhir.
ircull century.
From what Inns already boon presented,
sud whirh night lac greatly ampldrd aud
enforced, the reader will he, IN snur degree,
aide TO Judge hOw we'll sustained Is the con.
clusiOn here uullrsim,iugly puI forward hat,
80 far as o't present AnnirleAEe erlends lherc Il
Isl monuments .se'~ 4. esi''L4i4 e 4liseag4
~ or occupation Of any part Of he .9meriedH
continent 6y Europeans, prior'to The dscorery Ia
Ae .GileeIuh eflllllry.- Mhnl lIiure explorations
shall disclose, remains 10 bo seen .