New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-21

found an arrow and considerable quantity o. chsf-
coal cloth and bones Several shovelsinil OIL EARN,
coal and cloth were subsequently ouSllne-
charcoal seemed TO be that OF OAK an - a -,
quantity Of the cloth. beside the specimen
ted 10 NJ Poster. were preserved oY ny "oois IN
the condition IN which he fosns IL n me h1uhu, a.
nearly As practicable. Inc "DfhHSn 80 10y -"
found pieces OF C4oth cOlii4eC'c- "'-'- 49, - ~
ments o. cloth ..s 49,
Abou, ten feet from the top Of the mound mere was
firm compact stratum OF Inc cay ABOUT an ihcI
tbirt Which aoreared as 4 T. had been burned until
s,vas rcd under tins near the middle OF tie mound
was another stratum OF beautiful Inc yeio" or
cream-cOlOred clay entirely dHereni RON any IN the
reipfbOrhood Under TINS stratum Of yelow cay
vo,e found the charcoal cloth ana bones. They
wcre so loose that one could almost with his hands
sink down the shovel eighteen or twenty inches Ine
bones were few and small, and Dir " ard did not IN
derstand that any large ones had been found Very
little earth appeared 20 be mixed " "a ihe coal AMI
cloth which were evidently in the position IN which
ftcy had been placed when burned and covered I'D.
The charcoal appeared 10 be or the outside Of the
cloth. which was frequently II thick folds, hall a
dozen thIcknesses beng together.
One-half Of the mound vet standing at the SIDE Of
theroac and further examinations Will be made The
stratum OF burned earth and yellow clay cit not ex-
tend the whole mound or through i, but occu-
pied only five o. SIX feet IN extent.
The only question which arises N nv mind says
Mr.. WOOds.) as 10 the time when the charcoal and
cloth were deposited IN the mound, Is whether the
mound erected by anier OTrace may no. have been
made bury Ing place by the Indians, VINO eAstel
here when America was discovered. anu lil1t tht1
had wrapped their dead IN the cloth, and after par
italy buryng tie bodies. or the bones aud cloh hid
covered ~ the FIRE thought Of tins question al the
time and was careful to examine. as fully dS was
then practicable, the condition Of the earin around
and over the relics which dug out. and II appeared
10 me that the original formation could not have been
disturbed. after II was placed in the mound
There Is no evidence, according to Mr. roster
Whose language IS now resumed) that the NOrih
American Indians possessed the art OF spinning ana
weaving, when first known to the white man An
art so conducive to the comfort and convenience OF
man. when once acquired, would not become lost
nor would II be rational 70 infer that this cloth was
European fabric, obtained by the Indians and SuOsh-
iuted IN the mound, within comparatively recent
times for the following reasons In the but.er
County mound the semi qualification described by
Mr. Woods indicates no disturbance. The material
OF tins cloth is not such a. civilized race "ou-1
manufacture totrafhc with baroarouS one u ocuig
more costly than wool. and less adapted to the puf-
poses of clothing. The texture Of some OF these
samples could not have been formed IN an ordinary
loom but Is undoubtedly the result OF handiwork
These facts have an important bearing on The Eth
no.ogy of the people by whom the mounds were
built They indicate higher degree OF clyilzaton'
and greater progress IN the arts than hal Deeh AZ
tanned by the Indians when first known 10 the white
man. They 20 far TO dissever the present race OF
Indians from the mound buiiders-a laDorIous and
InteilIgen, people. who have left abundant memo
mails Of Their existence from the confines OF Lake
Superior 10 those OF the Gulf Of Mexico.
The fabric III both samples appears TO be composed
OF some material allied to hemp, but less readily re-
cop1lzed IN the chaned samples than IN the DINERS,
and the separation between the fiber and the wood
aupears 70 have been thorough and eheciua as IS
accomplished al this day by the processes of ro'tng
and hecklrg. The thread, though coarse, Is UNIFORM
III ne and regularly spun. The texture III the
specimens from JackSOn County, as well a. ~ some
Of those from Butler County Is formed by the alter
nate intersection OF the warp and wool but IN oth-
crs from Butler County. the wet Is wound once
around the warp-a process winch cOud not De &C.
cOmphshed except by hand.
There is no reason to doubt that these texlle TAB
ricS are the work OF the mound builders. The art OF
spinning and weaving was pTactccd by the feTu-
| vans when their country first invaded by the
Spariards and samples of cloth and the clsiah on
which the thread was spun, are associated vi IN the
Oldest monuments In cOrroo0Talon OF TINS, quote
| the verbal statement to me of Mr.. l.. D. Carter,
gentleman who passed several years m that country
and personally assisted IN the exploration OF many
! OF tie remains OF antiquity. Thus, al Pach1canac.
! thirty or forty miles from Lima, where stands the
/ Temple OF the sun there numerous remains OF
walls built of adohes sun-dred bricks, indicating
the site of a once large and compact town. In the
hUGcGS or burial places, are found numerous mum
mics IN sitting posture, wrapped IN many folds Of
cloth. with an exterior covering Of coarse mating
ItIS composed of regular warp and wool the thread
beng twisted or Spun and \ often wrought III vare-
gated patterns. The fabric consists OF the wool Of
The lama or alpaca, ana perhaps, IN some instances,
of cotton. which here grows spontaneously In TINS
connection, II IS not unusual TO find spndles wlththe
yam upon them. which are sticks nine or ten inches
long terminated at one end by d Duiton-aSo varl-
Gus utensils indicative of the occupation of the de-
ceased. and IN some instances, funeral ornaments,
consisting OF gold and silver, such as chapleis and
bracelets Articles of pottery, hled sometimes with
cCrn and sometimes with cotton, are abundant
Move of these proceedings 10y tomorrow.
Yours, AM