The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-17
INDIAN RELICS IN Pennsylvania.
lp..r..s,ps Relic. Near mon.ps.h.,a City.

Interestins Relies Near MonenGaheIa City.
Recent EXAMINATIONS of pre- historic remains found
on farm near Monongahels city, Pennsylvania, re-
covered on the farm Of Lewis Colvin, on the east
side OF Pigeon Greek, and were contained In sepu-
toms. The schists proper vary in depth from fifteen
TO eighteen inches over which were carefully placed
sepulchre. These generally lie about the Inc Of
separation between the vegetable mould and substra
tum Of clay: The query arises has this disposition
Of humus entirely taken place since the period OF
The explorer contributes to Pittsburg paper the
result Of his observations. He says:-One OF these
schsts revea aed the remains of child about eight
years Of age: The Uranium was tolerably well
The body had probably been inferred sitting with
the face toward the southwest In close proximity
with the head was discovered, resting the side,
vase perfect In form ana nnsh The entire schst
was alled with light, yellow coored earth which
turies since the excavation was made The
crsnial cavity and earthern vases were alike
most interesting object recovered. It Contained
some animal bones and dark particles OF animal
matter which had evidently been placed IN the
This funeral rite was In obedience to widespread
eLstom among many barbarc nations. The vase is
made she-of capacity over one pint. IL has four
ears, each perforated and handsomely ornamented
around the margin. 1t is decidedly ine specimen
OF the ictile art and valuable relic OF antiquity.
Another contained the tolerably wellpreserved
numerous personal ornaments. Two car ornaments
OF shell lay either side of the cranium while hve
others OF similar design lay In immediate proxi-
nifty with the ribs and vertebr8 Numerous
minute bone and copper beads were also found;
ase copper tube, Two inches in length, filled
with some 1brous substance. Near the lower
extremties were discovered vestiges OF hbrOus
cloth, OF toerably fine texture. These relics In
dicate an advanced type OF race, aud the inte-
resting arch@o ogcal problem comes up whether
the Copper Age had overapped the stone,
or are these Qor there have been discovered other
sepultures containing copper) intrusive elements?
Copper wast the only metal worked by prehistoric
races on this continent. North Of Mexico, orna-
ments and weapons OF this most valuable met al
have been discovered in mounds and other ancient
repositories. Bronze was unknown to the mound
builders or subsequent nations, anterior to the dawn
OF history. The copper was obtained from mines
now worked on Lake Superior. Their abandoned
drifts, stone hammers, broken masses Of copper,
etc, have been discovered, but alas who and where
are the miners?
The sixth schist contained a handsome pearl or
nament. In all, the bodies had been buried facing
the south or southwest.
The writer ds:-I have collected many fine spe-
cimens OF the Stone Age in this interesting archaic
smining had advanced to the Neolithic or polished
Stone Age. Many of the specimens OF exquisite
workmanship and compare favoraDy with minor
remains Of art from the Ohio Valley Mounds.
the vicinity OF the schist remains. few scattered
| mounds occur along the Monongahela. My atten-
ton has been directed to small stone tumulus on
the plateau back OF Columbia reported as contain
any description for the present; sufice, the arch
] was simply the horizontal or overlapping arch.
The principle OF sprngiDg an arch and locking
with key was unknown to any people north OF
| have been published Of the discovery OF the arch
in the Mississippi Valley, but these are all apocry-
pnal. Not single authentic instance is upon
record