The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-07-20
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Miscellany. --Adoerfi't'ag.
rom Our Special Correspondent.
,r,r AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CoLLEC-
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Dg,r .pElPHrA, June 24.-This valuable
nnation il one Of the most comprehensive
sOp ~. exhibition. This important addition
~ ~ u. Interests of the exhibition, has been
s-s =. BY the Smithsonian institution in
i'l. ."-,otion with the Indian bureau of the
'O a.-;o, department. Also, in connection, is
ln'' .oIIsction of DIR. J. w. Swan, whose curl.
v. .,binet of articles from Alaska and Brit
~. W. Columbia are well known to the scientific.
= III General assortment there are from
1.,.r.do and Arizona a collection of pot
W. w. decorated in black and white, and blue
' nd white patterns, mating made Of strips
3 bark, net sinkers, chisels, "scraper-like
;.strumeuts," cutting tools, weapons used in
ao,emonial observances, ADDE'S, guages, dig
IN, tools. a collection of arrow heads, and
snsar heads, perforatOrs, grOOved axes, tOma-
hawks. hammers, mauls, pierced stones for
eIub,, pipes, in clay and stone, bOat-ahaped
.r,icleE, plates, vessels for eating, and drink
;ng rings. beads, tubes, pestles and mortars,
mi very fine collection OF large stone i'm
elements from California, made By pre-his-
Pc tribes: rude sculptures in stone, a cast
YG+ors nj the Mexican calendar stones,
S;gbIv and delicately carved with images;
;5ois carved out of stone, from Tennessee and
Tsy;co, and a carved head of stone formerly
ovrnad nv Thomas Jefferson, and now exhib-
;.od, a great variety of objects carved out of
bsne. wedges, smoothing tools, perfOrators,
Sor6oon heads, rude knives, club heads,
edZss, etc, carved cups and spoons Of shell,
Essds in grest number and variety, curious
iJolg made by the mound builders, carved
and nsiuted figures of wood, figures carved
ant Of bone and inlaid with glittering shells;
sgnTes of wood, carved and painted In the
most fantastic manner, by the Alaska In
lians: utensils of metal, bone, and wood,
carved and made by the Blackteet Indians;
box of painting tools from the Kolosh In
5;aBs. Of Alaska; large wooden figure painted
in red white and blue, carved by the Indians
Of Vsncouver's island; spoons made of the
horn of the mountain goat, by the North
west Coast Indians; berry spoons, ladies',
etc. of carved wood from the Alaska In
dams: asDOOn made Of horn from Green
and; war-knives and hatchets Of steel from
the Produet Indians; clubs with projecting
STEEL points, from the Lake Superior In
dams: war clubs from the Indian tribes Of
Colorado; ancient stone war clubs used by
the Kontznon Indians, of Alaska; war
knives, from Sitka; wooden chests carved
and painted by the Northwest Coast Indians;
beavers head and claws supporting cup,
all carved out of wood, and the contents OF
which, the label states, made one drink OF
whiskyl" sop pals of birch bark etc.
Hegerman's portable boat, made of thin
strips of boards, held together by copper
brackets and covered with stout canvass,
closely woven, floats at the sides. A birch
bark canoe, made by the Montaguard In.
dams of Labrador, is also exhibited. 1t is
very long, and the ends are thin and point
ed. It is made of narrow strips of board,
covered with birch back. A canoe and pad
die made by the Indians of the AleutiRn is
lands. 1t is a dug-out, sharp at both ends,
seating ten persons: paddles having long
rounded handles, and thin blades pointed at
the ends. Two paper boats, one in which
Bishop made his famous trip to New Orleans
from the st. Lawrence, and in the other made
trip down the Mississippi. A small canoe
from POOnah, Alaska, for one man, made OF
narrow strips OF board, covered with skin
with a whole in the centre for the rover.
Boats used BY the Northwest Coast Indians
for hunting and fishing. One has sail
made Of woven grass. Frame of Umiak OF
Vidarra, used in whaling by the Esquimaux
OfSt Lawrence island, Alaska. Model OF
canoe used by the Anderson river Indians
Of British Columbia. Wooden canoe made
with two masts, unrigged, used by the Sitka
Indians, models of fishing boats used by the
Indians of California and of the Northwest
Coast two dug.outs used by the HoOpah In
dams of Trinity river, California, and boats
used by the Northwest Indians, carved and
painted, model Of Florida dug out in red
eedar-birch.bark canoes from the North
east coast from the Indians of the Upper
Missouri, one from the Indians of Mackenzie
nVer, a raft made CT Tule grass used in fish
ing By the Piute Indians of Nevada; birch
bark canoes from the Indians of Artrabasca
and Great Slave lakes, and from the lndlan'
Of Alaska and Norton sound, Kayaks or tsh
ing boats from the Esquimaux Of Kodiak
Alaska, Aleutian islands, North Greenland
and Mackenzie river; full-rigged models O
the Nantucket harbOr beats used in harhol
hshing; dOries used in coast fishing and banA
cod fishing, Bay Of Fundy cat boat, Connect
lieut. sharps for haFbOr fishing and in pound
lending, the Adirondack boat for hunting
and fishing in mountain lakes, and Alexan
GFia hay-boat, large row boat for fishing q
me coast and surf. J have enlarged on thi
magnificent collection, as it will give tn
general reader a synopsis Of the entire boa
system of the Indian tribes, information no
simply entertaining, but instructive.
RUSSIAN SIMPLICITY or MANNERS,
Having a visit to make to the Russian
commission, on calling, ] sent in my card Il
We quarter-main building. The usher no
ahed me; Monsieur has Just awakened
please walk in. / did 90, and found thu
handsome fellow closing long box sutl
gently large to hold few blankets, which
a was at the moment placing Within hay
Ms used this rough box with blanket o
W., Tor q bed, lei lesson for the luxuri
W. Americans. The Russians, as ] hayt
stsAted before, are nlain solid people, an'
saeH representatives at the exhibition are
spurteous company of gentlemen. Thi
seems 70 be strange, when we consider tn