The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-08
CENTENNIAL CORRESPON-
DENCE.
The Indian, aud EthnoI0gic0t Collection
Russian Simplicity OF Manners
observation-disclosures
From Our Special Correspondent.
THE INDIAN AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CoLLEC


TIoN.
PHILADELPHIA, June 24-This valuable
collection is one of the most compre hensive
in the exhibition. This important addition
to the interests of the exhibition, has been
furnished by the Smithsonian institution in
conjunction with the Indian bureau of the
interior department. Also, in connection, is
the collection of DIR. J. w. Swan, whose curl
GUS cabinet of articles from Alaska and Brit
ish Columbia are well known to the scientific.
In the general assortment there are from
Colorado and Arizona collection of pot
terry, decorated in black and white, and blue
and white patterns, mating made of strips
of bark, net sinkers, chisels, scraper-like
instruments" cutting tools, weapons used in
ceremonial observances, AIDES, guages, dig
ging tools, a collection of arrow heads, and
spear heads, perforators, grooved axes, tomn-
hawks, hammers, mauls, pierced stones for
clubs, pipes, in clay and stone, boat-shaped
articles, plates vessels for eating and drink
ing, rings, beads, tubes, pestles and mortars,
and a very fine collection of large stone i'm
plements from California, made by pre-his
toric tribes; rude sculptures in stone, a cast
of one of the Mexican calendar stones,
highly and delicately carved with images:
idols carved out of stone, from Tennessee and
Mexico, and carved head of stone formerly
owned by Thomas Jefferson, and now exhib-
tied; great variety of objects carved out of
bone wedges, smoothing tools, perforators,
harpoon heads, rude knives, club heads,
AIDES, etc, carved cups and spoons of shell,
beads in great number and variety, curious
idols made by the mound builders, carved
and painted figures of wood, figures carved
out OF bone and inlaid with glittering shells;
figures of wood, carved and painted in the
most fantastic manner, by the Alaska In
dians; utensils of metal, bone. and wood,
carved and made by the Blackfeet Indians !;
a box of painting tools from the KOlosh In
dams, of Alaska; large wooden figuIe painted
in red white and blue, carved by the Indians
of Vancouver'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
dians aspoon made of horn from Green
land; war-knives and hatchets of steel from
the Proquet 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
whisky," 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. 1t is made of narrow strips of board,
covered with birch back. A canoe and pad
die made by the Indians of the Aleutian is
linds. 1t is dug-out, sharp at both ends
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
a trip down the Mississippi. A small canoe
from Poonah, Alaska, for one man, made of
narrow strips of board, covered with skin
with whole in the centre for the rover
Boats used by the Northwest Coast Indians
for hunting and fishing. One has a sail
made of woven grass. Frame of Umiak or
Vidarra, used in whaling by the Esquimaux
of st. Lawrence island, Alaska. Model of a
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
cedar-birch-bark canoes from the North
east coast from the Indians of the Upper
Missouri, one from the Indians of Mackenzie
river, 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 Indians
of Alaska and Norton sound. Kyaks or fish
ing boats from the Esqumaux of Kodiak,
Alaska, Aleutian islands, North Greenland
and Mackenzie river; full-rigged models of
the Nantucket harbor boats used in harbOr
fishing; dories used in coast fishing and bank
cod fishing, Bay of Fundy cat boat, Connect
lieut. sharps for harbor fishing and in pound
tending, the Adirondack boat for hunting
and fishing in mountain lakes, and Alexan-
dria bay-boat, large row boat for fishing on
the coast and surf. J have enlarged ON this
i magnificent collection, as it will give the
general reader a synopsis of the entire boat
system of the Indian tribes, information not
simply entertaining, but instructive.
RUSSIAN SIMPLICITY OF MANNERS.
Having a visit to make to the Russian
commission, on calling, sent in my card to
| the quarter-main building. The usher no
titled me; Monsieur has Just awakened,
please walk in. 1 did so, and found the
| handsome fellow closing a long box suffi.
he was at the moment placing within; hav.
| ms used this rough box with n blanket OF
two, for bed. 1t is lesson for the luxuri
Gus Americans. The Russians, as / have
| stated before, are nlaln solid people, and
| their representatives at the exhibition are q
| courteous company of gentlemen. This
| seems to be strange, when we consider the
magnifcence of the articles on exhibition
| The immense wealth of display in furs orna
mental work, and household goods, devel
| oping the very highest exhibit of luxury and
Incidence. They are a great people, and
their barbaric splendOr of the past is rap
idly yielding to the demands of modern civ
| ilization, still retaining the tone of the Wig
orous Russia of Peter and of Catherine.
MISCELLANY.
| Philadelphia has one OF the best display
| of paper boxes, manufactured on the ground
| Massachusetts exhibits an atmospheric cot
ton opener New jersey, a bur picker
Baltimore. Md, and Dayton, Ohio, have tn,
best exhibits of turbine alter wheels. Gin
cinnati sends a beautiful nickel plated steam
price $4,000. The average price of engine.
in machinery hall, six horse power $4,000
eight and a half s5s0.OO, twelve $775.OO, fit
teen $S50.OO. There are Straightforward ar
exhibitors. A pretty building near horti
cultural hall exhibits the bible in one hun
dred languages and in the main buildin,
are exhibits of two hundred volumes of DIFF
ferent tongues. Boston has one of the hes
displays in twenty three coils of cordage
small and large strand. Canada has sell
acting engine worth 100000 gold, also
model tank for storing refined oil. Nov
Scotia spark arrester. In my last lette
l alluded in complimentary terms to tn
market house, and l am now confirmed il
my opinion, that it is one of the best in tn
| country, and has been known to southern