St. Landry democrat., 1882-11-11

yely filed with snow and ice
understand that the rains, an,
OF the latter, would more com
: alter the Delaware than the re
Eods in the Mississippi Vale,
the aspect of that region, ant
prove all-sutficient to keep tn,
'led tar above its present level
se 1t TO pour down through it
rock-ribbed course millions 0
tgravel, and spread it over tn,
Jun lying between its terminus
sopen sea beyond.
aoW that during this time the
ae " flowed over and through
offensive delta of coarse
III and that this perioC
nrked by the presence O.
Elftodon and other extinct ami
ad by the advent of paleolithit
he oldest) man to the neighbor
t Trenton. This is the eau
yacqulred opinion of a capable
Igst, and upon this decision we
plr case. The remains of Arctic
ks have been found not only in
|Irsey, but much farther to the
and where these have occurred,
|n instances, there have likewise
gthered Clipped tlints of char
Il no wise differing from Ike OBJ
bund in Europe. A competent
edogist has observed: Il feel my
Vlrranted in stating that the gen
of the country and the
der OF the gravels at Trenton, N.
sent a most striking resemblance
which [ have seen in the various
les in the Old World" How
an we avoid the conclusion that
idences of early man in America,
are the same as those in Europe,
like import?
lis now consider the relics them
of these earliest of men in the
are Valley. As already men
these consist wholly of rudely-
I'd implements of a peculiar min
nd are all so similar that they can
be distinguished from the elabo-
int work of the recent Indians.
are larger, much ruder in finish,
n at once be recognized as essen
the same as those OF true flint
in the similar valleys of European
AS has been remarked of them,
ypes of the two classes of lmple-
are remarkably similar. To
Ter uses and purposes the
ean implements were capa-
t being applied, l regard
Delaware objects as being
we'll adapted. The same gen
scription applies to both classes
lements alike
wv we have been able to show
an existed on the Atlantic Coast
erica so long ago as the close of
lat Ice Age. what of his relation
tne present peoples OF the
OF his origin, nothing need
e said. Whether he originated
lerica or was a migrant from
+ continent it is vain to con-
We know him only as the ear
d most primitive of mankind,
intent with SO distant starting
IAN we trace his subsequent his
clue to this, strangely
is the material of which the
lplements used by him are made.
With scarcely an exception, is a
called argillite, defined by
'adsworth, OF Cambridge, to be
Ilaceous rock, which is greatly
ed, breaks with a con :hoidal
}, and has no trace of cleavage.
re, it is much more like flint |
lte. with which it should not be /
lded.
if we wander over the stretches
and meadow that skirt the river
", it will often be our good for
gather here and there delicate
'oints of quartz and jasper; per-
may find polished celt of
'us symmetry, fragments of pot.
a tastefully-carved stone pend
any or all of these by the side
ude objects from the underlying
and the impression is at once
at they are not the handiwork
ame people-at least, are not
ltatives of the same degree of
There is an evident break in
n OF progress as represented by
cts before you. There is moth
he rude articles from the gravel
lowing the elaborate stone
theteI from the surface sois.
wever, we institute a more care
ch, and Systematically examine
b overlying the gravel, we shall
t besides these beautiful pro-
of the recent Indians, there oc-
me places a ruder series of stone
'nts, Of better make and more va /
pes, as compared with those $
gravel, but far less elaborate ,
than the surface-found objects ,
and Jasper. These intermediate ,
f they may be so called, like +
m the gravel, are also made of j
and, to some extent, OF slaty :
They indicate a marked ad- '
er the larger weapons of earlier G
I'd are evidently a decided i'm .
Mt over the most primitive of t
ons. They clearly represent a q
stage of culture, yet fall far G
the average productions OF the i
nr ar. in Hirf tlr,;+t;,>r. ~. 4l.:. .