Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
RESURRECTION OF A PREHISTORIC
RACE

ttu llllto llOlh
along the Little Miami River, is Il
locality which has long been known
to the country people as the pottery
Field The ground was strewed
with fragments of pottery, bones, ar
row points, and other remains of a
like manner, and the place was gen
orally considered to be the site of an
ancient workshop. The primitive
forest still occupies the locality, and
is made up of oak, beach, elm, maple,
walnut. etc. All around are found
numerous mounds or tumull. most of
them small. A few of these were
opened by Mr.. Florian Gianque, in
1876, and some interesting things
found. But, in 1873, DIR. Charles
Metz and other gentlemen interested
in archaeology commenced system
attic exploration of the country there
about, and so much has been found
that we are enabled to form some idea
of the habits, and get a glimpse into
the life, of the people who once lived
in the immediate vicinity of the city
of Cincinnati.
During the four years that the ex
cavations have been carried on, be-
tween $50 and 700 skeletons have
been brought to light. Many of
them are in an advanced state of de-
cay and crumble to pieces On the
slightest touch, while others again
are in a very good state of preserva
ton. 1t can, therefore, hardly be in
ferred that because some of the skele
tons are much decayed, they are ne
cessarily very old; for, though we have
we'll preserved remains of bones from
Babylon, Ninevah and Egypt, which
are certainly twenty five hundred or
three thousand years old, still the
cases are exceptional in the lapse OF
many years. Different kinds of soil
and differences in climate have much
to do in the matter; for in dry and
equable climate, bones may resist for
long time the influences which
would cause their decay, while in a
moist climate and with sudden and
extreme changes of temperature, such
as we have here, any bone, unless
buried in p eat, or subject constantly
to heavy pressure, so as to become
partially fossilized, is liable to soon
decay Popular Science Monthly.
Il ANA Born Niger GENTLEMAN"
"A story is going the round of the
London clubs, of which Luke, who
was at one time Tweed's valet and is
now the valet of well known Amer
lean in London, is the hero. Ayoung
gentleman, fearing he might play and
drink too heavily at club he was
about to visit, induced Luke to &C
company him to bring him safely
home. Arrived at the club permits
sion was obtained that Luke should
remain in the card room instead of
being sent to the servants waiting
room. As the night wore on, and the
players became excited and bolster
GUS, one of them, who was losing
largely, began swearing at everything
in general and at Luke in particular,
and inquired several times what
business that id Niger had in
that room?" Luke said nothing for
a long time; but as the young man
did not seem inclined to drop the
matter, but grew more emphatic IN
his demand that the niger be re-
moved, Luke finally took a card from
his pocket and with great dignity
placed it on the table. saying. There.
sir, is my card. If you want any sat
isfaction, you can find me. You are
a loafer, sir; but am born niger
gentleman and while the players
were recovering from their amaze
ment, walked coolly away.