Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-22

Connecting Man and Mammoths' II
Genuine.

Connecting Man and Mamhlo'N''
Genuine.
An animated discussion is goIhg on
concerning the commences OF lnoi"n
markings on stone in the possession u
Henry D. Haxson, of Doylestown, "a, say
the Philadelphia Record. The matter - 70
an important one for BIOLOGISTS since -
the stone could be proved genuine II
would settle In the affirmative the ques-
ton Of the coexistence of man and the
mammoths. This stone, known as
tho Ienape Stone, is an Indian
tablet about seven inches Iong'
and belonged to some Oh en5
tribe of Delawares. There is engraNeu
upon it-and it is this work that cause0
fine dispute-the figure of an Indian sho9t-
inc n mammoth with an arrow, Whlie tne
sII1 renresented as a face, sends forth lts
divergent rays, A cluster OF tnunuer,
holts. arranged as the Greeks represented
them. darling from the hand OF JoVe, COM
nIetes the picture. 1t is the uhlIinS VI
The brute. the human and the ulFihe
grOups into one picture that IS regaIueu
by biologists as remarkaoIe acHie
ment for primitive man. -, 1,oooma
A portion of the stone which mas pec9L .I'S
the subject of controversy was ploWeo up
near Dovlestown, and last fall the remain
inc niece was found, and the two paTts M NelS
Dlaced together, completing an undouoIeu
Indian relic. No one disputes the genu-
inenpss of the stone itself, nor that IL hau
marks upon it when found. MI I SJl
purchased it of the farmer Tor a sinalI SUM-
and Prof. II. Carville Lewis, OF Ihis ci .t !,
hearing through Mr.. j. >. Baliey Vi 't to
stone and the drawings upon IL, asker "
ba nermitted to see it. Accordingly MI
Paxson loaned it to him. On exanln11-
tion Prof. Lewis pronounced the WoIh
upon the stone forgery OF recent eAeo"-
DR.. D. G.. Brinton, the eminent ethnolo1
gist. and other gentlemen dlsClnSuIsn1SSu
in scientific researches, eXpresseG tno
same belief. Mr.. PaXson vigorously as
serts the antiquity of the engraving 0n mo
tablet. and Indignantly resents the hhpu-
tations Of forgery. ~, o;o,,
+ists for this conclusion. The most I'M
nortant. perhaps, is the fact that piece
IF ivory discovered some ten years since
in the cave of La Madelaine, in france,
the commences of which is not ques-
toned. had on it sketch of mammoth so
like the mammoth of the PaXson Iap-
LET that the latter is believed 10 be copy
The tusks are formed in the same man
npr. the legs are III luSAlASolAy "AS S
nosition: precisely the same NUMBER Oh
hairs form the tail, and the same number
of lines are drawn across the back. Prof.
Lewis says it is incOnceiyable that two TWO
aborigines so many thousands OF years ago
shouId have formed exactly the same
figure in representing an animal then ex-
listing.
Dana's mineralogy contains a picture
of the La Madelaine ivory, and copy
could be easily made. 1t is claimed fur-
ther that grouping was unknown to the
aborigines and was beyond their powers
of conception. The lines on the stone are
said to bear evidence of having been made
bv a sharp instrument, and not by flint,
as would necessarily be the case were the
tablet genuine.
The work on the stone is cleverly exc
cuted, and if forgery it is bold attempt
tn imnose upon scientists what would, if
accepted, be considered most important
discovery, and which would have become
of great pecuniary value.