Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-23
G-FACED MEN.
a Few Facts Supporting the Theory OF
the Former Existence OF oog-Fac-
ed Men
For tie tribune:

| TOR tie tra6N}1e:
Prof. o. G. Morrison had spicy article
| in the last issue of the TRIBUNE in answer
to one signing himself ''An Interested
| Reader" If the professors article does
not silence the too pIeD5ous provoker of the
| justifiable exhibition of the writer's we'll
| known literary and scientific talent, We
/ don't know what viii. The professor has
! produced conclusive eFidence, taken from
a government report, to support him in Us
ing the term, Dog F'aced He9.
| Everyone having even limited knovl-
edge of natural history knows there is
nothing more variable than the human era
mum, as it existed in tribes re-historic,
and also in the many tribes existing at the
present day. Every year new light is be
ing she'd upon the humanity OF the shad-
owy past by means Of the many interesting {
exhumations from the mounds, tarrows,
ETC., made before history, a we regard his
tory, came into being. Not only are the
relics of the works Of extinct nations found,
but portions OF the human beings who left
these remains are also nnearJled. Notable
among the finds are the human skails
If possible, they disclose more variety Of
form than do the skulls Of the tribes scat
tered over the globe today: and, moreover,
some of them illustrate a closer affinity
with the lower animals than is now seen
Now, some of the most antique if | may
culiarly formed, approaching the apes in
their general structure and having a more
particular leaning to those animals in the
conformation of their skulls, showing a
small intellect and a large animal instinct
In fact, to this day, there is a tribe possess
ing the same habits Of life as well known
species of monkey has. This tribe does
not live on the ground like ordinary NOR
tails, but makes platforms and roofs among
the branches of u1nbrageous trees for
dwellings, as does the monkey referred to-
II our memory serves US right the lowest
known existing type of humanity is the
Bushman of South africa. These Bush
mans are very short g Stature, averaging
less than four feet; their complexion may
be described as black mixed with yellow;
their hair grows in separate tufts, which
twists together spontaneou>l5'; their nose is
very broad and SO fat ;ss to show no per-
captihle ridge. They live alone Or n pairs.
grow no crops, wear no clothes, build no
huts, and curl up in the sand or under
bush to sleep when aght overtakes them.
just like wild anilna.s, and the only wea
pons of ofense or dzfease possessed, are
little, short bows
Discoveries have leen made during the
present century wlieh have upset more
than one scientific deduction and If the
present unparalleled strides of progress
towards better knowledge OF the worlds
unrecorded history keeps on advancing.
before the close of the nineteenth century
still more scientific problems will become
facts and some Of our. most cherished sci
entitic theories will become nil. But, when
all is said and when all is found, the facts
will still remain that there has been and
are still tribes of men that bear striking
resemblance in many respects to the mon
keys; and many Of these monkeys are more
or less dogJaced. All the monkeys native
on this continent, with very few exceptions,
have sharp noses, fat foreheads and jaws
prolonged into more or less tapering
muzzle. We have seen negroes who were
very much inclined tethis type of features,
although in smaller degree, so we know
that Prof. Mortson's disputed term can be
wholly applicable. As the professor sug-
gested, IAN interested reader need not
think that things are untrue, or publicly
call them into ridicale because lie never
heard Of them. We feel somewhat sore
on this subject ourself, for we have men
toned the dog-faced asea in several of our
own articles and therefore feel that ian in
terested reader" struck at us as well as at
others when he wrote his little article two
weeks ago. "An interested reader had
better weigh, analize and study out his has
tily formed opinions before he thrusts
them upon an unsslspecting public, for
there are those who will trip him up when
he makes his silly, but positive assertions.
A newspaper is not the proper medium
for scientific discussions and we have
avoided making any IN this article. The
proper medium for such matters, if they |
must be made public, is controversy upon |