The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-08-15
THOUSANDS OF TOMBS.
PREHISTORIC DEPOSITS DISCOVERED
BY A NEW HAVEN SCIENTIST.

PREHISTORIC DEPOSITS DISCOVERED
BY A NEW HAVEN SCIENTIST.
t7he Private Archaeological Collection
belonging 90 New Haven Gentle
man NOW I'm Course Of Arrangement
81, Central Park Museum, New York.
Mr.. James Terry, Of New Haven, Conn.,
has been for many years one of the most
collectors of Archaeological
specimens. Beyond a doubt he has
Travelled more miles on this continent
than any other living man. By an
methods Of conveyance and ON foot this
enthusiastic searchcr after archaeological
objects has traversed almost every state
an Territory in the Union He has fol-
lowed every river of consequence in the
United States from it's source to its
mouth. and the soil Of every State bears
evidence Of his spade and trowel More
then te vears ago ho trayo8el iha Pa
ciic coast from southern California TO
Oregon, making wonderful discoveries
1{a has wandered over Alasllaropeatedly, |
aud some of his larest specimens were |
obtained from that land. Mrs Terry |
has accompanied her husband on many |
OF his expeditions. She was the hrs5
lady tourist to visit Alaska.
Mr. Terry has made careful researches
/ in the famous Columbia Valley and has
gpent weeks in gainiug the good viii and
confidence OF and interviewing the IN
dians of the Yakima, Warm Spring, and
Nez Perces regarding the origin Of many
archaic specimens and sculptuied pieces
found in the region, his object being TO
connect the tribes with the sculptures.
lie became convinced from these inqui-
les chat the specimens should be dissocl-
lntel from any relation with historic
tribes. Many are the theories regarding
the early civilizations in this country,
and their connections with the irst III
hnbitants or the later Indians.
5 This important and mooted subJecy
cg ly attracted the attention of Mr.. Terry,
ana along the Columbia River he found
evidence of the former existence OF IN
II .bitants much superior to the native In
. digus. and of which no tTaditionremain
6 one carvings were there found in album
diaca. In 1882 in the Columbia valley
III. Terry found a specimen that is the
tiaest Of It's kind yet discovered, the only
other specimens that resemble 1t oeing
one owned by Professor O. c. Marsh aud
, ON, owned By Thomas Condor, OF Ore
go,. Mr.. Terry found his specimen near
tn bank of the John Day River, tilou-
tary of the Columbia The carvings in
ou ,stiou are in dark, pumiceous, basaltlc
roc. an abundance of which is found in
th, valley. and each strongly resembles
tn face Of an ape As was before stated,
Nlr Terry's specimen is the finest YET
dis ,oyered The broad, flat nose, with
Ieualorting checks. and the cOntractonS
or .1rrugations of the forehead, charac-
ter. tics OF the ape family, and the pecul-
iar mouth and chin are all cleyerly re-
pro luced in the sculpture
One of the great questions which Mr.
Terry and other scieniistsme tryingto de-
cid is-Whence came these sculptures,
and by whom were they NADER Mr..
Terry is positive that it can not be shown
that the Indians have any knowledge OF
the e sculptures. When Mr.. Condor dis
covered his specimen he advanced the
the jry that it was a copy of some figure
lea OF a derelict Malay proa, but Mr..
cry upsets that idea by pointing out the
known TO exist, each with distinctive
characteristic, and all of them found east
O the Cascade Mountains, distance OF
800 miles from the coast, and with sew
elal intervening tribes who failed to pre-
serve any features of aproa orjunk figure
amo1g their carvings.
Mr. ferry is clearly Of opinion that the
aborigines came from Central America,
On the Pacific coast there have beer
opened under Mr.. Terry's direction anC
supervision upward of 1000 tombs, anc
he has in his collection the largest amoun
of material known pertaining to tht
coast races between the Gulf of Cali
fornia and Puget Sound. A large pro
portion of the specimens were found il
mounds and graves, associated Will
- articles Of stone and pottery in such jux
~ taposition as to leave no doubt of thei
. belonging to and being made by tht
Ell same people that fashioned the nipple
FL meats of stone and vessels Of clay. Mr.
Tcrry found the influence Of PolynesiaI
Id lHfe. with It's customs and usages, exem
p!iaed by a similarity Of stone nipple
: mgnts, which reflects much more than
mere incident in the daily life of a semi
baliiarous race. The mere mere ston
All weapon Of the famous Maorie chiefs o
q Nea, Zealand, made of the beautiful
ave- usphIite, represents an emblem Of rank o
he most eminent degree, and is the mos
lV III aiy valued of tleir pos 2ssion5. EX
= aiuptes Of this implement made Of greer
gisai s,rDentne were found by Mr., Terry il
~ the Columbia, willamette, Rogue, ant
klamath river valleys. In reaching
conclusion in regard to the origin of nu
marous stone heads he has discovered, Mr.
Terry believes that the monkeys whicl
the carvings represent once existed in tn
Columbia Valley, or that in the remot
u.st. a migration Of natives from SOM
/ zion containing these monkeys reached
a this valley and left one Of the vivid i'm
> rltssions of their former surroundings il
these imperishable sculptures,
3 sir. Terry has at the museum building
o Central Park, New York, collection
WIZ. d cost oversee, 900 tosecure and trans
mort not including travelling expenses
81 IFS researches he often employed
n5abar of men to assist In making ex
cagatons He visits New York daily
aud devotes his entire time to arranging
hi- specimens and studying them. In Tn
cauae Of a few months he win max
IT Goather journey to the Pacific coast, afte
U which he hopes to give to the world som
- OF The most astounding Of the results G
3 his Investigations.
= Sir Provo Wallis, English admiral, ha