New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-21

h.d hoor, inferred in Indian fashion, and
~. tho ro,noins were undoubtedly those OF
49, Kob K,vobs or Neutral Indians, who be-
.o,,o oxtinct somewhat over zoo years ago
-, tho rolics were some curious Kettles
,hn like of which Mr. Bryant had never seen
b;ts of nottery. pipes and other articles
q. The Buffalo Commercial 10 "hich we az
;,,1obtod for an account of the find, adds that
il is expected that the remains ana rcilcS WIZ
- trrrcd over 10 the Buffalo Historical Society.
The incident is pathetcally interestingly ol'
of realistic romance broidered upon the buS-
ding Bufalo life of to-day. Nothing can DC
more prosac than excavating for new street
few things arc more poetic or rather, are Det-
for calculated to inspire poetry, than the lnci-
donta result of this particular digging no"
vividIy it recalls some of Sprague's picturesque
sentences: As a race they have wlthered IRON
tho land. Their arrows are broken thelf
sprngs are dried up their cabins are IN d'SV'
Their council fires have long since gone out
ON the shore and their war cry is fast dying
away 10 the untrodden West. Slowly ana
sadly they climb the distant mountains ana
road their doom in the setting sum-"
These Kah Kwahs are not only gone but
their memory Has ldHiShNb' W. N'''"N'
many of our readers ever heard of the tribe, or
have any acquaintance with even the rndi-
mcnts of its history. "The Commercial pre-
SCENTS few facts in regard to them on the
authority of Mr.. Bryant. Early in the seven
toenth century there was a Kah Kwah village
near what is now Whites Corners, IN
Erie County while the tribe had other settle
mcnts In the western part of Ncw-Yorll and III
Canada. Being peacefully inclined, the kah
Kwahs refused to join either the lroquoiS OF
tho HuronS, and 50 came to be known as the
Noutrals. "Thc COmmerciar' goes on to say :
1t Is certain that they lived all through this part Of
the state and O. H. Marshall In his historical writings
stne, that without doubt they Inhabited the site o
Buffalo pcvou5 to the conquest and occupation OF the
territory by the seneca tribe OF the Iioluos coned
cIacy and their council fires lighted the banks oil
The Niagara River Tho date Of the destruction of this
cma-I,ablc ulbc Is fixed between the years OF 1d47
and 1901.
We venture to hope that it will occur to
the bards Of Buifalo-and she can boast OF
several worthy oncs--that the discovery OF
these remains and relics of lost tribe opens
to them golden opportunity. Have they not
placed in their hands the materials for " dis
tinctivcly American poem full of local color
What better calculated TO kindle their imagl-
nation To stimulate their fancy 10 ccStatc
play? There were printed in recent number
Of 1.-THE Commcrcial' some charming verses.
entitled "Avilion" Now, although from all
accounts Avion was one of the most cntranc-
ing Of islands, we submit that, at home, in
this Kah Kwah incident in all that it sug-
gcsts. the writer OF Avilionn had As fit a sub
icct for his pen. "The Commcrcial' states
that David Gray-who, perhaps has done as
much as any one for BuhaloS literary rcputa-
tion-once read poem before the Buffalo His
torica Society on 1.-THE Last Of the Kah
Kwahs" The field is a fascinating one, and
a word to the wise Buffalo poet is sufficient.