Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-04

His work wns chiefly limited 10 the
"Hopewel group la the valley Of
Paint creek, near Chillic0the. o., n
region made famous by the early ok.
pl0rutious Of Squeif aud Davis. Thst
they did nos exhaust the field
Is shown by the marvellous cUlloc lon
which Mr.. Morehuad was atle, vt the
cost " n few thousand d0llHr| work,
90 bring - Chicago, and which may
De found In about the middle ~ the
Authfopological building. In NIL the
exploration Of the mounds heretofore,
no other collection from single group
Of mounds can ut nll compare with
this 10 the number, variety nud iicn.
mess Of ito objects. From this ain iC
group alo one soee most impfetfivc
evidence both Uf the extent OF the
commerce carried on by the mound
huilIers, and u the high degree OF
tkill possess Ell by thomin tho mauuiac.
tute of imUltmeuta nud oruan'cuts,
together with the great respect which
they paid 90 their dead.
On an aitar on ono VI the mounds
was found large number VI ohliilau
affow.hca.s aud Hpcar-hUnds, e3mc OF
which were three or four inChtr boo
length. Many OF these had boon crack
Ell by the neat OF the altar fire. Alto
gelher they would probably nl @
hnlibushrl measure. Yet The material
from which these implements wore
made must have como from the Rocky
Mountain region; plE8lbiy fflu thU
Yellowstone pttk, moro probably irlm
Arizona or Mexico; iu nny caso a die.
tanrt Of somu 1000 miles. On another
altar wa. found M immensu numtrr
OF perforated totth Of various animals,
Auu perforated pearls oi all s'gea.
These, too, had been chafrrI by the
altar fires, and the upafls hl0uv
would Vuli.uiEh dIl peck measure.
10 is NOT Csay 90 tell tho source from
which thu pearls wrfo derived. Very
likely lhry wofu ohtnined in the neigh
hoo bat numerous large shells ln the
collection must have come from the
shores of the cur OF Mrzico. There
were, also, number ~ large nibcs ui
mica, loot or more iu diameter,
when could have bscu found NO
nearer than North Carolina Or s0uih-
efn Virgins; while large numbers Hf
COPPER implements aud ornaments nto
ClnrSy imutuu.r O. tho region about
Lake SUPERIOR thus indicating com.
mofcs as wide az tine continent
Hep, a. olewnUfo among the
mouNip, tho COPPER was hammered
Hnd not cast bat tue skili OF the Hrii.
fcrrs il shown iu the oYe1uses with
which thin plates were hammered
cu', ana the regularity wish whioh
citclilr hole had boon made lu them
| nr ornamental putp1srs 80 irlo are
/ ihesU made that some experts have
supposed them 10 have btou made by
| Europeans, and obtaluad by com.
metCe. But accurate measurement
show that the circles nuu curves ara
not made hY machinery, but have
thofo minute variations Characteristic
Of work done by tho eye. Thin hakrn
Of mica, ~ we'll ss tho copHur,
are carved into various ornamental
forms Of cons defshlo dollCacy, suggt H.-
INK the use of scissors; hu' their manu-.
aciure 10 ny no means impossible
with the paiirdcc aui rude tools no
the command OF primitive man.
In these discOvorius there ID nothing
20 indicate what we should cali high
state Of civilization among the urimi-
tive inhabitants N Amrtict; tut they
ccrlhiuly had great perseverance, AMI
geographical know loige, cuabliug them
To execute long Journeys Tor the tur.
pose OF obtaining tbs objects which
they priced, aud they had great
skill, enabling them, with tho trdest
OF tools, Ia fashion ornaments aud oh.
jccts OF considerable beauty, ropftsent-
ing the forms Of animals quite credit
ably, though not NO we'll as was done boy
,Sg rqtives OF Squth America. Ia Mr..
DOney'g o,,.sction from Peru, made
also for Pro-. Putnam Mt the expense Of
the Columbian directors, there arc
large numbur u animal forms and hu.
man faces, worked In clay aud burae ed
into pottery, which, though small,
would do credit 90 the classic dnys NJ
Greolan sculpture. These abort INES DIET.
lighted 20 make cnriosturs, but they
delighted also In the beautiful features
OF tho human face, anu were able h.
reproduce them with remarkable sue.
oers. But, apparently, this skill both
Ia North America auu la South had
largely disappeared before the d =.
covory n the continent by Columbus,
and, ~ In 10 many other regions Of the
world, the golden age Ut the people
was Ia tho past and not ia tho present
or tho future,