St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-07-29
MAN AND HIS WORKS.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXHIBITION AT
THE WORLDS FAIR.
The Development Of the Human Race
from the Earliest Times-A Won
derfuI Collection From All
Parts of the World.

be department devoted especially to
him and his development from the carll-
est times to the present, writes DIR. llar-
Ian G.. Smith, in Detroit Free Press.
| Such is the department of ethuology, of
which Prof. +. w. Putnam, curator of
the Peabody Museum and professor of
American archaeology and ethnology at
Harvard University, is the chief.
Objects illustrating the life and man
ners of the advanced human race of to-
| day will be coutrastcd with those Of
| natives of distant countries and all ages.
We may obtain some idea of the way
| man once lived, or of the various stages
Of evolution of the human race, by OBJ
serving the native peoples of the present
as they now live in various stages Of
progress.
OF great interest under this depart
ment will be the ethnographical exhibit,
or the illustration of man geographically
considered. This section will be ar
| ranged along the eastern borders of
"South Pond" and will consist of rep
resentative individuals from the various
native peoples, all living in their own
characteristic habtations and engaged in
the various occupations peculiar to them
in their native homes. Here will be seen
the Winnebago and his mat house; the
Omaha in his sod hut, and the Sioux
with his buffalo hide tcpee The Flat
heads, Pend de Oreille, Nez Perez,
Blackfeet and kootenai will be repre-
scented through the assistance of the Mon
tana exhibit under the direction of Gen.
Miles, and Colorado will bring the
Apache with his wickup, and the Nav
ajo, whose blanket has become noted be-
cause it is so well woven. New York
State will send representation from an
Iroquois village with several bark houses.
The Penobscot Indians Of Maine will
be here, and the Eskimo village will fur
nish q family to make more complete the
representation in this section. The
Canadian native people will represent
their modes of life, and the natives from
the region of Vancouver Island arc now
on the grounds, reconstructing one of
their houses, which they have brought
from home in sections. In front of this
house they will erect their curious totem
pole, which is over thirty feet high. 1t
is an interesting fact that one of the as
sistants was once entertained in this
very house while he was studying the
language and folklore of these interest
ing people. They have also brought a
number of their boats and some of their
fishing tackle, and Jill here illustrate
their life at home. The writer has been
much interested in these natives. They
are a happy, and good natured lot. sing
ing and laughing much of the time.
They are also very strong and agile.
Before leaving home they made, under
the direction of one of the assistants of
the department, a complete model of
their village, Skidegate, which will be
exhibited with the chronological collec-
tions under cover.
The native peoples of Central and South
America will also be represented. Some
of the Amyras, from the region of Lake
Titicaca, are already en- route.
Leaving the villages, the visitor will
next come to the reproductions of the
ancient ruins of Yucatan. These repre-
sent sections of several of the most noted
ruins of that country, and are made of staff
from piece molds taken under the direc-
ton of Mr.. E. II. Thompson, the United
States consul to Yucatan.
They are arranged in group around
the famous Portal of Labna,' which
has been 80 often described. Besides
these, there will be represented idols, al
tars and monoliths from Honduras. ia
ken from paper molds made by the Pea
body Museum Honduras expedition.
After studying these various out door
exhibits, the visitor will be ready to turn
his attention to the anthropological
building, in which are to be exhibited
the collections. This building is 425 feet
long by els feet wide, with q spacious
gallery.
The suggestive legend, "Man and His
Works." will adorn this building. On
entering you will see the exhibit of
ancient Grecian art and archaeology,
made by the Grecian Government, aud
all arranged in chronological order. This
will form the central group on the main
floor. From this exhibit, arranged as it
will be, visitors cannot fail unconsciously
to learn much of ancient Greek customs.
Here will be seen many representations
of the art from which most of our modern
architecture is derived.
The Roman display and the exhibits
from Egypt and Assyria will be located
at the TANKS of the Grecian exhibit, and
although not as large, they will doubtless
be of great interest and of proportionate
value in inspiring desire for more
extended knowledge of these classic
peoples.
At the northern end of the main floor
and extending along the eastern side will
be arranged the collections illustrating
North American ethnology. These have
been sent by various states and by private
exhibitors, as we'll as from the field by
the many assistants of the department
who have carried on Investigations and
made collections under the direction of
Prof. Putnam. The collections will con-
sist of implements, utensils, costumes
and various objects of adornmcnt, as we'll
as many other articles illustrating the
daily life of native North American
races.
Considerable space will be devoted to
the North American archaeological collec-
tons, which were obtained in the same
manner as those of ethnology. Here will
be shown specimens from the smell heaps
of Maine and Florida. These heaps or
mounds are found at places where the
prehistoric inhabitants gathered shellfish
and are formed chiefly from the shells
which were cast aside after the removal
of the edible portion of the animal. In
these mounds are found, intermingled
with the shells, the rude tools used in
opening the fish and in preparing them
for food. Many fragments of pottery are
aIco foun6