The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-31
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TRENTON RELICS.
Six Skeletons Discovered i'll
a Grove Below the
City.
BIG INDIAN WARRIORS
Ernest Volk's Interesting Find
Remains of the Great Della
ware Nation.
Special to the Jerseu City Neus.

what Frnest Wolf tba scientist fold a
monono, faua avs ao that the ancient
'Jersevmen were big fellows. for he has
made another remarkable find of Indian
skeletons down on the Labor farm that
will create some stir in the scientific
world.
Ernest Volk is a professional skeleton
hunter. and he has discovered a verita-
BILE mine of prehistoric curiosities, just
below the city. He recently found six
| Indians all in a row, and they are six
footers at that. In relating the circum-
| stance of the find the scientific German
.oia +bot bo bad hean d;eging for over
saiu ina nc ny DeeA ~
a month, ana was at last ie"aiueu ny
making the discovery of the six tall Lenni
roaono hr.va
Nenape nases v.rv
LIN TIE DhLAW arr A
The Delaware Valley still continues to
f,,rrieb traces of a nrehistoric race.
a IN - - haan a.
Sc1entlst Ernest VolK' Tho nae oeen ca
aiming and exploring the Delaware Val
lev for the last twenty wears. is pursuing
~ IL Jahan Eqa,d
ms dn~Vestisauons on 'ne h@ool =.
southeast of the city. Researches OF
over a. month have at last been rewarded
~ S.Statah ~ ;r,do,oas in +ba sbane
by uhhiistdhdole eViuenee9 III ."e ~
of Indian skeletons, pottery, TOOLS ana
villa Oa SitaG @ &.hees-e. t-f-
- n .1 -aLra nuas+;ga+ion
LII Aool' "hIe rahins
for the Exposition Ethnologl-
cal Department. Mr.. Volk confined him
10 - + 1ou1oaa. nav+ tho Dela wa are
seh ~ 49, - g
River and along the ancient channel OF
Achpoach gussink Creek. Here was found
o1n,as+ +ba on+ira ool1ootion which is
" - - :.
now IN the Mafshall flelo MuseuiH' III
Chicago. For the accuracy of the ac-
commanding naners. the preservation of
eonpanS"e p"peta' NN ~-o-,
skeletons ana tnelr value, was sraheeu
a diploma.
wbi1a MAILING no; INVESTIGATIONS in the
- NJ VII noncIuSad that in
asm1f,nb &c The ,oyy1a nds we've overfiowed
at nertain nortionS Of the wear, a change
az iioce4inn was necessarv
REEGNED TNIIANS.
- 1an,io.de bag;pnino
oulIoun - ndHn1 ~ Bnrdan7
2 = ping nnd nn bauond ;s yvhst ia known
as tbe terraee if forms the valley Of
- ~ - 49, ~ and 70 From foriv TO
go anr c,,1snrv aya nination showed
ranas of nreb}storic man Acouaintins
tha u ~ IF Pea hndv Mnseum' at
- ~ hridae = mic naH1 }ald word was
an q ~ Ieve 81 II 4boro1,ghiv examined'
ST. o+oIv, 49, bos haa5 n,ehad with all
,iaar SSnS osnaniaII eince he finding Of
a ais grav &c or trench containing Six skele-
suo 80 +bree foot heIow the sur-
from a grave tnree tegt 3 9rn,m the fact
t M 4beV will c1aar IN many noints which
nc ona Iii Lii " ~ dar ~ Erono HE absence
a a. bieb cheeI bones in the remarkable
~ I W. ~ go tbe nottarv finds the
diseovarv will throw more iieht on the
q ar1v Tenni I.enane a sub tribe of the
oDa 80 ~ mpsf rafnad and inteIli-
go $50 80 sn ~ s+ron gaet Of ali the
sehe' ana also me dred vssre go o. -
trip Tba gu sIaIatnnS xyare fo1,nd in a
lie 81 Sheteio ona We faat 1uiae
a SAiSA StoA 49, OHo
5no IN q fo 9I tbst tbav were buried
aftaI fsI1ine in pattIa or else died from
sama ddisaase nossihIv smaIinox. The
poules ~ p eeH ia and ~ nonev and the
orave wara aIIowed 10 rernain n for
SaaseS rs Nv bones yJitbnIt ca1isine
" az A go henoroing tbor-
men unah 70 d rfu5i9 ne ART is bp1shed eff and
t y hhiy uit Sbs11aned III .
W pPSR P0TTERY FOTJND
~ shuH . ~ "a 4ef a. fer rn, 81 nnner
~ = hen ahGir s na "n Tba smaliar homes are
leg opns i ie4h anrth mora rsnidiV
aaaal.aSJnesu q nme ton The teatb are
Sausilg ulsi.ieeSl a. a rno oethod IF
naIu owing 70 d . mar = domn ~ ~
lylns' anu ~ 49, La n,,t +haT
suniS ~ sGnnf ao4 20 4be .Hs,ie bona Tbe
eieaSuie ~ oononasad nlhnIiv IF
feet ana anhies; ipo ISL r mio . Of Of
me pone. are Hisst1 ~ ne sniI af+or
ene LeHape eaIniAs a Hai H. nilIv
golls oonI ~ re 5ny, at nleasure conse,
-. AZ. ;o-1oraoo+. xyo,o ,ayor
quen1ly War-llke implements Weae mevea
Iound Wltn me usau - ~ - SAY
unearthea was 1ouna d gorge, OF afhaiei
or arglllll, mat one Of the
skeletons was that ol d c1iea vi ulSon In
gulshed parsonage. II may AGAIN nase
peen useu Is d charm Sdins esn' a. IL
Indlan tribes We're much gwen 10 re-
liglous superstition: - n
a nouceaoie feature ~ conneclioH
with all Indian graves is the broken pot
terry, round. The only Whoie specimens
of the pottery ART are 1ound on oesefteo
village sites. When a member OF the
tribe DIED, all the ware ne used was
broken by his frlenos ana sacrlhceo
with the BODY.
The skulls in these latter finds are all
markedly m~esocephallc ana ninety pro
portioned. The burials diner also from
others, inasmuch that the graves on the
lowlands contain skeletons Drawn or
doubled up instead OF being lad straight
out.
A GRAVE GAVE.UP IT'S DEAD.
two feet of wood ashes. NThe skeleton