The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14

side toward you 1t looked as If the back
part had been sawed Off. =.
What was that for?" asked the re-
porter.
Same reason that women lace in
their faists and stick things through
their ears and do other things equally
sensible, style. Why. there is not Il
race on the face of the earth. civilized
or not. which does not deform some
part of the body. A physician was
telling me the other day that in the
been long course, he has. seen but one
perfect foot. SO you see that the fad
is universal and as old as the race"
Did this flattening of the head in
terfere with the brain?''
Probably not. You see that the
dome of the skull is quite large, show
ing a we'll developed intellect The
tlattening process was done when the
cliff dweller was young and the skull
and brain soft. The skull spread out
at the side on account of the ilattening
behind, of course. but there was just
about as much brain space. They
We're all more or less deaf. though"
He took uD Il Caucasian skull and
showed the reporter the ear orifice
which was about the size of small sill
YER half dime. Then he showed him
'iiV oiiu't III the cIl!l uWtliti Shull. IL
was narrow slit. The compression
of the skull made that. and it made
them deaf, too. But. then. something
must be sacrificed to style.
The Srull OF a Mound. hui idcr.
Now, here's an interesting skull"
he said, as he picked up a brown
grayish one which was full of holes
and caved in at the top. with crumbled
Jaw Denes. This belonged to one of
that strange race known as the mound
builders, and may be a thousand years
OLD. Ihey were not as intellectual as
the cliff dwellers. for their head had
not as much space for the brain. They
mad a great deal Of mathematical abil-
ity. though. and could make earth
works which are still the wonder of the
nations. They We're Indians. at least
that seems to be the theory accepted
nowadays. They probably had char
acteristics different from the usual run
OF red men. but thev still belonged to
the same race. The reason that sci
entists think they are Indians is be-
cause many works which are known
10 De or Indian make bear characters
ties identicalwit those of more ancient
date attributed to the mound builders
! mSself saw an Indian earthwork not
lar from here which looked exactly
IKE mound. but which was. never
theless the work of New York lndians
Now this" said he as he handed the
reporter well shaped skull. perfect In
every detail and which looked very new
by the side of the crumbling mound
builders, this Is the skull of an Apache
squaw. She must have been unusually
beautiful for the skull is perfect. 1t
looks ike Caucasian womans skull
ana contained just exactly as much
brain and perhaps more than some Of
them. The Aoaches are a very hand
SOME race and X person could have
bronZed the face OF u good looking
Roman he would have made an Apache
brave. Their women are as handsome,
too. They are brave and their chiefs
are no fools. Why in the late trouble
with Geronimo many of the chiefs
showed superior generalship to the
United States commanders. You know
an Indians idea of bravery Is far diff
ferent from a white mans, and his
method of lighting is founded upon his
idea of bravery. An Indian thinks that
when the white soldiers get out and
stand in front of a heavy fire they are
fools to do 1t. The Indian is taught
from his childhood to take advantage
of every bit of shelter. And, strange
to say, that idea is being followed in
modern warfare. Soldiers nowadays
do not form a heavy line of battle and
stand out to receive the heavy fire of
the enemy. They scatter i'm skirmish
lines. lie down. get behind trees, and
when they advance they do it by run
ming STOPPED way over, lying down.
then getting up again to gain another
yard. The savases can teach civiliZa-
tion thing or two sometimes"