New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
VERY EARLY AMERICANS.
A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF M0Kr
RELICS.
From The washington Star.

From The Washington STAR
lections that has reached the Nationa! Mu:eum
in long time has just been unpacfE or sxhSiton
has already L, BEEN begun
The ,S M wser Fewkss the eminent
noogist Of this city. who together win Mr; ,,,er
ter the he sS 81 n and ssY q
Mok village In Arizona the yaiue Oh t ~ The sd
hardly be ,Ss, cas Upon on the history
life Of those most interesting Pueblo peoR'e;; hav
brought back to washington most remarsaes
collection Of pottery and household %ten ahst he
longed to those people in PREHISTORIC times WY" IN
reference the Pueblos Of the Southwest av,o oms
70 the 1870 that the Sree nu
bred and fifty years ago. and possibly a great oes'
more than that.
MAGNITUDE OF THE COLLECTION.
In all something like 5000 different articles were
sssqreS and TO hs the cry
dwellers was ever so fruitful in results Certainly:
the great collection for the mrst hv v 1is
diversity as we'll Careful scientific study be.
win tend se Snr %
who are regarded by ethnologists as a division OF
the same family to which Sa the zun rnreaa Town Of
w Rr Ss~k ars mage the base u
pusses w asa To1a TS sss
occupied by the Mokis Of to-day Much has 0een
learn more ' Of the ancient history people r.
effort to solve the vexed problem OF nv sns some
it claimed that Moks from the south 9Ssn
and are really Aztccs while others Des ,ns fsct
with objects from the sea snsgers sor
The Mokis according 10 Dr. Eewkes differ r but
their nson na % Wso wona
run than fight and who were n probably r ase nanS
1nSsas rss sa NTH
t sSSG son. MAKE d dhf? they
n; s Ct s f people,
who have given the Government, the slightest
TSes sam and for Says Hf ssy
ss snUy the or Rs 1 S are
Indian a preterndturaly solemn and tacituFn
CHAP THEY APPRECIATE JOKE.
.In fact" said DR. Fewxes. in conversation yes.
terday at would be hard to hnd people VINO lap ap
Os tSsy hf e o.
ground s'T / had number Of them OF work for me
siwsys psksd ON som nsG It
butt OF their jokes, and any comiea incident wouo
s Wha afm hes fnssya Villages Dr. rewkes
told by the old people there that they used to I'VE
place. sSsy TSsy him ,ns 70 IN E:
Hsu found SS%f w dPS% 1s cay
town OF Winslow. The pueblo is known as
ea fse% .s
undoubtedly prehstoric-that Is i antedates 10y.
dns or as two o proeaS
Fs%Ess ss sSs Fai Of Tx
sss Sa t. be TSS Ss IN the ssis
ss anS the RSshs
% far Accomplished
the predatory indians TO- the east and norn
though the former have been less nodded by out
side influences and are more closely identified with
the is iSs rea a K on the 10
far south as Mexico and from Las vegas 10 AZ
"e''' TAKEN FROM THE GRAVES.
Homo.obi was deserted by the Mokis long before Z
TO have left on of the failure Of the crops or
the scarcity Of water or they may have been driven
out by some of the more warike Indians, who coca.
sionaily made expeditions into that arid section 1t
is certain that they left little Of value behind them
tlve:y few objects Of interest within the houses
DT shS sep
many articles that were closely NTH h her
dead beneath the floor of room, seal up the grave
and then move into some other room In the communal
dwelling More frequently the dead were buried out
side the walls but stl quite close at hand In either
case the grave was plainly marked. usually by nat
slab OF stone, through which a hoe was invariably
cut to furnish means OF egress for the soul Of the
dead man According to their religion the soul stayed
@ n vending 1SaS m wsy to the
II the custom for his friends and relatives TO bury
cups cups as he might need If he was nan Of promi-
in the locality his personal adornments ana the
tered with his bones II the ate lamented was :
woman household articles and cooking utensils went
pounding stone. for an Indian woman would find time
hanging heavy on her hands through All eternity un-
less she could keep her work OF grinding corn Tor
the famiIys daily bread So 1t came about that when
the graves were opened wealth OF interesting ma
were inclined to draw the line on what seemed to
them dissertation. but when It was pointed out tnat
the graves many miles away and ancestors sey-
eral centuries removed from them they waived their
objections. and when they learned that the excava-
ser m ey IN s into s Of the
right heartily.
CHARACTER OF THE COLLECTION
of S rs
They include such things as jars. bowls dippers
and cups, in all shapes and sizes Many OF tnem
that they were made without the assistance OF any
sort Of potter's wheel the work Is truly remark remark
tiom n figures and the decoration is Invariably
sec,ys In the matter Of &c alien
descendants of to-day, and in point Of beauty this
the Of chez Gds5n Ho OF
heard Of the excavation At Homo5bi he maze hs
predecessors and he owned up to the deterioration
in art which time has brought to his people; ANN.
Der that are quite unlike any that have ever been
discovered In any OF the other pueblos. One piece
ia particularly Interesting for shows evidences OF
metallic glaze something the Pueblo ahoi INDIANS
Water was something that the Mokts never had
in SUFFICIENT quantities and In their religious ce, ere,
thew might have an abundance So 1t came about
that in their art they were fond OF reproducing
animals and plants that more or less closely
identified with rain or flowing streams. The frog
was one Of their favorite subjects They probably
welcome when II came.
THE GEN OF THE COLLECTION.
Among the articles OF personal adornment there
is one piece that DR.. Fewkes regards as quite me
ga,r 81 the collection Ii Is gorget or .ocke that
Vas probably worn by big chief OF the tribe II