The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-28
A INDIAN MUMMY
~my. rounA IN . Cave, Was
= nlgher Tyne Thaa the Indiana
s1,eeest On the Cesst-Was E0-
$50 Similar TO That Of Egypt.

80 rsspa.ch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
| 1sssx7rryER. b. e. Aug L.-Harlin l..
~. representing the Natural History
Sss-m OF New York. has been on the
/ 49, sor several months past. looking up
- remains and endeayoring TO
~. eoIlsction OF Indian relics. he
s<s.d Yesterday afternoon from the
S~Seon lake district. about 100 miles
- interior, where be made the
S.-.re<s fsld of ali, a wcil-preseryed
-~uy. which. he says. may be over
~ wars old. TWO days ago he found
- vzs without doubt a dead Indian
ssekain. and today he sent the body
S-~rd 10 New York. He was examin-
- rnme kitchen middeus when ne came
- q stone bearing some peculiar
s~rseiyphs. and X did not take him
~r "a and that this was the door of
nrmeficaiiy sealed cave. The cave
- been cut out of strong calcium
Sue1de rock. and the body was pre-
ss,ad IN fusf exactly the same manner
a n Egyptian mummy.
Il IN Interview concerning the find Mr..
1A said: "A feature Of all tribes or
ss1Ins h the manner in which they bury
~ dead. There rs something peculiar
- the way In which Egyptian num-
~ are prepared, and TO an expert the
- Of popularity are always notice
~ Anyone who has studied the mat
mofi tell you that decomposition has
- place under the skin and the
11e Itself will remain intact for count
r. nges. The conditions of it's being
/ eafe few In number. and the air must
r. mffecfiy dry, with the presence OF
r = formation to keep II absolutely In
r Fl shape. That was what we found
- It only required a slight lifting
Y e. wrappers To cause an emanation
\ q strangely faint, yet decidedly
molatiRR, odor that is noticed with
n 1Syptian mummies when the wrap
- are first disturbed. This Is due
b - preservation spices In which the
~ u wrapped.
mere this body lay was in reach OF
sands Of people who have passed.
& - right In the track. l might say.
Il ~ great rush that passed through
m Douglas In the early days OF the
6Aoe excitement What seems
Ll d tbs cave-0r. as said before. tins
- cave or mausoIeum. There was
- for others, and II was evident that
nD1sce had been prepared for four.
q ~ think that there had been any
~ bodies placed there and afterward
tEed. How did | know that II was
~? Well, that to nay notion Is sim
= nough. II was only the head peo-
y he rulers. so to speak. who had
- bodies treated I'm this way. The
mics OF Egypt do not represent the
~ Of the nation by any means. II
~ only those high in rank, authority
Z valfh that were honored by having
- respected remains dry picked
= ny. too, tina. ] do not think that
= fsmafns Of the mummy is one Of the
lNunes. as they are called. who are
~ On the Coast. II was too tall for
= hing. and the head was long and
NOV, as opposite as could be from
4 present head and features OF the
N1oh ] was able To uncover one hand
- the wrappings completely. and the
13 fesembled parchment good deal.
~ vas hard and dry
~ Smith was asked whether ne
Gaght the remains represented a high
~ lower type than the siwashes, and
! gnhesitatingly said a higher type.
- body was wrapped I'm woven cloth
= me texture. and the use of cloth OF
~ character Was unknown TO the ST.
snhes until they got II from the whites.
~ stone implements and instruments
NJ also not Of siwash type. Mr.. Smith
saow away on Il trip to Saanichs