Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-20
INDIANS AT BUFFALO.
Interesting Feature Of Next
Years Pan American Fair.
TYPES AND CUSTOMS TO BE SHOWN

The AhoriESne and His life to Ne
Illustrated ns Never Has Reen A
tempted Refore--A Large Indian
i VILLAGE, n six Nations Exhibtt. and
Dances 10 he shown.
The ran-Amerlcan exposition would
scarcely be worthy Of its name did Ii
! neglectto Illustrate SO important a sub
4 ject as the aboriginal inhabitants of
the new world, their customs. lnstitu-
tions and daily life. The great exposi-
ten 10 be held at Buffalo next summer
win therefore give especial attention to
this subject ANA aim TO present it ca n
more extensive scientific and popular
scale than has ever been attempted be-
fore
Object lessons in the life, customs
and history ct the ahorigines of the
various portions Of the continent win
be given chiefly IN four departments Of
the exposition, In the exhibits OF the
building devoted to ethnology and
| archaeology ia the Indian congress on
the Midway, in the Six Nations village
and by means of the mounds intended
70 reproduce some of the best known
and most typical Of the works OF the
mound builders Of North America.
The building devoted 60 exhibits In
! cthnology aud archaeology viii be llled
with relics Of the occupancy by The red
men Of the continent of America The
/ museums OF tho United States. Canada.
! Mexico and South America will con-
tribute generously Of their priceless
treasures to make this exhibit the most
/ complete ever collected for similar
purpose. and 10 the student aud. in
deed every thoughtful person the re-
mains Of the aborigines here gathered
viii be fun Of interest and significance
In the ethnoloey building itself the
| collections viii he such as 10 attract
and instruct both the student of eth
nology and archaeology and the aver
| age visitor who knows little of such
| study. That is to say. they will be sci
| entific ip character, but popular ia their
manner Of presentation For instance,
there will be an art gallery In which
| will be paintings representing with as
great a degree as possible of historical
| accuracy the life of the prehistoric
1 peoples of America and the scenes
which Columbus and his contemporaries
witnessed when they visited the shores
of North America and beheld in Cen
| trail and South America the cities Of
the Aztecs and ancient peruvians. An
other feature OF popular character
| l.n IN, Ini -
floor portraying the historic Niagara
! frontier and showing the sites of some
60 aboriginal villages. Real water will
flow through the Niagara river, and
the campfires will he represented at
night by red incandescent lights. By
graRhophones and possibly the kineto-
scope vivid reproduction OF many rites
and ceremonies of Indians of the pres
emf day may be given. The collections
on the main floor will consist chiefly Of
exhibits from large museums of the
4 United States and from those of Canada
i and Latin American countries portray
ing the archaeology of the United
States including Alaska; of British
America. Mexico and Central America
and the South American countries
which are prolific in the relics of the
standardization of prehistoric times.
The cooperation has been secured of
such bodies as the Smithsonian institu-
ton. the American Museum OF Natural
History, the Peabody museum, the
University of Pennsylvania. the Uni
| versity OF Chicago and the Buffalo So
ciety of Natural Sciences The minis
tiers of the various South American
countries are cooperating with the di-
| rector general Of the exposition aud
tie superintendent Of ethnology and 1t
Is now certain that q large amount OF
| valuable archaeological material viii
| thus be secured. Through the cooper
alton Of the departments Of agriculture
| and horticulture exhibits will also he
made Of tie plants cultivated In both
North aud South america before the
great discovery
II may surprise many readers 10
learn that within 30 miles Of tie
grounds of the Pan-Amcrican eXposi-
ton in Buffalo the dances ana other
! pagan ceremonies Of the Indians Of The
IroquoiS confcderacy are practiced
much MS they were when what Is now
( known as the Niagara frontier was. so
far rs the white man was concerned.
wilderness unknown and uneXplored.
There is much misapprehension ms to
the dances of the Indians Compare
lively few understand that they are OF
the nature of religious ceremonies and
are observed in somewhat the same
spirit as the different festivals OF the
church among Christians The Six Ma
tons dance WAS observed by the Sen
! eca indians OF the Tonawanda reserva
ton during the week Of Sept 16, There
win be many Indians from this reser-
walton in the Six Nations village on the
grounds OF the Pan-Alnerican exposi'
ton, and the various ceremonies of this
| festival rs well as Of others will be
/ there reproduced. The most extensive