The Dickinson press., 1901-09-07
InferosHna Find.

Some Two months ago Bert e. VIII
liams and Roney Nelson Of Mandani
were driving along the road some IS
miles north Of Stanton, where they es-
Piensa short distance ahead Of them 4
young badger, which at once lodged.
into a hole inthe ground. They were at
once seized with asdesire5to capture the
badger and forthwith proceeded to dig
after the rodent. They dug down some
6 to 2 feet, but failedt to find the badger,
and were surprised to find instead the
feet of the skeleton OF what transpired
later to be a full grown Indian wrapped
in several buffalo hides. The Indian
had been buried a long time, evidently, lis
everything in the grave went. to show.
Buried with the Indian were two large
knives. a spy glass Of ancient make, a
a large stone pipe made Of pipestone
like that found in Minnesota, lots Of
beads, a bear claw necklace, and a sill
yer medal.
The Indian had been handcufed with
rivited iron handouts and shackled at
the feet with like appliances. Remnants
of other things were found in the grave
but the above mentioned articles were in
fairly good state Of preservation. The
chief interest Of the find centers in the
medal, which was Of silver little thick
er than an American dollar Of present
coinage, and about 8 inches across. On
one side was the likeness of King George
the Ill OF England and the words to the
left Of the bust likeness, which showed
the right side of the face, were "Georgius
III on the right OF the likeness the
words "Dei Gratia." On the reverse side
of the medal was a device raised Of a
lion and unicorn rampant facing each
other, their fore feet resting on a boal
frame which enclosed other figures which
were so detaced as TO be indistinguish-
able. On the head of the lion was "A
crown and a larger crown is on frame
between lion and unicorn. The face of
the lion is turned straight toward the OBJ
server, while the face of the unicorn is
toward the lion, the lion on the left the
unicorn on the right. On the frame of
the oval center was inscribed the we'll
known motto Of the English order Of
the Garter, "Honi Soft Qui NAL Pense
Celon;" another inscription, but not we'll
preserved, as made out by the writer is
"est mon die" Z
OF course at present nothing but con-
lecture can be used, therefore idle. How
ever, the writer will just add that he has
consulted three different encyclopedias
in order to find out whether the medal
had anything to do with the jewel Of the
order of the Garter as the above motto
might at first seem to indicate. The
said motto is French and interpreted
means "evil to him who evil thinks"
which alone, except the form of the
frame, work of the device spoken OF
above on the jewel of the garter, is like
the frame on medal. but on the Garter
no lion or unicorn appears. On some of
the illustrations descriptive Of the Garter
is figure Of a horseman riding and
trampling a dragon or other monster.
So as can offer nothing definite regard
ing the history Of the medal will close
with the further remark that the gentle
men who discovered it will make
athorough search in the archives Of the
English war records, hoping to find out
the exact history of the medal and thus
be able to intelligently make out who the
Indian was who laid so long buried on
the lonely prairies of North Dakota.
G. S. CRYNE.