New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
INDIAN RELICS DUG UP.
WORK OF ARCH1EOLOGLS1S
AT EASTERN END or
LONG ISLAND.
srCET FToNs AND UTENSILS FOUND IN
THE SHINNEC0CK HILLS By
EXPLORING PARTY.

>, -, a.a Of sebonjc Creek which cuts into
the brown Shinnecock Hills mile horth % -
golf club house, some young afchSsolos 49,
New-York have discovered the runs Oh IN Io--., s
Indian village one Of the largest ever uncoVereu
on Long Island. NJ. Raymond Harrington. an en-
Move of the Museum of Natural Hlstory' Is d --
head OF the exploring party. Many Naluape 'e1
and half dozen Indian skeletons have peeh uii
aa within the last month and sent 10 the
Museum The work Of exploration Is only pesui'
and win not be completed for several months,
TIE rp,ins Of the village strung along oeooli0
60, Gov nearly a mile They extend from the
shore OF Peconlc Bay TO some fne springs All VIZ
- -reely has its source According TO young Her
-fneton the Indians abandoned the village neaiIs
three hundred years ago. for reason "Ii ~, 80
not vet developed. The village was Pfoo@0's ~
headorarters Of the Shinnecock tribe, lesehu "
that effect having been preserved even to this DAY
bv the remnant of the tribe that is passing away
ON a reservation near Southampton
The tent in which the Psychologists are quar-
-ered IS pitched on the low bank OF the creek ana
can ne seen from the porch of the Shinnecock Golf
Club house. 1t stands out alone. for the hills are
bare OF cottages in that direction ana mas attract
ed much attention among the summer colony. Sew
erai parties have been made TO visit the runs the
only disappointing feature being that the eX-
plorers are intent gaining complete collec-
ton for their spare any souvenirs But
~ the visitors come away empty handed they have
a new idea of archaeological field work
One comes upon the explorers near the head Of
the creek where they are digging into number
OF fire holes. the most prolific source Of specimens
a swarthy head showed from one of the holes as
Tribune reporter approached the diggings. A
sturdy young Indian, an educated Seneca brave,
from the western part Of the State, crawled out OF
the hole to what was wanted He had short
handled digging spade in one hand and bone i'm
rlernent which had just uncovered in the other.
It was striking picture, this live Indian digging
into the graves of his ancestors that science and
history might profit thereby. He takes greater
interest in his work from the fact tnat it has TO do
Tho z-iGf -nr
the head of the field expedition. who emerged
shortly from a deeper excavation.
Young Harrington is a tall youth with long
black hair and piercing eyes. He covered with
dirt, in consequence Of his work. and clad in an
Indian costume which he acquired when working
among Western Indians a few years ago. He
looked almost much an Indian as the real
brave who working with him. and, in fact.
he has let that impression prevail the neighbor
ing Shinnecock reservation, as it helps him in his
research.
I'm up TO my neck in work. he said. smiling.
and he motioned toward the hole from which he
had just emerged. I'VE have discovered a most
interesting ruin here"
He is the son Of Mark ". Harrington for a long
time at the head Of the Weather Bureau Wash
ington then president Of the University Of Wash
tngton at Seattle afterward a member of the fac
ulty Of the University of Michigan. The fathers
eccentricties Gay laborer in Western mill.
professional tramp have recently attracted news
paper attention. The is keen in desire to make
ar.ehseologist neve- dug into DC, shell heap:
specimens" he said, leading the way over blind
trail a large wall tent.
one end of it banked with bags containing
bone Instruments stone implements and other rel;
and shipped to the Museum. Seated on his field
chest, Harrington explained the of the differ
ent instruments and the deductions which might
be made from them.
This once.a large Indian village" he said,
and il was busy place up until $50 or 300 years
ago. The Indians fished oil the Peconic Bay. hunt
ed in these beautiful hills back Of us. dug clans in
the tide flats and secured their fresh water from
the springs at the head OF the creek. 1t was an
ideal place for a permanent village, and yet
give for their leaving it, believe
that il was inhabited by Shinnecocks, rather than
into shell heaps. refuse which the Indians had
thrown away centuries ago, and which, after being
covered over for years, finally worked back TO the
surface again.
I'm the fire holes IN which the Indians cooked
their food and took warmth in winter most Of the
relics have been uncovered. In one of them
found the bones Of six infants buried side side
In the winter the Indians buried their dead in these
fire holes because Of the difficulty of digging
They filed them with shells. In another
found the skeleton OF buried in
crouching position and turned the right side.
The skull found lying between the knees.
which was unusual In another fire hole was
broken human skull.
I'VE found in one Of the ruins several charred
kernels Of and dried peas. which shows that
they practised agriculture We also uncovered
much pottery. carved with geometrical designs.
them can be restored There the usual line
stone instruments. including and spear
heads, knives, scrapers and drills There was an
azvl and several fine needles OF bone"
Next to the tent the explorers have built up
straw Wigwam, such a the ancient Shinnecocks
built They covered IL with mud from the creek
them. II may be brought TO this city part OF
a SEinnecock exhibit