The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-11-14

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Miss Fannie A. Weeks, an employee
Of the treasury department in Wash.
ington, who died of scalds received
from falling into the boiling Grand
Geyser pool at Yellowstone park, own
ed one Of the finest collections Of In
dian relics at the capital The collec-
ton viii probably 60 to the Smith
sonian institution.
Included in the collection is the pipe
Of peace, "stirrerp and tobacco pouch
used by Red Cloud, the famous Sioux
chieftain, who, with Sitting Bull and
Spotted Tail, visited Washington dur
ing the spring Of 1875 and interviewed
General Grant concerning a fayorite
hunting ground upon which the United
States government had fixed covet-
Gus eye. The pouch is Of buckskin,
finished at the bottom with deep
fringe Of the same, ornamented with
brilliantly dyed porcupine quilts, the
upper portion being richly beaded The
;'stirrero is merely a long rounded
stick, pointed at the end and used for
stirring the tobacco in the pipe, and
the pipe, which is of red clay, with a
dat stem upward of two feet long
and wrapped in scarlet porcupine
quilts, was smoked In council by Red
Cloud for many years Another relic
is "a rawhide quirt (whip) used by An
trio, the Uintah war chief, blow
from which would raise 4 welt on a
horse as large as a mans finger
An Indian Dandy.s Leggings
There are also gayly embroidered
money bags from Snake John and
Bull Of the Woods The latter was
captain Of the Indian police at. the
Uintah agency, and both served as
scouts under General Crook. The
most gorgeous Of the war relics. how
ever, is pair of ellzskin leggings
which belonged to Paddy Cap, chief of
the Piutes in the Duck valley reserva-
ton, Nevada, the most distinguished
leader Of his tribe These leggings,
which he parted with for considera-
ton, denuding himself for the purpose
in the presence Of the purchaser, can
rot be surpassed IN Indian work
They are literally covered with brill
liant particolored cut beads in the
most elaborate designs and glitter and
scintilIate as one turns them about In
the hand.
These. with numberless baskets.
wampum and bead necklaces and other
objects, form part Of the collection
gathered by Miss Weeks from the
northerIy tribes among whom she
worked. To these she added a splendid
assortment Of rugs and blankets, for
which the Navajo Indians Of New Mex
leo and other southerly points are cele-
hrated, - :
An INTEREST," controversy has arisen
in Washington regarding the date with
which the architects fgr he house Of
otftca hiiIdino nave H.
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soss' 80 ss's7l'' 49, w s'ons Ve''As ~
me Ml'SS~SN whereas MANY OK
the sayants n the natlonal capital CLAIM
that it should read "MCMV,' and the
plain people are asking why 1t would
NOT De u6NbeE 10 lASCIlDe II IJastlu tJOo,
so that even members Of con ress
would be able to read the inscription.
Carrefe & Hastings, the architects,
are said to- be responsible for the
unique method Of Roman notation en-
ployed, and they maintain that they
have a precedent for this metfsod of
indicating the date 1905 in the fnscrip-
ton they placed on the New York Pub
lie library. Tleey also claim to have
submitted the question to Harvard and
Yale universities aud 10 the French in
stitutesand to have been Supported BY
the opisalurs Of al1 three
1.xsa ~. prec.,eut
1t is expected that some eminent
scholars In congress wll have not al
few words to say on the subject when,
they readh Washington, ana Elliott
Woods, superintendent Of tile capitol,
seems to appreciate alat the end is not
vet. althougll he is determined not to
commit himself irrevoeably as to his