Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-20
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E. q. steinb rueck Takes a Fall Out of
Those Who Destroy Ancient Land
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Editor Tribune II have been asked
by several historicans how it ham
pened that he .t..P eabody Museum OBJ
tanned during the summer Of 1905
such q large collection of Mandan In
dian relics. The explanation IS easily
given and prefer to give it in public.
lille kept away during the sum
n1er Of 1905 from one fertilization and
most remarkable and we'll preserved
Maanlan Indian village site at The
suggestion of the secretary OF the N.
2: State Historical society, who In
tended to secure that site for our So
ciety and to leave and keep it I'M
touched In its then nearly perfect
condi tion, company Of Harvard
students made free, no law prohibit
ing, to intrude on our North Dako-
tassl in common Justice, moral piriyi-
|leges. digging and roofing up the
mounds and the grounds for relics,
during about six weeks time. There
it is. {#S
In my estimation, plainly speaking,
some state law should exist keeping
away All outsiders and unpriyileged
persons from trespassing on histoad-
cal ground and from carrying away
lsaIy historical and prehistorical mat
erial without the consent OF the edu.
cationaI department of the state. III
the limits of which such historical
grounds are located, while s.
provision should exclude any fistori
/ gal ounds, as may be established
from time to time, from any home
stead grant, donating them to ths
/ Historical society OF that state con
tanning such historical grounds, pro
4 riding the historical society is stat,
4 society. under the control 81 the stat,
i vidtng the historical society is q stat.
cational department OF the state
These are the outlines of the oragina
idea 80 80
Aud ID I would further suggest, and i
lauthprdties ltrusteess, or under iii,
edreat ional department 81 the state
Is Dictated by common sense /,
Justice and fairness to ali concerned
that each historical society 81 a.,
and all states should look up. stud,
scralpnl ously and record exhanstfyel,
the ancient history Of it's own atate
leaving alone poaching in other states
on mutual agreement, anyway.
Then later the various ilisteeSe ) Z,
all the states, each state COS 9 fbIf
4 Ing It's own special material. compile
i into one, would render To posterif,
the entire, coherent, minute and mos
a'ceurate ancient history Of tins yas
terdtory, now the United States q
America, our home, once their home
the horne Of the Redskin. ss
Collecting relics here and ], there
snatchfng bits Of history here aid
/ there and patching them together Hi
1 q crazy quilt drawing 4 sketch ters
and map there. taking notes iron
Utmost ANYBODY here and there. NORTH
and soufh. east o. west, Ii neifhe,
here nor There not radical Or ass
tenatic study of history. ii ii rather
collection Of cairios for curiosity III
Ider beluding daubing Of SCIENCE
nothing perfect!
Il other mus eIrns or private HIS
torians are DESTROYS Of obtaining Man.
dan Indian relics why there Is i fair
way Of exchange open to them as
the proper place BE II said here, by
the way, tIae etrio hunters Should hot
IIbe encouraged ii any way Or manner
I'm searching for relics, disturbing IFS.
torScaa gronnds, as the purchase 81
such relies fpr instanee, would do.
Private collections Of the historical
fstssdent are b temp alton I'd disregard
the sianaage done to authorized Ills,
'fical researches BIZ encoura giiag
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