Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-27
AN INDIAN DOG UNEARTHED
Queer Find of Archaeologists in
Upper Manhattan.
Fourth Discovery Of It's Kind Since
1e03-Probnbiy the Remains Of
Famous white Dog Creamery.

Famous White Dog Creamery.
An interesting archaeological find-the
more remarkable bcause 1t was in tho
heart of the city-was made Saturday by
w. l.. Calver. Reginald +. Bolton and Ed
ward Hagaman Hall, who for several
years have been exploring the upper end
OF Manhattan Island for traces OF
the aboriginal Inhabitants says the
New York Post. The find consisted Of the
complete remains Of an Indian ceremonial |
og-burial IN II lot on the east side of |
Seaman avenue, near Hawthorne street.
Such a find while not unprecedented, IS |
so rare as to excite interest among ar |
chaeologsts This is the fourth complete |
dog burial which these indefa tigable dig |
gers have found on the island, besides
traces of two others In 1893, Mr.. Calve-
| found two burials near the Harlem river,
| between Two Hundred and Ninth and
| Two hundred and Tenth streets. In 1904.
Mrs. Hall. Mr.. Bolton and Mr. Calver
found fine specimen at Two Hundred
and Twelfth street and Tenth avenue, and
| a few bones Of another.
| On Saturday, besides the complete find
|
bones of another burial which had been
almost oblltera ted. In every case the
buriuls we're made with the greatest care,
at the bottom of a pit about three feet
deep and three feet in diameter, and
curely covered with oyster shells Las
week, the contractors VINO are grading
Seaman avenue dug into several shell
pockets. Some OF them they completely
oblterated. and some were almost un-
touched. 1t was one Of the latter that
yielded the interesting remains on Satur-
day.
FAVORITE HAUNT OF INDIANS.
Mr. Hail. who is secretary OF the Amer-
can Scenic and Historic Preservation So
ciety, SAID: I'VE have long known this
field to have been a favorite haunt OF the
Indians, and every season we have been
drawn back TO II by the indehnable in
stinct Of the Archaeological. who often
times fecls from surrounding indications
that something Is to be found In a given
spot. We have seen oyster shells in pro-
fusion in the adjacent truck Ea rdens. and
have often found pieces Of chipped fint
and other stones; and have never
given up the hope Of finding something
more interesting.
SdlHINdN : ma I4ll'l'I ll'lil Oui 'p'l'i
, finds Of ceremonial burals. in that in this
case the Indians had dug down until they
. struck sloping rock and laid the messen-
ger of their petition on rock bottom, be-
fore covering him with the usual protec-
ton Of oyster shells. The great care with
, which all these huri7ls have been made
convnces us that they are ceremonial
hurals. with strong probab ility that
haI tho 70 NJ famous VIII To
dog ceremony"
Asked how old these remains were, Mr..
= Hall replied: Indians continued to live
= on Manhattan Island for a number Of
l years after the settlement by the Dutch
Q in 1875. but q s none of the Dutch records
4 contain any references to these ceremonies
locally, the hurals undoubtedly antedate
@ the coming Of the Dutch: and the position
of our finds OF 100, would go to confirm
: this supposition. for the shell pockets at
s Two Hundred and Twelfth street lay in
+; the same hill with and several feet lower
J. than some human graves made by the
earliest settlers Of that neighborhood.
s should say they were nearly 800 years old
: at a minimum, and how much older no
a body can tell
c 1T is claimed by some archaeological
@ that the Indians never mad domestcatet
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