The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
kEOSAUQUA Man
HAS CURIOSITIES
3. N. Dahlbers Has Fine Col
lection of curios and Rel
les Saved For Many
Years.
HE STARTED IN YEAR 1876
Now He Has Quite Valuable
Private Museum, Including
Five Thousand Indian
Arrow Heads.

In 1876 R. n. Dahlberg of Keosau-
qua attended the Centennial exposition
at Philadelphia where he became much
interested in the exhibit of anti
quities, especially IN what are gen
orally. termed Indian relics. In 1878
after the explorations of the Ely
Ford mounds on the Des Moines riv-
e. just above Keosauqua, by Captain
Evans of Ottumwa, this interest grew
into desire to investigate and see
what the locality contained in these
silent evidences of former races. Ac-
cording'y ne used every opportunity in
/. leisure hours to search the creeks,
banks of the river. plowed fields and
other localities where evidence of pre-
historic races existed, and his vaca-
/ tions were generally used in hunting
the so-called Indian relics, sometimes
going horseback and usually returning
with valuable collections.
In making inquiry from house to
house he discovered that many valu-
able and rare relics had been found,
then lost again. or broken and some
carried out of the state. and as ne
meditated on these things and condi-
I tons he felt sad and grieved that
such valuable objects should be de-
stroyed and lost to the state in which
they belonged then with a deeper in
terest than ever he began the study of
prehistoric man, geology and kindred
subjects and never missed an oppor
! tunitv to encourage the people in
helping in the collection and preser
! in any collection of note constitute an
/ invaluable school of object lessons
that no county or state can afford to
+ ignore.
Mr. Dahlberg has not only collected
Indian relics but many hundreds oil
rare objects of historic value thai
will tell for themselves in the partial
/ list of the collection which follows
This collection contains about:
His Collection.
200 groved axes from a few ounces
| to ten pounds in weight.
! 5000 arrow heads, spears, scraperS
! and fieshers, some / 1 inches long.
i 60 celts or ungrooved axes.
% discoidals or discs, rare banner
stones. ceremonial axes and objects.
About 50 paint pestles or hematite
| objects.
2 Metatas or mace mills and rub
! bling stones from New Mexico.
i One pair of andirons used by earl,
pioneers of Van Buren, county, Iowa
166 sharks teeth from Graham coun
t.. Kansas. Three large shark teetl
from Charleston. S. c.
4 one lot of silver ore fromNew Mex
leo.
One curious pocket knife from New
Mexico.
One goosequill stamp for cutting ant
shaping goosequill pens.
Two spindle whorls.
! Two paint pestles.
One machete from Porto Rico, ant
one from the Philippine Islands.
One sharks teeth sword from tn
Hawaiian Islands.
One horse hair lariet from Texas.
Fl One lot OF specimen marble from tn
Iowa capital. One lot of samples 0
all the tile used in the Iowa capital
One tile from Jericho, Palestine
used for wall decoration. This till
was found in an old ruin and supposed
to be very old.
On Indian bow, culver and arrow
from California.
One medicine bag used by the Siou
Indians.
One pair English spectacles brough
over by ]. j. Kinersely, late of kec
sauqua.
one silver ornament used by the sa
and Fox Indians.
Two Chinese arrows from the pr
vate arsenal of the Emperor OF emma
One pipe bought from an lgerote a
St Louis exposition by r. n. Dan
berg.
one beautiful specimen of polishe
agatized wood from Arizona.
One copper coffee pot from Hoiiane
On Indian pipe, tomahawk ana se'
eral other iron tomahawks
Ollas from San Ildefonso Pueblo
New Mexico. Santo Clara and SAINT
Domingo, also ancient burial urns an
water vessels from the Maca vera
cliff dwelling ruins in Colorado.
Several hundred geological spec
mems. fine lot of silver ores lro'
Idaho and lead and zinc ores 1roi
Joplin, Mo-. also lot OF fragmef
pottery from Van Buren, county an
Aztec ruins of New Mexico.
Ten Indian pipes, one lot OF image
from New Mexico.
One choice lot of Iowa agats-
Weapons from the Philippine !
lands and bolos or large knives use