The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-29

time but it carried his audience toe
and no one regretted the time. fhere
was an exhibition OF the collections OF
Mr.. George Schuette and DR.. Falge
The auditorium was comfortably iiIleC
and every one was we'll repaid fol
attendance.
| Saturday morning the visitors went
to Two Rivers on special car, Mr.
George Schuette kindly paying for
transportation both ways. On arrival
there the members were taken in cars
to the residence of Mr. H. P. Hamil-
ton. His great collection, exhibited
in some 30 glass cases on the lawn,
beautifully arranged and properly
classified, was greatly admired and
j appreciated by all. The collection
was valued by various connoisseurs
present at $4,000. At no previous
meeting of the society was there such
an opportunity for the inspection OF
rich archaeological material in sucA
abundance. This exhibition alone was
well worth the trouble of going long
distance to see.
Ia an open air meeting President
Usher called for impromptu remarks
from various prominent members.
Secretary Chas. +. Brown gave an
outline of what had been accomplished
in the line Of original field work dur
ing the present summer season, with a
part of the $500 set aside by the last
legislature for this purpose. A num-
ber of parties, in each case consisting
of two experienced volunteers, were
sent to favored fields, only the actual,
necessary expenses being betrayed
from this fund The result is the To-
cation of a large number of hitherto
unrecorded Indian village sites, mound
groups, cemeteries and some red pipe
stone quarries, which will all be duly
recorded in the society's bulletins.
Talks were given by DR.. Henry T..
Ward, DR.. s. a. Barrett of the Mil
waukee Museum, Mr.. H. f. Cole of
the Baraboo News, DR.. Kinnaman, J..
p Schumacher of Green Bay, H. S.
Skavlem of Janesville, w. w. Gilman,
Asst Atty. Gen. of Wis, Geo. II. Fox
of Appleton, r. H. Becker of Beloit,
and Mr.. FL. p. Hamilton, who gave a
history of his collection.
Photographer John Braun took a
picture OF the group, after which the
party were taken in motor cars to the
well known historic Indian village
sites along the lake shore at Molasses
/ Creek. The earliest historical allusion
to this locality was in 1779 when
French trader, NJ Fay, was located
here among the Pottawatomies. In
1904 Capt. Thos. G. Anderson visited
among them and from their chief
Na-na-bou-jou, received legendary ac-
count of the tribes origin. This site
was undoubtedly prehistoric for more
than 1000 copper relics have been
picked up here. Furthermore the
hand of man had made no change here,
for which reason the locality may still
be said to be in it's pristine condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton then played
hosts with very generous supply and
bewildering variety of eatables to
which the company did full justice.
The program outlined was then
finished by a talk on 'The Two Rivers
| Village Sites with historic allusion to
it, by DR.. Louis Falge, and one by Prof.
w. j. Hamilton of Two Rivers on
The Educational Value of American
Museums"
Dr. Falge has been an enthusiast
since boy and is conceded to be the
| best posted man living on the pre-
historic remains of this and neig4lbor-
ing counties.
Mr.. Hamilton being devoted stu
dent and collector, and luckily having
the means to indu' ge his proclivities
for collecting, furnished the treat of
the meeting.
Brief talks We're also given by Ar
thur Wenz and Lee Il. Whitney of
Milwaukee, and A. II. Lohman of Two
Rivers. The exercises closed with
some entertaining "reminiscences from
Mr.. 5. N. Hartwell, an aged German
pioneer OF Marquette county. He
commented upon the splendid Wiscon-
sin land that was within his recolec-
tion considered worthless "Indian
land" He closed with some original
verse on his early experiences.
Rnsnll1tjnng uln hn, 4;
the two cities, the Manitowoc Citizens
Association, the priests at ST. Nazianz
and the Two Rivers committee. This
ended the official program.
Local enthusiasts, notably Ralph
Plumb, DR.. Falge and Emil Baensch
worked hard for the success of the as
sembly and were generously rewarded
Besides the scheduled events number
less impromptu talks and discussions
took place. The following is partial
lift of those who were in attendance:
Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Cole of Baraboo.
Editor Baraboo News); j. Z. Shu-
macher, Mr.. and Mrs. f. Sutton. Asst.
Supt. Schools) Margaret Kelleher.
Mi lnie II. Kelleher, EIeonor Gum,
Arthur G.. Neville, Sarah G.. Martin,
G. Secomte, Deborah B. Martin, a.
brarian,) Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard A. Leonard, De Pere; DR.. A.
Gerend, Cato; Geo. Il. Fox, Appleton:
udell Koch, Hartford; DR.. j. O. Kinna-
ruan, Editor Amer. Antiquarlan,)
Benton Harbor, Mich; Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. e. Brown, Curator Wis. State
Museum,) Madison; Mr. and Mrs. w.
w. Gilman, (Asst. Atty. Gen.,) Madi-
son; Dr. Arthur De Nevue, Tisch
Mills; Ii. J. Rueping, Fond du Lac:
DR.. Hy. l.. Ward, Curator Milwaukee
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