The sun., 1913-10-19
ABORIGINAL
VILLAGE UNEARTHED
indians Who Were Farmers as
Well as Hunters and
Warriors.
WEAPONS MADE or STONE
fine Examples Of Pottery in
shapes Similar to Modern
Il. Productions.
WEAPONS MADE or STONE


sirh, indian skeletons unearthed in a field
A, the mouth Of the North Fork River. in
fed bordering on the White. some time
ago and recent work AT the same place
which uncovered more skeletons. pottery
modelled from clay, pipes, curiousy turned
rone implements and weapons and beads
md other articles cunningly wrought from
nj ssel shell have created uuite an interes st
Imong local arch@OloHists.
rhey have also given a much more com
,rehensive idea of the habits of the Ozark
sborigines than any like discovery ever
made in the White River country Of the
n,arss This nnd was made on the farm
Of Sd Hu, che ON, a merchant at the little
village Of Norfolk. Ark. and the relics
found especially the pottery, are in the finest
state Of preservation of any ever found in
this section
The mound lay at the end Of the second
bench in n bottom field. and WAS first dis
covered by Tom Martin. renter. who
poushed up several pieces Of broken pot
terry and bones. People living at Norfolk
'oos an active interest in uncovering the
trd Besides this place. smaller finds of
y Ike description have been uncovered on
'hs Ipper. North Fork. White and Buffalo
ters in Arkansas. and on the James and
White in Missouri.
Reiics Turned Up ny Plough.
he tribes that inhabited the Ozarks
vs,s the Quapaws. or Arkansa. and the
0ages " was from the Arkansa tribe
hat the state OF Arkansas took its name.
IT, ance stors of the tribes. which make up
hose Two great families. were the nakotas.
Who drifted into the Ozark section from the
esM
ne Quapaws or the Arkansas. entered
shat Is now Arkansas az the northeastern
corner and took posse ssion OF the eastern
and mort stern part oil the state. The
Oeages pursued their course up the Mis-
saippi to the mouth of the Missouri. then
70 that river TO the mouth Of the Usage.
from the mouth of that river they grad
Ally spread over what IL now southern
Missouri and az far south as the Arkansas
hyer
Tha, the Indians who inha bit ed the Ozark
oun,ty we're farmers as well rs hunters
,nd warriors can 'e seen from the location
other camps. whichc n even now be easily
coated by the many rock weapons and
psc.s Of wpa pOns and utensils used by them
thst are found nunerously at these sites
Invariably these locations are found IN the
> hest bottom fields near some big spring
',ng the rivers and the lar gest creeks
ii. only trace that is found Of our red
i-ned the uplsnds. is some stray stone
arrow point that had been shot at a deer or
other uLd game.
lhe most interesting relic Of the Ozark
ihoricnss is their pottery. for in this they
shou cd more modern skill than in any other
branch of manufacture they undertook
These old shapes have been taken up by the
modern kns to some extent and by the
sas. factories. especially in the manu-
'scture Of water bottles. the modern shape
beng practically identical with those mad"
~ he aborginies. The material used
~ the Indians in making these pots and
"uer bottle. was a nne grained red clay
tempered with mussel shells finely pull
'Sl7ed "hlch they got from the rivers.
Skilled Makers Of Pottery.
10 vessels show that they were made
oy modelling over gourds and blocks of
nod All Of that discovered In the Ozark
country has been nre burnt and IL yet quite e
Substantial The color Is a dark brown. 1t
'unRiaIed. None OF the pottery could be
rmed ornamental. as there il very little
"orailon on any of il. all tending to plain
'ss with an eye to durability. The pipes
'hich were found were square AZ the large
nd 'apcring 10 the stem hole. and were
"aight. having no upward crook.
lN"-e we're also made from red clay and
tsls All the beads and orna ments found
'ee fashioned from miissel shells.
he most interesting relic ever found on
We White River was found short time
y" In thu shane of bear tooth necklace
vAs found at the mouth OF He'll Creek
stons county. Ark. by Junius Case OF
Aadde'ls, Ark In making his explora tton s
am. upon the skeleton Of n very large
oahn presumably n chief In the earth