Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-25
original outline % Filter and Vessel

Original Outline % Filter and Vessel
numbered some 500. 900 souls. havlns
been reduced 20 about 10000. Event
ually even these last we're killed on
or worked 10 death in tho mines. and
nc the present day there ars no pare
blooded Indians left on the iHlHnd.
Il was my good fortune 70 discover
on this last trip totally unknown fact
about the Ab0rlginea OF Haiti. namely.
THAI theae people were acquainted
with the principle Of iItsriha their
drinking water through charcoal .
discovery all the more astonishing
when one remembers that fltsra ara
supposed 10 be comparatively m0deFn
Inventions 81 tbs white race, The &C.
companyinG photographs show quite
clearly what shape this aboriginal llltsr
had.
4 series Of water Jars Of a similar
shape. although without the alter
alak." enabled NO 10 maAs ths datsF.
mination OF the original outline with
accuracy, Ous can gain some imptsa.
sion u the scarcity % Weag indtRh
pottery when oue considers that the
total number of unbTokau vessels 81
clay from the West indies la different
institutions throughout the world Ia
not over fifty.
was exploring sons % the lime
\ stone caves that one nnds throughout
the Island OF Haiti shea ! came upon
ons which had IN "a a email subt1tra
mean frrah wAter lakr. from which the
Indians in thu nstEhborheod esldeattY
must have taken thelf drinking uAtrr
This lake wan about thirty fset lower
than the mouth Of the cave. and ohn
descended 70 Il by series OF natural
steps, formed BY honldefn which IN tbs
course Of centuries bad faiian from lhs
roof OF the cave. between thsaa houi.
ders and In the water Of the lake
found many brOkeH water vessels OF
various sizes and shapes which the
indians evidently had thrown away.
The recovery Of thssa IaFM ana EFAk.
ments wRs aaits an exciting task it
neceasitafsd diving. occasionally lata
IL feet 81 sstsr. and. though This Il
moi = great depth when one = diving
under natural eonditiaas. ID Wa quits
aIHeuit and rather haaaFaana IN thla
case
In The firat place had 70 buru :
magnesium llkht 10 order 10 ioeats
whatever pleee I wanted to recover. 81
My acetyiena lamp waS agt ssronR
enough to do this. ] thea placed I
long pole. which had cut Ell 4 tres
outside TIE "a y. alongside the sesss
and then dovo down. toiIoNlnk ths
pola with one hand and Krepina fol
the vessel wlth ths ether
Returning 10 the surface sas another
pToblsm. because tha roof Of the cave
aIantsd down 10 the sAter. and II oa'
came straight 40 20 the surface on
would strike Tire roof OF tbs cave ans
probably arowu. To 0yereOme this.
had > raps fastened 70 M sfizs. An'
one OF tha mna with ma ugaid pal
toward hlm shea he aaw that ! has
recovered the object had Eons aftsF
thna making me come % The surface
in The proper spot
Am0na the pieces of pottery thai
found between tbs b0aldara laadial
4 aown 70 the lake waR . fragment q
\ ms filter Illustrated AisnEsias tn
fFaKment tound some d the smalle
ahreda bsionkina to the bottom par
of the Jar and also several large piece
r OF charcoal These pieces a chaFcoa
= avlasntly wers packed IA the top par
a Of tha vessel sna served se alter th
Q. water, beth when it vas poured iat
g th@ lar and wkea q vas Roarsd cat