Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
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hNAHA DfhhnNtfftI
in nu ancient Nebraska tnliDf which
uu7 ANA Mature fllsj ap 1909 Yrafs
tEu. nrthncoiogiais from Peabody Ma
arumI Harvard University have dla.
covered most remarkable rhna vt thr.,
qualifications ~ prehiktntie Nilagca at
three distinct peoples Although the
Harvard expedition already had com
pl'ied lts WORK fpi The season and wac
upon the point az returning tn tho uni
tctsiiN. tho discovery Was regarded aH
ao important thnt no scientists lnlef
lnitrN rytcnded tlwit siag ln order Go
thmunghh mrestinttr tho Hfoat arch
Geological nud
The centuries nld villages llc buried
u % narrow NeileY between two hiRh
bluffs twenty nVe miies below Omuha
near ,hu Missouri river Iimr fitted
up the valley and destroyed the so
lnEfs. hui ln recent years small
stream has ct itr way Through tho De-
pv4lta oi hundreds uf years pnd has
exposed the remains of the old towns
Tar below the present surface of tho
valley hendinH the history of the sal
|fy from the steep sidrs of the ru,lnr
tho scientists nec that ago nga the
pl,cc was lhlgkb populated
Time passed. the valley WAS deacrt
90 and thc wash ~ eenuflos from, "a,
surrounding hills partially flIlod the
depression Again prehistoric pco
Pie another race. SETTLED IN the Waite,
and hvcd until thry IN turn passed
away. Anuther axe followed. md arnlu
many feet ~ oRrth washed down from
tho hills, attn further fiilinr 49, the
valley elAN 70 paNs onward before tho
coming of tho rawnseN. who han fai
centuries lived in the Platte iAvaf Val.
leN. whcH ,oroHhdn. rho SnarMrd cane
Ia itli.
The legends n tho third people IA
nhnmt the valley wctc forgotten nv,
( centuries aEo. There has newer herr
d Tradition ~ She second race. ana az
fer the first people who ieft their re-.
mains Ia the raNine. tho iiArsurd scien
ti-ta viii not oven venture a gurss
one nf the last acts " the luhal
tanta ~ one of the ancient houses va,
Ga Indulge IN ereat fcaat Aud while
They pt'ihahiN had M alphahct % an,
kind. theN lcu behind them q incnt
which can hs easily read rs a, brola,
slsiN Az ~ this " Indicated ~ th,
frmHins ~ the feast found On the VA
top ~ the ash hrep, far hciow the sur,
face ~ the ground There are the Iona
bone et : crane. homes nf half q dozen
Va,tvtivr 81 fish. the wlshbone " a gild
eousc. the lee hone 1T a deer the pei
Wis ~ y beaver the law of Il wolf
bones ~ five different hlrtia. the shell
% = turtle, a sallon ne two ~ elan,
shells and tho remains ~ buffalo
\ few chgered aanhsh seed prvssf,r,
ny 'hs peat shows that thcsc pcopls
we're agricultntista
Aud last - all al tAe ton ~ ms
healA there were two smooth p,pss. IN
drafting that even IN that early az,
the ahorlglnes were users ~ tnheeeA !
ard must have cultivated the ...,es .
Ne. n v 0lldcs. field archeolaris,
with the University ~ Nebraska. whs
has made a special study % prehistorl.
pottery, SAYS that the pets made bV N.
first people IN this valleV arc entivsN
different in deslgn and decoration fr,,n,
shy that Ne has ever examined nr
GLIDER hvlscNes The makers 10 have ~
istet many thousands ~ wears ,en
The Harvard expedition viii ,s,,.,,.
" The little valley until u IS driven
ous hy cold weather And since the es t.
liberation 81 the different vtfatsfh.a,,onu
of VILLAGES cannot be completed brf.,,,
that tisna Professor sterns IA nlre,,,,
makinE aFrarscfncntA "a rctnsn Their,
~ sopn as the Frost leaves the rnoun.,
next srfins Philadelphia Ledecr.