The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-11-20
RELICS OF Three
RACES DISCOVERED
Stream, Cutting Thru Deposits Of
Centuries, Reveals Ruins
in Nebraska.

ture filled up 1000 years and more
ago archaeologists from Peabody Mu-
scum, Harvard University, have dis
covered remarkable ruins of three
qualifications of prehistoric villages
of three distinct peoples. Altho the
Harvard expedition already had COM
pleted its work for the season and
was upon the point of returning to
the university, the discovery was re-
garded as so important that the
scientists indefinitely extended their
stay in order to thoroly investigate
the great archaeological find"
The centuries-old villages lie buri-
ed in a narrow valley between two
high bluffs. twenty-five miles below
Ohaha, near the Missouri river. Time
filed up the valley and destroyed the
villages, but in recent years a small
stream has cut its way thru the de-
posits of hundreds of years. and has
exposed the remains of the old towns
far below the present surface of the
valley. Reading the history of the
valley from the steep sides of the ra-
vine, the scientists see that ages ago
the place was thickly populated.
Time passed. the valley was de-
serted, and the wash of the centur-
les from the surrounding hills par
TALLY filled the depression. Again
prehistoric people another race. set
tied in the valley, and lived until
they, in turn. passed away. Another
age followed. and again many feet
of earth washed down from the hills,
still further filling up the valley, only
to pass onward before the coming
of the Pawnees. who had for centur-
les lived in the Platte River valley,
when Coronado, the Spaniard, came
in 1871.
The legends of the third people
10 inhabit the valley were forgotten
five centuries ago. Thre has never
been a tradition of the second race;
and as for the first people who left
their remains in the ravine, the Har-
ward scientists will not even venture
a guess.
One of the last acts of the inhab-
itants of one of the ancient houses
was TO indulge in a great feast. And
while they probably had no alphabet
of any kind. they left behind them
menu which can be easily read by
Psychologists. All of this is indicated
by the remains of the feast found on
the very top of the ash heap. far be-
meath the surface of the ground.
There are the long bone of a crane,
bones of half a dozen varieties of
fish. the wishbOne of a void goose,
the leg bone of deer, the pelvis of
a beaver, the jaw of a wolf. bones of
five different birds, the shell of tur-
tie, a gallon or two of clam shells
and the remains of a buffalo. A few
squash seed preserved by the
peat shows that these people were
agriculturists.
And last of all, at the top of the
heap. there were two smooth pipes.
indicating that even in that early
age the abOrigines were users of to-
bacco-and must have cultivated
the weed"
DR.. r F.. Glider. field archaeolo-
gist with the University of Nebras-
ka, which has made a special study
of prehistoric pottery, says that the
pots made by the first people in this
valley are entirely different in de-
sign and decoration from any that
he has ever examined. DIR. Glider be-
lieves the makers to have existed
many thousands of years ago.
The Harvard expedition will re-
main in the little valley until it is
driven out by cold weather. And
since the exploration of the different
qualifications of villages cannot be
before that time. Prof.
Stems is already making arrange
ments to return there as soon as the
frost leaves the ground next spring.
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