Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-11-21
Entire INDIAN
HISTORY SHOWN
New York Museum Recently
Orened, Contains Rare Collec-
lions Of Historical Value

lions Of Historical Value
NEW YORK, Nov, 81. - Every
state in the Union and all the Amer
i~ans we're represented recently in
tbo opening of the Museum of The
American Indian, heye Foundation,
dedicated to the INTERPRETATION of the
ne aborigines of the Western
|usFig
Within the walls of this great in
lshtution, the collections of which
already comprise nearly two million
Ipecmens, it was announced, the
Imystery of the origin of the Red
Men be revealed through intensive
research. Such is the hope of Geo.
IT, Heye, founder and director of the
museum, and of the trustees.
Members of the cabinet, federal
Iofficials interested in Indian affairs,
Governors of the different common
IveaIths, diplomats from the countries
H4rom which the collections were
Hdrawn, and a distinguished company
Of citizens and scientists were
Eamong the guests who for the first
Efme viewed the collections now in
Hstalled in the splendid building at
Broadway and 155th street. The
Istructure is one of a group which
also includes the Museum of the His
panic Society, the American Numis-
|Ematic Society, and the American
Biographical Society, Archer NJ.
Huntington, who has done so much
| to develop this centre of study of
1 | the past, was the doner of the site
fof the Museum Of the American In
II dian, and he and other men of
wealth contributed to it's building
Il fund Nearly every state in the
Union has at least one case in the
h Emuseum devoted to relics of the In
Il dans who once dwelt within its Dor
III ders. The Indians who once in
Inhabited Manhattan Island were espe-
caIy at home in the upper part of
#zwhat is now the Inwood section Of
New York City. A carefully pre-
#Ipared model represents the life
(which they led in the rock shelters,
(which remain to this day. Diminu-
Atye figures, like marionettes, were
s0sed before a representation of the
Amcient rendezvous so realistically
hat the early history and traditions
8Oi Tie Manhattoes seemed re-en-
#aCted
BY far The largest collection of
posted in the museum. Among the
posted nj the museum. Among the
u Indian tribes, when a boy found him
W approaching manhood, he made
- to a wild and lonely place
80 prayed and tasted in the belief
hat some guardian spirit would
n nake known to him a vision. The
aardlan spirit which, in his weak
B ned condition, he imagined direct
u q, him, told him to prepare a group
h objects, such as the skin of the
aWk, which would make him fierce
attack, or a swallows wing, TO
aa0ie him to dodge. All these OBJ
ectS, which were supposed to have
tributes tothe young warrior, were
gathered in a bundle and carried
nth him when he went into battle.
One Of the richest portions of the
election represent life in the South
est, where Coronado sought the
yStIc Seven Cities of Cibola, which
u ere SAID to be overlooking with
pa and treasure. The dream of
cohquer0r was not realized, but
efc are in the museum many re-
afkable carvings and ceramics
Om the ancient settlements he Wis
ed.
Tie visitors saw many rare orna-
nus IN gold from various regions
INC country, illustrative of aborig-
~ art, Fer purposes of study they
'' nave done as well had they
'H wrought in copper, but since
v are worth about $25O,O0O they
Always IN charged Especial guards
arc heavily insured
ne collections from British CO.
'0oIa include food dishes as big as
o0efn bathtubs; remarkable
o'0s boat made from the trunk
single tree, and many other
''''S winch show the resourceful-
ana skill which was attained by
indians of the far North West.
''Nd and the land of the Eskimos
represented by many fur gaf-
p'S OF great value and beauty. In
y me whole range of the West
"0iio, from the tropics to the
. may be seen in relation to the