The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-15
INDIAN GRAVE
REVEALSFINE
LOT OF RELICS
Collection Will Be Presented
TO Masonic Museum at
Mandan Soon
When the graves give up their
dead,
Psychologists are one ahead.


And furthermore the sage who could
describe the stolen camel exactly,
though he had never seen it, gets
thrown clear into the shade.
But it isn't just the psychologists
who are one ahead. 1t is anyone at all
who happens to be interested in the
relics that are found.
On table in the office Of Post
master A. b. Welch at Mandan, may
be found collection Of Indian rel
les that might we'll whet the Curl
OSity of even the most dull. The col
lection, which was unearthed several
miles north of Mandan some weeks
ago, consists Of trophies and decora-
tions which an Arickara brave at the
close of a long and useful life elect
ed to take with him on the long,
long trail. Mr., WEIGH believes that
the Arickara patriarch reached the
age of about 60 years before hitting
his last trail. The collection con-
tains four catlinitc pipes, two of
them completes: the other two are
blanks, finished on the outside, but
not followed out. But that isn't all.
No! by no means.
Wrapped in Buffalo Robe
This brave was man OF cOnse-
quence. He was wrapped in Il buffalo
robe when buried and four colors of
paint were laid ready to his hand, in
case he should need them on the long
trail.
Truly he must have been gor-
gcous sight when he was prepared for
his journey. Round his neck was a
brass ring and a necklace composed
Of so teeth Of the COW buffalo, a
blue trade bead between each pair
Of the teeth. A number Of eagle
claws were laid with him.
On his arm were coils Of brass
wire. There were brass wristlets on
his wrists. brass earrings in his ears.
His ''mcdicine" was the lower jaw
bones of eight mink. On his breast
there was placed an old trade mirror
probably sold him by the American,
or the Rocky Mountain fur company.
He was bow and arrow man, for
with him he had bone arrow
straightener, made from rib. He
took gourd rattle with him in his
buffalo robe blanket and six spcci-
mems of the new and powerful white
mans medicine, the trade bullet.
Two trade fishhooks were also laid
WIFI Nun. dS were ScSCIdl VI CuC civ IL
hand made spikes which the early
fur traders used to hold the logs Of
their trading posts together.
Six little trade bells finished the
durable portion of the equipment
with which he set out to look for the
Great Spirit.
The sage who knew all about the
lost camel gets his now. Harken to
the words Of Postmaster WEIGH.
Buried Is Years
The man was buried about IS years
ago. At that time the particular
style Of trade mirror that was found
with him ceased to be an article of
commerce to the Indians.
He was an Arickara brave, because
they were the only plains Indians
on the upper Missouri who buried
their dead in the groud. He was a
man Of Importance because otherwise
no such array of articles would have
been buried with him. He was about
60 when he died, for the sutures,
the joints where the several bones
of the head lace together, their thin
wavy edges interlocking, had begun
to grow over. The bones of the
head growing together in this way,