Archives of aboriginal knowledgeContaining all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States . s made of theItacolumiie or fire-stone, found in that vicinity, and used by Col. Brenard for hearthsin his iron-furnaces. With it was found the fragments of a thick earthen pan. It isbelieved by Col. Brenard and Prof Brumly of the South Carolina College, to whom Iam indebted for these specimens and these facts, that the one was used as a cruciblefor melting g
Archives of aboriginal knowledgeContaining all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States . s made of theItacolumiie or fire-stone, found in that vicinity, and used by Col. Brenard for hearthsin his iron-furnaces. With it was found the fragments of a thick earthen pan. It isbelieved by Col. Brenard and Prof Brumly of the South Carolina College, to whom Iam indebted for these specimens and these facts, that the one was used as a cruciblefor melting gold, and tlie other, the pan, for washing the ore. If so, the Indians knewsomething of metallurgy, at least in reference to the precious metals. The Spaniard ANTIQUITIES. 165 Miruelo obtained from the natives of the Atlantic coast of Florida, A. D. 1514, smallquantities of gold and silver; and DAllyon in 1515 or 151G, procured by barter, fromthe Indians of Combahee in this State, more of the same precious metals. The relicpictured above, is from Beaufort, the very neighborhood of DAUyons unfortunateexpedition. In front of this relic is an oval stone, which, because imperfectly exhib-ited in the daguerreotype, is here rudely It is a relic of the Congarees. Returning to the front of the table, we next find theresmall circular stones, one and one-eighth, one and a half, and one and seven-eighthsinches in circumference. These were probably used in the games of chance, in whichLawson found the Congaree women engaged, in the absence of their husbands. Theyare rehcs of the Congarees. In the rear, and between two of these, is a curiously shaped object, which is alsoon the left-hand comer of Fig. D, though somewhat obscured in the representation by
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