. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 43G ETHNOLOGY. Trees from tbree to five feet in diameter were growing over the graves, one, a " sassafras," five feet in diameter, liad come to maturity, died, then withered awaj', leaving only its roots in a sound condition. The negro Fig. hiborers, with superstitious terror, would fain have lied from their work on the first discovery of the bones, and they were persistent in destroy- ing the pottery to prevent its removal. T
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 43G ETHNOLOGY. Trees from tbree to five feet in diameter were growing over the graves, one, a " sassafras," five feet in diameter, liad come to maturity, died, then withered awaj', leaving only its roots in a sound condition. The negro Fig. hiborers, with superstitious terror, would fain have lied from their work on the first discovery of the bones, and they were persistent in destroy- ing the pottery to prevent its removal. Their aim was to conceal in the dump or embankment both bones and pottery. It w-as, therefore, with .some difficulty perfect specimens were procured by Mr. Pillow, and those obtained (my gift comprised about one-third of the number) were brought to his residence in ]Maury County, Tennessee. In this rare col- lection there was one vessel, ca|)able of holding half a gallon, in the shape of an animal. It bore great similarity to a vessel, which some time before I had examined, brought from tlic pyianiids, Egypt, by the Eev. Dr. Burgess, of Dedham, Mass. OX THE ACll'KAtT OF CATLIS'S ACCOl'KT OF THE MAXDAX CEKE2I0NIES. By Jamus Kipp. We publish the following letter as an act of justice to the memory of the late Mr. Catlin, and as a verification of the truth of his account of a very interesting ceremony among the Mandan Indians, a tribe now extinct. The ceremony was especially interesting in its resemblance to some of the self-inflicted tortures of the devotees of eastern Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsoni
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