Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1891 — AN ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AN ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURE.

A Queer Image Which liaises the Problem of the Indians’ Origin. A remarkable stone image has been found on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation. It was unearthed by Gen. Carrington while taking a census and investigating the tribe’s condition for the Government, and w’ill be placed in

the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. There is evidence that the mound from which it was taken is several hundred years old. The image itself is about 8 inches high by 4 inches wide. The principal figure stands with upturned face which is chiseled with far more skill than the red men generally possess. At one side, as if enfolded by the left arm of a parent, is a smaller figure, quite indistinct. Underneath is some animal having unmistakably the tail of a sheep. The whole at once suggests the story of Abraham’s preparations to offer up his only son Isaac in accordance with the commands of his God.

THE STONE IMAGE.