Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1911 — INDIAN CARVINGS ON A TREE [ARTICLE]

INDIAN CARVINGS ON A TREE

Missouri Woodmen Make Peculiar Discoveries In Felling an Old Oak —Work of Exeter, Mo.—While woodmen were cutting timber on Indian creek the other day a large oak tree was felled that proved to be historic as well as an old Indian landmark. A picture of an Indian with bow and arrow pointing at a running deer was carved tn the bark of the tree near the ground, while higher up were pictures of the rising sun with an Indian kneeling, a flying eagle, a turtle lying on Its back and a picture of a snake. More than a dozen arrows were embedded In the tree, where they had' been shot many years ago From the character of the carving it is thought to be the work of Chickasawa.