Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1891 — An Archaeological Treasure. [ARTICLE]

An Archaeological Treasure.

A remarkable sto-e image has be°n found on the'l'uecarora Indian reser u tion. It was unearthed by Gen. Carrington while taking a census and investigating the tribe’s condition fort) e Government, and will 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 by 4 inches wide. The principal figu e stands with upturned face which is chiseled with far more skill than the red men generally posw sess. At one side, as if enfolded by the left arm of a parent, Is a smaller figure, quite indistinct. Underneath is some animal unm stakably the tail of a sheep. The whole at once suggests the stpry of Abraham’s preparations to offer up his only son Isaac in accordance with the commands of his God. “Down in the district of town known as Wall street.”a dis inguished r .ilroad off cial sa d recently, “a number of sturdy men move about on crutches 'i hey have all their arms and legs; their faces are as a rule the faces of men whose lives are not too hard; they do not sport the Grand Army buttons. If you watch them you 6ee that they do uot rely very greatly on their crutches; that the crutches, to be sure are always under the armß in the right positi n for use, but that they are used very seldom. One of the crutch beaters will stand'and talk to a friend, boluing the crutches entirely off the sidewalk, i nd will gesticulate with them violently; then starting on he w 11 let the foot of the crutch touch ground once in every three or four or half a do>en steps. These gentlemen are railioad cripples.’ men who are suing railroad companies for alleged damages; they go around with crutches so that they can swear on the witness stand w ithout too great a straining of their consciences that they were •on crutches for six months’ after the accident, on account of which they are suing.”—N. Y. Si n.

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