The Daily journal

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Indians who, although at first hostile

to hint, became friendly on bis giving

them clothing and other articles hith

erto unknown to them. When, later,

the Spaniards settled the island, they

forced the Indians not only to do agri

cultural work in their own island, hut

to labor in the gold mines of Haiti. So

hard were the Spanish taskmasters

that by 1558 the whole Arawak nation

was exterminated. During the last six

years G. C. Longley of Pelham manor.

la New York, hus Seen' scekfng to re

cover all possible traces of the lost

race. To that end he has spent the

winter on the island in exploring the

old kitchen middens, or refuse heaps,

of the Arawaks, lit which he has found,

besides shells and pottery, and fish,

turtle and CDuy bones, many celts, or

rude chisels, grinding stones, stona

pendants, and axes—1,500 objects la

all. The whole collection he has given

to the American museum of natural

history in New York city. To th®

anthropologist, says the Youth’s Com

panion, the most Interesting objects

are the cylindrical stone pendants.

v hlch were fashioned with sand and

ttone by endless rubbing. Pendants

tf exactly the same sort are worn to

day as insignia of office by chiefs or

headmen of tribes in northern South

America.

Pay the Most Conven

ient Way

That Way is by Check

Wise is the man or woman who uses this

safe and certain form of settlement. Your

cancelled checks always serve as a indis

putable receipt.

Your account, large or small,

is cordially invited.

Southern Illinois National Bank

Broadway and Collinsville Ave.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Daily journal. (1915). East St. Louis, Ill., 1915-07-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92053738/1915-07-07/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Daily journal, 1915-07-07.