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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926.
NOVEL MUSICAL
Early Indians Made One From
Acorns
Washington, March 26 An In
dlan muelcal instrument made of u
strlnj of acorns Is tlio latest dlncov
avry to be made hy J. I. Hairing,
too, ethnologist ot t ho Smithsonian
Institution, In his fruitful research
es umoiig the ninety and hundred
year old elders of the Southern t'ali
fornlan Indian tribes.
"The Instrument counts! of a
string of acorns, carefully tuner) ac
cording to their size," suys Mr. Har
rlnBton In a report to l)r. J. Walter
l'ewkes, chief of the Bureau of eth
nology. "One end or thQ string is
hell In the hand and each ucorn In
turn is hi:ld in tho mouth between
the tcecth. As the string Is sunng
and pulled taut by the other bund,
the acorn between tho teeth vibrates
yith a clear tone, and by alternating
ihe acorns a tune Is plajed us pretty
as flute music."
Mr. Harrington is bringing back
to tho Smithsonian a specimen ot
this new discovery among Indian
musical instruments, but refuses iu
lironilso to play it. correctly. "It Is
harder to play than the open end
Indian flutes," he says, "and I have
always had, to draw the lino at
them."
Another lnteres'lr.jr discovery of a
musical nature made by Mr. Har
rington is the profess of Indian Hutu
manufacture out of elder wood. "The
Indians cut the elder stick preen in
tiie early fcpring and let it lie wiiii
the leaves on i for week so that
t.io 'leaves might draw tho sap out.'
That prevents it, from cracking. Only
tour holes weiv bored, tho method
1). iiife- lo scrape the "all or the flute
Where the holes were to bo bored,
thin aiel then to press a glowing
twig of the desired diameter against
tho wall. Th holes were placed ot
random fcO that each (lute had a dif
ferent scale. Some players knew as
tunny as 20 tunes. Many of these
were peculiarly flute melodies and
were never sung."
According to Mr. Harrington these
Indians worshipped the elder as the
tree of music and myths existed
among them of magical elder trees
that gave forth notes at night.
Mr. llarrlngton'a researches umonj;
the Callfornlan Indians are of par
ticular Importance because they are
rescuing fiom the brink of the
grave information which In a year
or two more would have been lost
forever to the world. Due to the
amalgamation of the younger In
dians -in thought and habits and
blood with thu vvhito man, ail that
remains of the old tribal history,
music, myths and language of these
Caliiorninn Indians Is the memories
of a few old men and women who
must soon die. Mr. Harrington lias
already spent eight months of In
tensive labor In Interviewing, plio
tegraphlng and taking about lor
purposes of Iden'ilication of places
prominent In their old tribal history,
tiv s-; survivors of a departed gener
ation. Among the treasures he has res
cued Mum oblivion Is the myth of
the water monster of the great pak
of Santa Itnwi in Riverside county.
The many springs of the peak are
doors to the homo of the water mon
sti r. H is he who makes thu strange
bellowing noises fiat are heard
esp. claily at night about, the p,ak.
to o'd Manuel 'I'lKites of
i Hani hena, Mr. Har
s able to discover the two
s "that are what remain
of the twin culture heroes who fixed
; up the world at the s'urt of tilings.
; At a mound of rock that projee's
out into the desert are these great
ii'als, that of the elder brother
above ami that of the younger broth-
er below. The y are looking north-
west. 'J'ii,. profiles are so genuinely
Indian tiait It is hard to think the
j rocks are natural and were not
' touched up by the hand of some pre
! historic medicine man. Lieutenant
Wheeler l.'. S. A.) mentions these
' heads in his report way back in the
, 'Si's, hut no one has ever found out.
where they are located until the
present expedition."
At Campo, Mr. Harrington got
I pictures of the oldest Indian man,
already past a hundred and deaf and
I blind.
j Manuel Chuparosa. supplied him
, with the Indian creation myth. Ac
i cording to Manuel, tho world started
; in the form of an egg. Out of the
j i gg ill things grew and the eldest
born of the persons of the world
were the Twin Gods. Tho younger
. brother opened his eyes in the water
I as he was being born and his eyes
! became blurred and his hands wcta
! bed. He originated the evil and dls
I ease in the world and is a kind of
I satan.
The Smithsonian ethnologist will
continue his researches for another
month before returning to Wash
ington to preyare a tull report.
Than!-:
S'anU I to."
rin:4'on vv.i
great rock
PEARY'S SON WILL
TAKEFIRST TRIP
Going North This Summer With
Arctic Explorers
New York, March : OP) Robert
I'eary, son of tho North Tolo discov
erer, is following In the footsteps of
bis fa'her and hopes some day to
become a great explorer.
Scientific studies now aro claim
ing his attention at Lehigh Univer
sity, but when June and vacation
time roll around, he will make his
first trip northward with the l'ut-nam-Willlams
expedition to Green
land to gather material for the new
ly completed JIall of Ocean Life of
the A met lean Museum of Natural
History.
Young Peary Is not taking the
trip as a pleasure jaunt, instead, ho
will be a full-fledged member and
will have to do the work mapped
out for him Just as all others of the
party.
The same mnn who was skipper of
the vessel used by Pary on his suc
cessful north pole expedition will
command the Morrlssey on tho
Greenland trip Captain Rob Eart
lett. The navigator, who has known
of Young Peary's plans, long has
wanted him to make his first trip
on the Morrlssey.
11. C. Kaven, assistant curator of
comparative and human anatomy at
tho museum, Is heading the expedi
tion, which was organized by George
Palmer Putnam, the publisher, and
provided for through a gift by Har
rison Williams.
The white whale, sharks, seal and
walrus are some of the specimens
the party will bring back. Attempts
will be made to take movies of the
whie whale In action as there are
no such photographs on record.
Frederick Llmokiiler and Van
Campden Heilner will accompany
the party as taxidermist and Ichthy
ologist, respectively. Knud Rasmus
sen, Danish explorer, also Is expected
lo poin the expedition. The young
est member' wdll be Putnam's twelve
year old son, David.
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