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THE FARMER AND MECHANIC.
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THE INDIAN TRIBES
IN NORTH CAROLINA
1 1
FRED A. OLDS.
1 1, vcntly the writer gave some facts
T ' wding the North Carolina Indians
1Tlli told of what the collection of their
iur'liwork in the Halt of History
u;ii,s in the way of setting out to a
i. degree the story of their life.
The Two Greatest Families.
The two greatest families of Indians
lM North America were the Algonquian
a i .1 the Siouan, and both of these were
Wnrt.sented in North Carolina. The
vl,'ntuian family occupied alarger
ii:".t than any in all North America,
i..r its range or scope was- from New
foundland on the north to the Rocky
Mountains to the westward; and as far
smith as Pamlico Sound in this State.
tlu- east, therefore, it skirted the
at Lin tic coast all trw? way from New-
r.kl! m. Hand to the Neuse river. Its
southern border touched the eastern
"m.-nian. the southern Iroquoian and
th,. Muskhogean, and on the west the
;.,ii.in. The "Algonquins-" in Canada
save the name to the family, the
n:tme meaning "at the place of spear
ing fish and eels," that is from the
.... of a canoe. The name Sioux'
means "snake' and hence "enemy."
rh.. name Iroouois means "real ad-
NEW ENTERPRISES
THROUGHOUT SOUTH
Amony the many Southern indus
trial and other developmental enter
prises reported in last week's issue of
the Manufacturers Record are the following:
NORTH CAROLINIANS IN
I THE METROPOLIS
(By 1L K. CAIUHWAY.)
New York, Apr. An interesting;
engagement announced this wek is
that of Mis? Grace M. Palmer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell M. lalm-
t r of Hnmklvn tn "P rUff. IKk.,
Tv-""sotiua"on -oai lo., Kairmont, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
w. Va will develop coal property be- Allen Johnson, of Leesburp. N. C.
tween tarmington, W. Va., and Hel- Mr. Johnson is a graduate of liar-
ens Run; has begun sinking two vard University and is now in busi-
snafts and proposes to invest more ness in this city. No date has yvt
than $2,500,000 for two separate been mentioned for the wedding.
Mention has beer r"?' , "ie su"e rignts on ine Ulxie Club e second largest
. t u"i x u y u acres ana owns svera
?HI?0'L by and relies of
the aborigines, are certainly fnform-
e nu me collection easily takes
rank as one of the most complete
south of Washington.
A Paint Pou
organization of women in New York
of obiert TOi,; ,, " ' IZ " . i "1UU""U acres in neiens uun sec- Reiner outpointed in the number of
of the varied only by the Daughter of
but there are yet others which merit
explanation. A "paint not" i tn
collection. This is a, "fulgurite made
by lightning striking and fvin tT
sand. In this
has formed. The Romans
days called these fulgurites "thunder-
the Confederacy held its annual el-
Tennessee Phosnhatft Pertilirr Cn lection of officers Thursday and svr-
Centerville, Tenn., was incorporated al ts,eI1 knoisn former North Carolina
with capital stock of $250,000 and will w0nier were chosen among the list,
install plant for enrindinsr nh.osnh.ate The new president Is Mm James A.
rock. I Alien, wue or .Municipal vourt Jus-
and a former Kentucky
n. ii i . v
CtSht their greatest pod P"ed to build additional mill ' e 'uUv" "1? inc:
T "f " " T IT AI . "ir SKy- ine KII i3"LU4C Krnest K. Malcolm as second vice-
. -- icu ui f " ' -v,. . jjresiueni, irs. w. K. vvet as cor-
'""r wua rrease ana painted their f 1 u" Hr5t noor winders on se.r-
iaces and bodies with it. They also oncL an1 tnirtl for storage.
used it for other decorative purposes. Crawford Motorcycle Co.. Morgan
, Their Stone Work. town, W. Va.. was incorporated with
The Indians did not fear to work capital stock of $100,000 to manufac-
the most refractory stones, in order ture motorcycles.
to make implements: flint, for exam l i j ; - r-.t- s t-: j. -i
I pie, or hematite, that is iron ore. TheUac. ;r,n. ,.v, . I work, has returned to his home in
uoin aumixaDie or ?100,Q00 to develop coal mines, etc. "yinrav"lt- Aen ms general
boring are shown, as are also objects ov - t-i i missionary for the Asheville district,
they bored, including pipes, gorgets ml Se? berg Stfeamship Co,, Mbile. Ala. Secretary of the Navy Paniel waj
(worn at the neck as ornaments) Ind Ti f?n?S?Jrated with capital stock of ln New York tne latter part of aJ5t
arrow-straightevers. $1,500,000 to operate steamship line. Wek, comin- from Washington to
Clay Pottery. 1 Kewley-Dorst Coal Co., Bristol, j address the Methodist conference in
vio-ix IScpresciitatives In Tlie Sta4:e. 'neT CIay pottery was of a hisrn f mcorporax.eo. wim session in mis city, iir uanieis ar-
The Siouan family in wonn t.aro- r ftiict! - min. Innrm nn rm"?n.i nV0rr.iht t. ki
H' ul w;trt reil?teiKi !iSfi the United States. These jars or pots National Plaster Co., Elkton, Md.. address he dwelt on the "mistakes of
ministers wno give in?ir congrega
tions essays while they hunger for
the bread of life." He said that Billy
Sunday won the multitude not he
cause he used the vernacular of the
responding secretary, and Mrs. Hob
ins A. Lau as a member of the elec
tion board.
The Rev? William 11. Alien, who
has been spending the past several
weeks in the vicinity of New York.
lecturing and attending to other
were made in a mould of plaited cane I was incorporated with capital stock of
$500,000.
Thomas A. Edison Orange, N. J.,
will build benzol absorbing plant at
Catawba. Saponi. Tutelo and several
,,t. r trines in jne c u uu wj.. and made 8mooth on the inside- When
Th. iroquoian dried they showed on the outside the
.aror i ar.a wieir ujmcuwaicu uiu cross Battem of the itrr.
jftr Mb, aiso me Bpn SOM have an idea that the Indians
mp v.neiiivTcs. ,H. stamped them xchile Koft wif n.
xtan'ii. were i ia""'i cobs, hnt this i an Prrnr TVi -r-lr
!1 A 1 4. FT, 4 lo 1 ' ' M v
tn.ir language ana tnai oi A ulci'M point about much of their clay pottery
Aa almost identical, so they could I is th t is dflMnt wt.' ou tHfiT,
- - - 11 " V 1m T A f (AJ . I1J J
darken their pottery by exposing it to
t-a.-ily understand each other, rne lan-ur;,Lr.-
of the Occoncechis was likewise
.i-ii lar. The few recorded Saponi
vo.r.ls are Siouan. The Saponi. and
Tnr.lo moved about 17t2 from the
Va-iKm river near Salisbury to the se-
. ity of the white settlements in the
.-.i-T ui onler to get protection, as the
n.i-iliern and southern Indians were
tr.-::M: them hard and killing them
ui. n their way to the east they and time
w-r, joined by the occoneeeni ana Mection.
- .; rr l other allieil trines, an sman
or-.,, .md they settled at "Saponi
Tnu..." about fifteen miles from wbre
x'i-.ior. Hertie county, now is. Thus
tl. i.eome of the Iroquoian family.
lfcmiUary Enemies.
Y .ti' after year the Saponi and
1 . had fought their hereditary
;iiit llie iroquirt. irom ine norm.
was made in 1722 between what
known as the northern
the smoke of chestnut bark
Indian Money
ttsn nnn leponeu v;ul baseball diamond, but because he
$150,000. preached "the old gospel in the old
E. G. Dougherty Fairhope Ala., is way."
interested in organization of $100,000 Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Goodell. oi
company to develop potter's crucible Winston-Salem, arrived in New York
and tile clay early in the present week for a few
Gretna Power Co. . Gretna. T.. was aays V1SU aI ine "otei coiiingwooa.
ii
r.
-i.i, made the 4Six.' In 1779 the
TMt-ios went to Canada and have
pa--d iut of existence forever. It is
i forest to know that the Iroquois
i lrd all the Indians of the Siouan
T.iT..iy in North Carolina "Tutelo."
T'e -Tnscarora Territory.
Tin: Cape Fear river was the south- onrr
'hi i.i-.nler of the Tuscarora territory, i clients and in fact
The Indian money; calfed variously incorporated with capital stock of Mr- and Mrs. F. H. McDowell of
wampum, peak or ?onoak, was made to acquire and operate electric
p. ngnting system now being instailea. r " ' ' ; .7,
passing several aavs ui ni: w.viik",
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Dunn, of
Winston-Salem, have been spending
tne past several days at the McAlpin,
doing some shopping and attending
the theatres.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian S. Carr, Jr.,
of Durham, have been enjoying a
short stay in New York. They were
at the Hotel Gotham.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Williams, of
Asheville, have been in New York
for the past few days on a pleasure
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Brayhill. of
Lenoir, were among the North Caro
lina arrivals of the week in Gotham
town. Buyers in New York this week in
cluded the following from North
Carolina towns: M. linger, for lin-
er & Milliman Company. Raleigh;
O. F. Gilbert, of Elizabeth City: 13.
Sykes, of Fayetteville; A. Weinstein.
of I.umberton, and G. Far four, of
Goldsboro.
This week lltv Week was
of sea-shells or of a rather soft stone.
and had a wfde currencv. nraetieallv Diversified Farmer Co., Shreveport.
all the tribes in America accepting it La- was incorporated with capital
as currency. To make it, particularly stock of $1,000,000 to establish 12
of shells, required a good deal of care i canning- piarus ai various oumw in
Both sorts are in this col- 1 Louisiana.
Cnase Bag Co., St. Louis, Mo., was
incorporated with $1,000,000 to man
ufacture bags. i
Litttlerleld-Steere Co., Knoxville,
Tenn.r will build candy factory: four
storie? and basement; 108x125 feet;
brick, mill construction; cost $50. Or
Texas Power & Light Co., Palestine,
Texas, is reported to build electrie
Keen Fishermen.
Sinkers for fishing lines are among
the objects on view. These are of
stone, as are also weights used in
do not know how to glaze it- The
Catawbas were and are better pottery
makers than, the C&erokees. They
VioTriirtsr down the- spinps xvl"tirH tH re i
rnon nwA t'n dranr in. th tpV! TVieJlight plant to COSt $83,000
Indians were adept fishermen and Norton Iron Works, Ashland, Ky.,
n.rw iwav Tneattxi thir vUino-Po-L will erect $o0,000 builomg and in-
.v n known as the nortnern ana near streams. At several points near .an worm oi maenineiy ior
v. mi h rn Indians in Carolina and Vir- Rajeign tny jjad "towns" as they manufacturing woven wire fence,
tfin-.-i. About 1740 the Sapin and were Gailed. though in general they . .H. R. Banks Lumber Co., Kansas
Tim.-I., went north and joined the "Six were a shiIting people and for sani- 'City, Mo was incorporated with eap-
Xa-iMns-in New York. The Tuscarora tary reasons,. for one thing, seldom ;ltal stock of to establish lum-
liau nreeeded them and had ioined tnn.i tt,o- ; o nninioi nUna ber plant.
The Indians were superstitious, but .ter Lumber Co Figsboro,
will build lumber mm at 3iartinsviiie,
rrTv. vw Va., to manutacture building maten-
1 . , 1 5H Tlnr f - " " . . '
. m I I ,4 I II M 1111 IIlL.rTll.VIE fl II I IE. L.J 1 1F W I 1 1 Z a
M j . wm - -i r rs. a yr -rrk i fc," I I -t.w-- ' - - i OATT1 OH II !J r (in i I 1 1 1 SI 1' iI 11 r( M Cr I I I r:
eteh at This h;. OTV; 'e- nJ..nVl mSbJ. waS life opl.nty
The Indians were superstitious, but
not a whit more so than many people
in this year of grace 1915.
jurers were
men
an
shamans or "medicine
of plant about $50,000.
XT'- i j-. w l T3 -v t.- y4-5 r-VT vi f i d r
aii J"?1""; -Newport News, Va., incorporated with
rts of schemes to deceit their hLfl 1JA
all their tribe.
Severn Gravel & Sand Co., Balti-
thn.i 'l. rli- V,nViUn- -waa alonff l mi v more, vlu., w iuuuvuicu "
tin; .use and Tar rivers, rtatteras i; ees to this day.
i ally, in many, if not most re
'rt.s.. ihe real dividing- line between
th- n..rth and south, and so it' divided
)" Indians.
"me tribes of Indians were plti
I' lMv small. Thus the Bear river trib1
nfiiiiated with the Tuscarora. had In
lTf7 one town and fifty warriors; in
Cnven county, on a tributary of the
V i h river.
"diatis Names' Meanings Knomi.
turally there is much interest in
ital stock of 70 000 to develop sand
Aiie wniie ritxures Frankfort Chair Co., Frankfort.
On the wall of the western Hall of Kv., was incorporated with capital
History are the famous "White Pic- stock of $26,000 to manufacture
tures," painted m 1587 ty Governor chairs, etc
John White, of the "Roanoke Colony,
in what, was then ealled "Virginia," PRKPAREI) FOR MBKRTY
now North Carolina. These pictures
about the various Broadway hostel-
ries and arrivals of the week were,
quite up to expectations. Among the
visitors in the city from JVorth Caro
lina were the following:
Grand R. R. King. Jr., Greens
boro; S. J. Ellis, Wilmington; I. M.
Williams, Wilson; G. C. Mann, llai-
eigh; S. B. Tanner, Charlotte; Wil
liam Haas, New Bern, and J. Wal
ton, Jr., Statesnlle.
Latham J. G. Kyler, Goldsboro;
T. J. McKay, Bolivia; and II. J. Mc
Millan, Wilmington.
V,-T-lr T. lUrVair Asheville: K. H.
are tnluable. They are copies of Buncomho Convict Trties Stole and karamte, Charlotte; Captain J. F.
tsusseiis. aouinpori, uuu r.. .ow-..i.
'Ii:tn names, which are numerous
i Nonli Carolina. By good fortune
tn.iny of these names were given by
Tuseiiroriiu nnd the Cherokees,
'"th of which tribes, or nations, have
:i written language. Thus it is easy
i' u-ll their meaning. The Indiana
fu rally named places on account of
peculiarity or incident and did
th- s.j me as regards the naming of
h-tr children.
Thus in Tuscarora Chocowinity
ir.r;,ns "The place of the Burnt
Mrui." and Chockovotte "The Place
"i tle Otter." In the Cherokee Na
'i -n is a boy named Kordoske. which
hf.uis "Snade," because his mother,
1 "rying him on her back, was nearly
by a spade which fell from a
I'-P hill. Another Irdian there is
the ones in the British Museum m
London and are gifts to the Stnt
from Col. Benehan Cameron. The
United States- has in the National
Stored Supplies.
(Special to The News an'! Obserr).
Asheville, April 3. That the
vict ca.mi near f airview nss
Greenville.
con- , Broadwav Central N. F. Shivar.
been khoWnn- A T? Miilett. Quintal: F.
R. Rabel, Rocky Mount, and W. D.
ITarrell, Wilmington.
Herald Square W. II. Shepard.
L. Pierson, Jr.,
Museum another set. and these three J robbd by the storage f small
are alL Of eourse many engravings hiuantities of nrovision at a house
of them have been made and in the Inea.rbv eaeh dav by trusties was ascer-
eastern Hall of History is a rare vol- tained yesterday by Chairman W. E. ! statesville, and H
ume containing the hrst or tnese en- Johnson, of the board of county com- Julian.
gravings, made in I59(f. this volume rnissioners. who paid a visit to the
eins aloan by Bishop Joseph Blount 1 press who occupies the house and
Cheshire. The story told is by Harlot soured from her an admission that
and it was first published m London LCertain convicts have been placing
in 15S8. Inrovisions there for a month. Small
" The "White Pictures." made by a Isliees of meat, cans of vegetables and
remarkable man, who was, writer and paiis of lard have been taken to her
artist, historian and governor alt at home bv trusties for storage until
once, and whose "capital" on Roanoke their time expired. The thefts were
Island was the first "City of Raleisrh." discovered when local policemen yes-
are invaluable, particularly when terdav arrested "Happy John Albea,
studied in connection with this Indian colored, as he came to Asheville after
A. P. Ryhne. Mount
Sinclair. Carthage.
W. Graham, Oxford.
H. Linsmore, Char-
Marlborough
Holly, and J. P.
St. Denis A.
Aberdeen R.
lotte.
Wallick W. IT. Stort, Greensboro.
Algonquin IfL F. Morley. Wades
boro. Ansonia Earl Smith, China Grove.
Vanderbiit C. I. Burkhalde, Charlotte.
McAlpin W. T. Brown. Winston-
collection, which it is the writer's completing his term. Tn a burgy Salem; M. W. Shcok, Lincoln, and
Hatred Conocotogah, which means
' funding Turkey" because his moth
er . r .n i-. ,trr itiif(v tohbler.
v lii.-b t;Hi ouite still and looked at Its advantage to those of all degrees
h' r. unafraid.
purpose to enlarge.
Useful To The Student.
It will readily be seen that the Hall
of History is invaluable to students.
Ia. Jackson. Salishury
Mcans Cave l'cople.
" h word Cherokee means "Cave
People," in allusion to the numerous
aven in the North Carolina moun
tains where they have lived perhaps
thousands of vears. The word Ca-
tawha means "Divkled. or Separated."
heoause they had been set off, or had
fenaratcd themselves, from another
tribe.
The Indian stories, set out so at-
in Raleigh cannot be estimated. It
is nearly like getting history at first
hand. ATI periods of the State are il
lustrated by the objects which made
the history and by pictures which have
a direct bearing on the various pe
riods; objects and pictures being
chronologically arranged and synchronizing.
Alaska last year shipped to the Uni
ted States gold bullion valued at
tractively in the North Carolina Hall 1 a76,015.
SMITHRELD WINS
w-hirh he drove were found twenty I M.
pounds of bacon, 40 cans of vegeta
bles, 10 bags of conee. five sacks of
flour, 50 -pounds of susrar and blankets
and clothing: provided for the con
victs. He is charged with larceny. 1 Mirro, April 3. Smithfield defeated
Mirro in a slugging match here today.
For about 100 years Denmark has winning out in the ninth. At th end
had a system of agricultural appren- of th ninth the count stood It to 11.
ticeship to teach the practical side-of in favor of Smithfield. Smithfield
farming. The boys serve three years made a quick double play in th- sixth
on farms in different parts of the with two on base.
countrv. spending one year on each The features of the game were the
fprm and receiving a small wage, batting of Smith, Gordon and Kirs, of
They report annually to the Royal i Smithfield; also Holland of Mirro.
Danish Agricultural Society, sending; Batteries for Smithfield: Gordon
in notes on their experience. intruc- and OUne; for Mirro, Davis, Balwin
Etion and observation. fancf farce.