appendix: elephant pipes and ix>(kiiiKi) iabi.f.ts. 285 



Museum are without a record, and as to some of them, sus[Mcions may, 

 not without reason, be entertained as to their authenticity. In the 

 paper of Mr. Hohiies, the reader will not have failed to notice his 

 frequent references to these unfortunate circumstances. Thus, of the 

 shell gorget, entitled "The Bird," he remarks: "The gorget in question 

 is, unfortunately, without a pedigree;"* and of another, entitled "Pro- 

 file of an Eagle's Head," he makes this emphatic statement: "Like so 

 many of the National Museum specimens, it is practically without a 

 record — a stray." It is, doubtless, because of these imi)erfections in 

 its collections that its management has grown distrustful, and has come 

 to consider the policeman as essential as the collector in making these 

 explorations. Prof. Raird himself, in his letter of March 17th. 1880, 

 gives pathetic exjjression to this forlorn state of feeling, as follows : 



"I must confess to a very considerable degree of incredulity in regaril to the won- 

 derful 'finds' of Mr. Gass. // is rvv-r remarkable that so many should fall into 

 the hands of one person. Is it not ])ossible that somebody has interested himself in 

 deceiving Mr. Gass, and, through him, the archaeologists of the Northvi'est? We 

 have detected a series of most clever forgeries in stone as perpetrated by parties 

 living in Eastern Pennsylvania. They were entirely too good and too remarkable 

 not to excite criticism, which has resulted, I think, in proving their falsity. IVc 

 shall soon begin to suspect e'rervthing that is out of the routine ai^erage of American 

 stone implements. " 



As with .Major Powell and Mr. Henshaw. it will be observed that 

 Prof. Kaird gives no reason for his "increduHty," other than that it is 

 remarkable that so many discoveries had been made by "one person." 

 The answer of the Corresponding Siscretary to this letter contained 

 the sufficient explanation that the success of Mr. (iass was wholly due 

 to his zeal, perseverance, and vigorous use of the spade. The fact 

 that enterprising jjarties in another part of the country, with a greedy 

 eye on appropriations, had established a manufactory of stone imple- 

 ments for the supply of the Smithsonian Institution, cannot be seriously 

 advanced as an argument against the authenticity of the l)a\en[)ort 

 relics. In the latter case, no question of profit intervenes, and there 

 is an entire absence of all motive to deceive. 



In introducing to the public Mr. Henshaw's pa[)er, and those ac- 

 companying it. Major Powell makes use of the following emphatic 

 language : + 



* "Art in Shell,"' Second .-Xaniiiil Report Burt-nu of Elhnoloerv, I'^So-Si, pp. js.;-.>s;. 

 rSccond Annual Report Bureau of Kthnolosry, i.SSo-Si, p. xxvj., Intrnductorv. 



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