But who shall take up the task thus sug¬ 
gested?, Shall it he the Smithsonian, the Carnegie Insti¬ 
tution or the Archeological Society of Washington? They 
can do so if they wish, but it is not their responsibility. 
Should appeal he made to the women of the city or of the 
country who have hearts of mercy and generous sympathy with 
the wronged of all lands? Should the city of Washington, 
the immediate beneficiary of the red man T s sacrifice he call¬ 
ed upon to recognize the debt? Or should we not expect 
that the national Government, which has built its splendid 
Capitol on the spot that should he sacred to the plundered 
race, will take effective steps to preserve the spot and 
erect upon it a tribute acknowledging the debt which it can 
never pay? 
The Piney Branch site is not only of great 
interest historically, but is scientifically one of the 
most interesting spots in America, When, forty years ago, 
I began the study of the ancient remains of the eastern 
states, the archeologists of Washington, New York, Boston 
and other cities were gathering rudely chipped stones such 
as are found on the slopes of Piney Branch. They filled 
museum cases with them and labelled them "American Paleo¬ 
lithic Implements, rT and the archeologists of the world 
accepted without hesitation the view that these chipped 
stones were the implements of a race preceding the Indian, 
