ra
Conservative * ! :9 :
a white * man can obtain .110 results of
any Kin'd fjroni thorn. " How' can tin's be
explained ?
Fire Sticks.
Professor Hewett , who considers these ,
stones among 'the most curious institu
tions that ho lias discovered among the
Pueblo Indians compares this peculiarity-
of theirs to the similar state of things
which exists in regard to the aboriginal
method of kindling fires. Any old Indian ,
can sit down with two suitable sticks
of dry wood-and in a short time produce
a spark and a blaze by means of friction ;
whereas a white man could work for a
twelvemonth with the sticks and never
mako-a smoke. In fact , very many of
the early travelers speak of the Indian
firestioks , but none of them makes men
tion of any white man over having ac
complished anything by their means.
Flutes.
I was talking the other day with Mr.
Abe Gold , the proprietor of the wonderful
curiosity shop in the old town of Santa
To , and I asked him if ho had ever heard
of a wind instrument that could only be
blown by an Indian. I had in mind.the
following passage from the book of the
painter , Oatlin : "The mystery whistle
is an instrument of their invention , very
ingeniously made , the sound being pro
duced on a principle entirely different
from that of any civilized instrument :
and the notes produced in so simple a
manner as to baffle entirely all civilized
ingenuity , oven when it is seen to be
played. An Indian boy would Stand
and blow his notes on this repeatedly ,
for hundreds of white men who might
be lookers-on , not one of whom could
make the least noise on it , even by prac
tising with it for hours. I was com
pletely perplexed as to the. mode in
which the sound was produced , even
though it was repeatedly played im
mediately-before my eyes , and handed
to me for my vain and amusing en
deavors. "
Mr. Gold considered and presently
said that he had the -thing itself somewhere -
whore about : and it soon made its ap
pearance. It was made from a gun
barrel , though he said all others that he
liad seen were of wood. It came to him
through the Taos" Indians" from the
Kiowas , aiid he had seen no white man ,
nor any Pueblo Indian , -with , the single
exception of the old man from the Taos
tribe who brought it to him , who could
evoke a sound from it. All the horse or
plains Indians , on the other hand , as for
instance the Apaches , who espied it in
his store in trading , were able to play
upon it aucTclid so with vast pleasure :
hot patting their"foot.he said , asa white
man should , but keeping time by a
croxiohiug of the knees.
This instrument , which immediately
Came into my possession , is twenty-one
and three quarter'inches in length and is
open from end to end. It has no em
bouchure , but has- four ventages to be
governed by the player with his fingers.
It is worn bright by much handling , and
rudely ornamented. The blowing end
is out off at an angle , instead of being
square like the other : and any , white
man who thinks he can sound it is at
libertyto try. ' >
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A'SSlBHfll
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF tHfe -
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Nebraska City
National BaixK
- NEBRASKA CITY , NEB , ,
at the close of business , December 18,1000.
ASSETS.
Loans and , discounts $251,217.09
Overdrafts 00.69
U.S. Bonds ' 118,600.00
Other securities 19,991.08
Bank and other real estate 12,779.82
Cash , and due from banks and Treas. ,
U. R 146,999.60
Total. . . ' ? 544,685.18
LIABILITIES. . .
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus and profit 15,881.63
Circulation. . . 100,000.00
Deposits.- 829,808.65
Total $54.1,685.18
DIRECTORS.
W. L. WILSON , Prest. R. LORTON , Vice-Prest.
H. D. WILSON , Cashier.
BOUT. PAYNE. " DAVID BROWN. '
BUSINESS SOLICITED.
Otoe Cptiiity
National
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TOTAL DEPOSITS.-- - -
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Jec. ,9 , 189.2 , , - , , $ $ $ ,285.78
Dec. 1'9 , 1893 , - ' ' 87,578.81
Dsc. - 191B91 . 76,07'i/)2 '
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Dec. 13 , 1895 , ' ' - 61,6 14 :
Dec. 17 ; 1896" , ' - ' ' 5(8,019.85 (
Dec. 15 , 189784 , 228/08
Dec. 1 , 1898 , - . 115,221.18
Dec. 2 , 1899 , - 140,337,75
Dec. 13 , 1900 , - 200,179.58
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O. A * . KIMJIEL , QEO. E. LEWIS ,
President. Vice-President.
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Cashier. Asst. Cashier.
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