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QUIVERA.
Mr. E. E. Blackmail , the state arch
aeologist , who unearthed the prehis
toric Indian village south of Nebraska
City this summer , and who is doing a
great deal of valuable work upon
the interesting problem of what the
plains Indians were like in the un
recorded time before they got the
horse , writes as follows to Mr. J.
Sterling Morton , who is president of
the State Historical Society :
"I have just returned from an ex
tended archaeological trip over Ne
braska and Kansas , in company with
the talented scientist from St. Paul ,
Minn. , Hon. J. V. Brower. The" trip
lias been of inestimable value to me
as a study of this great field which
Kansas and Nebraska occupy in com
mon , and a more proficient instructor
than Mr. Brewer could not be found.
As soon as my time will permit , I
shall be pleased to furnish the Trib
une a brief resume of the trip.
"While in Alma , Kansas , we had
the honor of meeting a number of
men interested in Quivora , and then
and there the Quivera Historical So
ciety was organized , on October .29 ,
1901. The object of this society is to
pursue the study of Quivera in all its
details ; the society is confined to act
ive workers only , as active members ,
while the honorary membership is
composed of ten men who have been
interested in the subject and who have
given it assistance by encouragement
or study aside from active field work.
The active members are three from
Nebraska , three from Kansas and one
from Minnesota. Hon. J. V. Brewer
is president , E. E. Blnokman vice-
president , Ca.pt. E. A. Kilian secre
tary and Judge J. T. Keagy chairman
of the executive board , which consists
of the officers of the society. You are
made an honorary member and The
Conservative is selected as the official
organ. When the articles of associa
tion are in shape , I shall give the mat
ter a complete elaboration for your-
readers.
"The Coffin collection is in place
in the society rooms ( in Lincoln )
and a new collection , the Hopkins ,
secured by articles. The former is
valued at $1000 by Mr. Barret , and the
latter is valued at $2,000 by the own
er , and is all one team can draw. I
cannot place a value on it until it is
catalogued. I have also brought a
complete set of perfect Quivera types
( arrow heads ) from Kansas.
' ' So the work goes on , thanks to
your interest and Mr. Brower's kind
help. Nebraska owes you a debt of
. gratitude for your work along these
lines , and I personally can never hope
to repay my debt of gratitude. From
this on I hope to furnish you more
matter that shall be more complete. ' '
LATE LITERARY NEWS.
Arthur Foley Wiuniiigtou-Ingram ,
Lord Bishop of London , contributes
an interesting paper to the "Novem
ber Cosmopolitan on "The Over
crowding of Great Cities and Kemed-
ies for It. ' ' Apropos of the discussion
of the invasion of England by Ameri
cans , Edmund Gosse furnishes in the
same number an essay scoring English
men for their narrowness of intellect.
Incidentally he has a hit at American
intellectual life in the twentieth
century.
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