A RELIC OF BARBARISM.
A relic of Indian buffi irism was received at: the War Department at Washington a fVw weeks ago. It constated of a necklace of human lingers. Originally ther ■ were eleven lingers strung together afte tho mannei of necklaces of hoars claws, but three of them had been lost. This gh 98t y aJomment wts captured in an attack on the North Cheyennes, in 187(3. and. eahi finger represented a life taken by the owner, (ho “ big medicine man of the tribe.” Tue fingers had been preserved by opening the skin, removing ih barms, scraping away all the tissues and faUy substances, replacing the bones, and subjecting the akin to some tanning process, The necklace was rent to West Point by Capt. Bourne, who is now engaged iu preparing -ome historical matte. I'.jiaUQ gto tho Indians. It was brought fiotu West Point in order that ic might be reproduced in papier-mache at the S.nhhBJaian institution.
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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 3, 31 October 1887, Page 2
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