Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1931, Page 23

SKELETONS FOUND INHILL OF TORTURE Two of Six Discovered Are|the Believed White' Men Buried by Indians. By the Associated Press. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. Father Jc buried the body in the ravine wfl“‘ h worshipers here regard as almost_holy lmund Gtmpll was tam-- sign of the t.rylnx wteuhltwaboy =552 BY BROWN UL HEAD!S: ‘They worked for a few years, then the Indians began to_blame them for e dresed ““"’ue"c ?h besten | President Barbour St intlet and” were n d‘wm"gm I;f:' s e Evefiy resiaen arbour Stresses new ures. Final : Father Jogues was tomanawred and the | Value of Regional Selec- Was 1o Jods, CThelr bodies are belleveq i w . Thel e Vi fo have been thrown into-the river. tion of Students. Yéars later Christianized Indians told the story of the martyrdom of the brave “Brown University is trying not to AURIESVILLE, N. Y., April 8—The %“Hill of Torture” here, where thou- sands of visitors to the shrine of three Jesuits martyred by the Mohawk In- have walked softly after hearing sufferings inflicted on the mission- has yielded six skeletons today and there.is a possibility that further excavations planned will reveal more. At least two of those found so far are wlieved those of white men, buried probably in Indian times. Every Summer since 1884 there has been a steady stream of pilgrims, the curious and students of history to this lovely spot in one of New York's fairest valleys, where the flercest tribe of all State’s fighting Indians tortured, then killed, the advance guard of the Chris- tians between' 1642 and 1646. Last Summer the Church of Rome elevated the three men killed here to sainthood, in company with five others who died in the sérvice of the church in North America. What is now New York State was one of the most dangerous stretches of wilderness in all North America when Father Isaac Jogues and a lay brother of his order, Rene Goupil, first came ;‘;4;}‘9 fierce Mohawk Indians here in ‘The “Hill of Torture” was then the site of a strong Mohawk village, and here the white captives were carri In a letter to his mother Father Jogues told how the Indians beat him with “knotty sticks,” tore off his nails and tore out the hair and beard of the two men. Some time during the early part of the captivity Goupil was killed and jed. | way Commission. | diate vicinity,” said President Clarence A. Barbour of that institution in an OPERETTA Ié TOMORROW ington at the University Club last e Girl Reserves to Offer “The Toy|ning. He added that “nearly half of o the student body is from outside New Shop” for Three Days. England” and volced the policy that " " {11 | undergraduates be -~ sought from other bo rsonied omrorran Pmaas il | sections, even to the Pacific Coast. Saturday by 89 Girl Reserves from the| Or Barbour also stated that the uni high school groups at the Young Wome. | Yersity desired to maintain a balance en's’ hristian. Association, The per. | between graduates of the public schools formances will be in Barker Hall, s P COVE Seventeenth and K streets. uite and 5 separate cushions. Participants are from Central, East- ern, McKinley, Business and Western High Schools here and from the George m.n fntener. tailored to your furniture, Mason High School at Alexandria, Va.| beautiful cretonne and Roman stripe. $16.50. The first performance is tomorrow | Write or phone "";5?-"‘§woon afternoon, the second Friday night and | Line. 5350 1513 28th St. S.E. the third Saturday afternoon. FARMER RE'FUND§$IOO i OYSTER BAR Wrong in Accepting Damages for | | Road, Says Jerseyite. | ‘TRENTON, N. J.,, April 8 (H’).—Phl]ip" ‘Whitman, Swedesboro farmer, admitted he was wrong yesterday and returncd $100 to the coffers of the State H'gh- Frenchmen. address before the Brown Club of Wash. in connection with the Restaurant Pierre Breakfast, Lunch $1.00 Dinner §1.25, $1.50 Tea it Anchorage Cuisine Connecticut Ave. at Q St. ~1 would have lost my hay crop any- | way if the commission hadn't built a road along my property,” he explained in returning the money. He had claimed it as damages he be- | lieved he had suffered through con- | struction of a highway. WoOoDWARD & LOTHROP LO™ II™ F.anD G STREETS Linens Worthy of The Spring Bride Dinner Cloths Have Beautiful Hand Work Formal dinner cloths are becoming more elaborate, in keeping with the mode for greater formality. This exquisite cloth is beautifully em- broidered, and trimmed with Ital- ian cutwork and handmade ‘lace. 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He beliéved that “the -elccuve lchooh As to gains in enrollment, he | method puts the college on a solid foun- reported that his college “grew 'm dation.” nnldly “m the wu—parhap- Claude Branch, assistant solicitor informed the alumni nm general, another speaker, lauded the lt ha been decided to limit the num- | value of college contacts, and Arthur to 2,000, with about 1,200 undm- Sundlum rted as a Washington n’ldllliel lnd oth distributed member of the Advisory Council o(' .| Brown. ‘The meetln( was conducted b; President rge S. Holmes of the club sh:ngcJuu.Ice Chulu E. Hughes was lieved that the smaller eolle'u ‘were - i ‘3."":.’:,"’;.;':.,{“;}"‘“ scivies.| WHAT BEAUTY COSTS “Athletics are not fi maintain his scholastic standing an CHICAGO, April 8 (#).—The average o good aihiete, he is wanted." He| woman. 4 Wi cstimated by Mes favored undesignated endowments for | Florence E. Harris, president of the college work. 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