New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1927, Page 11

GHEROKEE INDIANS HAD STRANGE CURE 0ld Time Medicine Men Followed Special Ritudl Modern advances in medical science are a matter of no moment to the Cherokee Indians of the Carolina moyntains. Dr. Frans M. Olbrechts, ethnologist who has just returned from an expedition under the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution to the reservation in North Carolina re- ports that the modern Cherokees, like their ancestors, are still morc concerned with how medicine is given than with what it is. If a man has worms, for instance, | the medicine given to get rid of ‘hem must have {lint arrowheads put in it o impart to it the cut- ting quality of the stone so that the worms may be cut to pieces. Cer- tain remedles are only effective if administered in a gourd dipper. Also the incantations accompanying the gathering of the plants from which the drugs are made and ac- companying their administration, must be letter perfect or no good will come. Dr. Olbrechts brought back to the | Smithsonian for exhibition in the National Museum various arti~les illustrating the primitive and super- | stitious nature of Cherokee medi- cine. These include a blow tube used by the medicine men and wo- men to sprinkle or blow decoctions and Infusions upon affected parts of | the body; a piece of uncut flint for | treating rheumatism ments;’ a magical transparent stone alleged to possess mysterious pow- ers in the elimination of disease; and a medicine man’'s cloth, which is designated by words meaning “take it away.” In tl cloth the doctor wraps up and ries away the cause of the di: 3 which is always a spirit or super- naturally injected object, after its removal. The Indians studied by Dr. OI- brechts are the remnant of the once powerful Cherokee Indians who for- merly dominated state They aye the descendarts of those who fled o the meuntains at | the time of the forcible remov the tribe in 1838 to a reservgtion west of the Mississippl. They are still go {solated that few of them speak English. Incidentally, their written Janguages presents a rarity It was created by a half-breed Cherokee named Sequoya in the ginning of the 19th cetury, Seqouya took the English letters and chang- ing them as he saw fit T Cherokee alphabet. This wa ed by the Cherokee government, which, thdnks to the work of : sionaries, had made rapid progre towards civilization A national press was established and a consid- erable body of printed literature ap- peared in the native language. The western Cherokees have been | well absorbed by the whites, but the Carolina members of the tribe have | remained stationary or fallen back. Thelr written languages is passed on now from fathes to son, as they have no schools. Much work on the medical for- mulas and lore of the Cherokees was done in the last century by James Mooney, under the Bureau of American Ethnology of Smithsonian. Dr. Olbrechts under- toak his recent expedition to check up Mooney's manuscripts with a view to their translation and event 1al publication by the Bureau. Jefferson of Sfige Fame Seeking Divorce Reno, Nev., Aug 12 (P—Thomas | L. Jefferson, for many years on the legitimate stage and in recent years Have You Seen the Show OH KAY? We have the hat Oh Kay, very light weight, in the and like ail- | varicolored | S | peasantry and workmen. lnf‘ be- | < | only tha | playing the role of the late Frank Bacon in “Lightin’,” has filed cuit for divorce in district court here charging his wife, Eugenie Paul Jefterson, with being extremely jeal- ous. The couple were married at Ho- hokus, N. J., in 1879, and have three children ,all of age. Jefferson charged that his wife accused him’ of being too realistic in his inter- pretation of love scenes on the stage and with actually making leve to his leading woman. Religious dif- | terences, the petition states, &lse alded in separating the couple, who have not lived together for twelve years. Jordan Motor Company to Put Out New Machine Cleveland, Aug. 12 (UP) — Ed- ward 8. Jordan, president and gen- ,eral manager of the Jordan Motor company, announced today the |company was about to launch & new motor of a ‘“revolutionary type” with characteristics similar [to those of the finest airplane mo- tors. The motor, which has been un- der development for several montha by Jordan, Continental Motors and Stromberg ~ Carburetor |will be of light type with high speed, officials of the Jordan com- pany said. Great realized, |but & 33 per cent increase power will be given by Production on the new car will | start shortly, Jordan said. fuel economy will be in horse- | Moscow Agai; g\\'ept by Homeless Waifs Aug. 12 (P—A new wave children is sweeping Their number, city authorities to as 25 Moscow, | ot homeless | over Moscow. timated by the | nave fallen as low 4 | denly jumped to some 1.500 new rush is believed to have come from Rostov-on-Don in the south. Recruited from the families of they come | to Moscow attracted by the temp: | tions of a modern city. Organized |in gangs, they roam Moscow streets |snatching wgmen's bags. picking | pockets and raiding street peddlars, | practically without interference from | have abandoned ing them the militia, who hope of suppres Plcdgeq in Mad Pawnshops Decrease | Madrid, Spain. Aug. 12 (P—| Pledges in the Madrid pawnshop, | which is run as a city monopoly, | showed a decrease of 5 55 items| Guring the last fls the southeastern | 767 pesetas on the bu: | Jewelry formed the la {the pledges while clothing ond | The annual public auction of un- redeemed pledges brought in 1.9 {127 pesetas on articles upon which 1,209,360 pesetas had heen lent. | Pawnshops arc municipal mono- Poles throughout Spain was 'Legion Apmm es Fuller ] | Work in Vanzetti Case Fitchburg, Mass, Aug. 12 (P—A Iresolution commending Governor Alvan T. Fuller for “his nntiring ef- forts in the interests of justice, in support of our government of lav and in support of our institutions adopted by rising vote at the conventidn of the American Legion here vesterday. Thers was no {mention of the Sacco-Vanzetti case lin the resolution, | = A5 | PLOWMAN FINDS COIN Fort Laramie, Wyo.. Aus. | Harry Latta, plowing near the old {fort. turned up a halt dollar, little |worn and dated 1508, Old time |are speculating on whether Jacques La Ramie, trapper, after whom fhe | fort was named, | hole in his pocket. | here in 1315 i La Ramie came new colors. A fine hat to put on when you tire of your straw. Store Open Saturday Until 9 P. M. $6.00 company. { according to the officials | the motor. | es- r part of | might have had a| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NAVY HOPING 10 ENTER OLYMPICS Crew, Under Glendon, Very (Optimistic | Annapolls, Md., Aug. 12 (P— | “Will the Navy represent the Unite | States in the Olympic in 1928?" | That ls the question that is being asked here, since Richard A. (“Old | Dick") Glendon, consented to return to the Naval Academy as chief men- | tor of the Natvy crews. “I hope to have some real news | for you within a year,” was his somewhat cryptic remark upon his return. Although “Old Dick” re- fused to go into details on his state- ment there was basis for belleving that he referred to the 1928 Olym- | pics, which the Navy has hopes of | entering, in spite of the crushing ' defeat suffered at Poughkeepsie this summer. “0ld Dick” is backed by a great deal of sentiment here because of his long assoclation with the Acade- my and the splendid crews he de- veloped. The most notable of these was the ecight of 1920 which won | the world’s champlonship from Il | comers in the Olympics, and also gained Poughkeepsie honors the next two years. Glendon took charge of rowing at {the Naval Academy in 1004 and served continuously until 1922 when he went into retirement. His son, | who succeeded him, later became coach at Columbia. The two joined forces this year to send Columbia to a remarkable victory at Pough- | keepsie. | Asked why he returned to An- napolis, the elder Glendon said: “Love for the Navy and old sur- roundings is the reason, I sup-| | posa.” | A tremendous task faces Glendon. He must match his son’s great | | cophomore eight in the Poughkeep- sie races next year and meet the | best of western shells. He will have | this year's great plebe crew as ma- terial. Hs must change the strcke | of the present Navy oarsmen, and | therein lles his greatest task. The stroke must be sup- | | \Washington sweeping pull That wfl;m?wl by the long, [inown as the Glendon stroke. is what he is teaching the new ¢ | freshman class this summer. Commander Jonas H. 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