[meteorite-list] Tribal Group Sale of Fragments
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Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:03 2004 Message-ID: <00fe01c1b1ce$74c56f40$6d99e00c_at_C1965109A> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00FB_01C1B19C.2A074AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List,=20 In response to Francis Graham and others about the Willamette meteorite, = I live in the same county that this came from. I have not seen or heard = of any proof by any of the Indian tribes that used to inhabit the area = (which are several), that they were even aware of its existence, until = the big rusty hulk made its d=E9but in the local papers because of the = dispute over who owned it a hundred years ago. None of the Indian tribes = voiced any concern at that time or came forward to claim it, that I am = aware of.=20 Remember this is Western Oregon, where it rains 30 to 60 inches a year. = When the meteorite was first found 100 years ago was covered in a thick = layer of rust, and indeed about 20% of its mass had rusted away and you = can still find oxidized fragments at the site today. I believe the Indian groups would be hard pressed to prove or even show = that they ever actually had any sacred or any other type of connection = with the meteorite. And this undoubtedly is why they haven't been = successful in having the main body in the American Museum returned = Oregon.=20 Unlike the Cape York or other meteorites, there was no evidence any = visitation by humans, such as any chunks being whacked off for use in = arrow of spear points or any paint or other relics found on the = meteorite or at the site. But if they were aware of it, what did it really mean to them back 100 = or 150 years ago? Who can say truthfully...probably just an interesting = looking rock.=20 Gordon Trone ------=_NextPart_000_00FB_01C1B19C.2A074AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In response to Francis Graham and = others about the=20 Willamette meteorite, I live in the same county that this came from. I = have not=20 seen or heard of any proof by any of the Indian tribes that used to = inhabit=20 the area (which are several), that they were even aware of its = existence, until=20 the big rusty hulk made its d=E9but in the local papers because of the = dispute=20 over who owned it a hundred years ago. None of the Indian tribes voiced = any=20 concern at that time or came forward to claim it, that I am aware of.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Remember this is Western Oregon, where = it rains 30=20 to 60 inches a year. When the meteorite was first found = 100 years=20 ago was covered in a thick layer of rust, and indeed about 20% of its = mass had=20 rusted away and you can still find oxidized fragments at the site=20 today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I believe the Indian groups would be = hard pressed=20 to prove or even show that they ever actually had any sacred or any = other type=20 of connection with the meteorite. And this undoubtedly is why they = haven't=20 been successful in having the main body in the American Museum returned = Oregon.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Unlike the Cape York or other = meteorites, there was=20 no evidence any visitation by humans, such as any chunks being whacked = off for=20 use in arrow of spear points or any paint or other relics found on the = meteorite=20 or at the site.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But if they were aware of it, what = did it=20 really mean to them back 100 or 150 years ago? Who can say = truthfully...probably=20 just an interesting looking rock. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gordon Trone</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00FB_01C1B19C.2A074AA0-- Received on Sat 09 Feb 2002 08:01:22 PM PST |
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