Indian Burial Ground

[snowyday]

On a hot summer day an interested group of on-lookers watched some

archaeologists uncover an ancient Indian burial ground in Kansas.

In the crowd was a large woman who kept loudly and repeatedly reminding

the workers they were committing a crime: “An Indian has every right to a

private burial. Grown men should be ashamed of themselves, disturbing the dead.â€

Finally, the woman triumphantly asked how the scientists knew that one

of the skeletons they had just uncovered was that of an Indian squaw, as they

had pointed out.

Looking up the archaeologist answered slowly.

“Well, madam, for one thing, you’ll note the lower jaw is worn out.

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