Emory John--Fifty Years A Collector

Indian pottery

"Indian woman smarter than white woman."

5 nersville Beaver Creek has bes dry no water reaching up as far Clear Lake Emory took me on mumerous trips to Sevier Lake got small specimenof each kind of pottery to be found there and have 1t in ea On Beaver Creek Bmory foundfine pastie of ancient Indian worknanship It 1s of hard stone dug out deeply within how that 1s done by the Il never know These are rare fits speoimen 15 very good and valusble to some colleg For photo see page 5a Five mibe frodivehonce oW ee Bmory fondconical pot This pot was broken an he spents md finally months fitting piec dnes stace vioh she propproper cures ungluing 1t 18 1n error contcal pot 4s the mbject of much airth with the presente day Tndtans hole is dug in the gro und and the rot inserted with beans in the bottom Then fire 1o built around the top part of the pot where the water is above the bemns The water up there boils but 4f the fire is too hot the beae escape sgorching The Indian named Joe said to Indian voman smarter than white woman Indian woman put beans in comtesd poty water hot on top Woman go way work all day come bagk beans no burm Wnite women put things in flat panand burn em For photo see saze 5b Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family All rights reserved