"Scarborough Bones Site to be Top Tourist Draw"

SCARBOROUGH (Staff) - If enthused Scarborough Township officials and business men have their way - and it now seems likely they will - the site of the Indian ossuary on Tabor's Hill will become the world's greatest shrine of North American Indian lore.

Through a weekend of Six Nations ceremonies marking the reburial of the remains found in the hilltop cemetery, the township men cheerfully glowed over the prospects, and just as cheerfully footed a large part of the cost involved.

Observers rate progress on the project as remarkable, both in scope and speed.

The actual size of the Indian cemetery has already been named an historical site by the Province of Ontario. The subdivider who had started work there for a housing subdivision has been found another site.

Further plans call for a 20-acre park surrounding the one-acre site, and a model Indian village that will keep alive in the minds of Canadians the rich heritage of the Indians.

Said one Scarborough business man: "It will be the second tourist attraction of Ontario, next to Niagara Falls."

During the weekend the township and its residents, who had urged the ceremony, contributed financially to its success. Saturday night the visiting Six Nations people were quests of the township at a banquet. The motel owners were hosts at a Sunday luncheon and provided free accommodation for 120 Six Nations visitors.

For their work, Reeve Gus Harris and his executive assistant, J.H. Neville, were made honorary Indian chiefs. Mr. Harris was adopted into the Onondagas as Twowondohn ("The One Who Preserved the Burial Ground"). Neville was adopted by the Cayugas as Hohyenquohneuh ("He Found the Smoke of the Indians"). Mr. Neville was made honorary secretary of the Six Nations Confederacy for the period he worked on preparing the weekend ceremonies.