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...Kohler's decision to stop negotiating with Peabody marked the end of a two-month dispute over Harvard's collection of 2000 Fremont Indian artifacts. Peabody curators said the items, excavated by Harvard archaeologist Noel Morss in the 1920's, were the first such relies ever found from the tribe, which lived in what is now Utah more than 600 years...
...Kohler had claimed in early September that his museum had a legal right to the artifacts, but he withdrew that claim last week. This Friday he telephoned Peabody Museum Assistant Director Rosemary W. Joyce to propose a trade of Fremont Indian artifact collections...
Each now blames the other for an argument that started during that conversation. Kohler said he decided to break off the negotiations because Joyce "kept losing her temper" during their discussion. "Maybe she did have a right, but I just thought we'll drop it," Kohler said. "Usually people don't lose their temper when they're trying to negotiate...
Joyce, in turn, said Kohler made a veiled threat during the conversation...
...Forget the loan. I just want to let you know that the Paiute Indians, [a tribe which lives near Sevier], wanted to make the dispute a lot nastier- There are plenty of people here in Utah who can make a lot of trouble for you,'" Joyce quoted Kohler as saying...