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 RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY AS TO THE EXISTENCE 
 
 OF MAN IN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE 
 
 PALEOLITHIC PERIOD OF THE STONE AGE. 
 
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 THOMAS WILSON, 
 
 Ci$rmi»r t/ ik* Dipartmtnl ^ Prthitttric Anikrt^tligy. 
 
 Prom the Report of the National MuMum, i887-'88, paffet 6n-^am. 
 
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 RESULTS OF AN INQI'IUY AS TO TIIK KXISTKXCK (IF MAN IN NORTH 
 AMERICA DURING THE PALEOLITHIC I'ElilOl) OF THE STONE AOE. 
 
 My Thomas Wii.sov. 
 
 
 The existence ami the antiquity of the paleolithic period in Europe 
 had been so well eKtahli.shed by the investigations of Enropean pre- 
 historic anthropologists as to neither require demonstration nor admit 
 of discussion. 
 
 The prehistoric people of North America, as they have been generally 
 known, whether mound-builders or Indians, all belonged to the neo- 
 lithic period of the stone age, unless there is to be establishetl an age 
 of copper. 
 
 Their cutting implements of stone were not brought to an edge by 
 chipping as was done in the paleolithic ])eriod, nor were these iniph ments 
 chipped in the sense of the term as use<I in connection with that period. 
 On the contrary, they were polished or made smooth by rubbing against 
 or upon another stone. Their cutting edges were made sharp in the 
 same way. This was a new invention, and constituted the distinctive 
 mark between the civilization of the two periods. The i)eoples of the 
 neolithic period had much the higher civilization. They made pottery, 
 had flocks and herds, a knowli'dge of agriculture, a society organized 
 into tribes or bands, burieil their dead with ceremony, mourned their 
 loss, and erected burial monutueiits. 
 
 They were numerous in N<trth America, and spread over or occupied, 
 at one tiuie or another nearly, if not <|uite, the entire continent; their 
 tribes were many, they employed different languages, made and used a 
 variety of curious iiupleuients, and their monuments are yet a source 
 of wou«ler and surprise. These things have rendered the mine of eth- 
 nologic lore in America so rich and with such great opi)ortunities, that 
 the attention of the anthropologist and ethnologist of our country have 
 been fully absorbed and left with but little incentive to investigate 
 that ruder but earlier period — the paleolithic. 
 
 My attention has been turned towards this period, and I determined 
 to give it a share of that consideration to which I felt it was entitled. 
 I make but small claim to original discovery ; most of my facts have 
 been heretofore known, but they were isolated, disconnected, unrecog- 
 nized, and almost valueless. I have now grouped them, here and there 
 
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 tilled tlH> ffiips with im'w fauts, foriniiluti'd all, and hope 1 have cstab- 
 IIsImmI tlioir hearing onu upon aiiotluT, and thus proved (to iiiy own 
 mitisfaction, at luast) the {general <K;(;iipation of the United States by 
 man during the paleolithic period. Other peiMons have heretofore ex- 
 pressed their belief in this proposition, but as vet it has not been 
 proved. The evidence which they presented may hi* ve been good, bnt 
 it was insntlicient. 
 
 Many years agoHignorCapellini, rector of the Kniversity of Bologna, 
 visited th<' United States, and reported having fonnd at Burlington, 
 Iowa, a paleolithic implement of white tlint.* 
 
 Prolessor Joseph Leidy, in 1H73, report«'<l having fonnd paleolithic im- 
 ])lements in Hint, Jasper, and quartisite at or near Fort Mridger, 
 Wyoming.t 
 
 Professor Leidy says : 
 
 "III Hoiiio places the Ntoiic iiii|il*Miieiit8 are h<i niiiiutroiis, ami at the mhiik* time m nidi'ly 
 eoiiHti'iU'tiMl, that oik; jh coiiHtantly in doiiht wlien to consiiler tlu>tii uh natural or 
 accidental and when to view them i\» artiticial. 8<»iii** of the plaiim are mo tliickly 
 Htrewn with natural and artilicial H|dinttired HtoneH that they look an if they had 
 heeii the hattletieIdH of great arinieH diirin<r the stone ajje." 
 
 But Dr. Leidy did not know these implements to be what they really 
 were, that is, im])lements of the paleolithic period. His friend Dr. Van 
 A. Carter, residing at Fort Bridger, and well acquainted with the lan- 
 guage, history, manners, and customs of the neighl)oring tribes of 
 Imlians, informed him that they knew nothing about these implements. 
 He reported that the Shoshones looke*! upon them as the gift of God to 
 their ancestors. 
 
 The discovery l)y Dr. Abbott of paleolithic implements in the gravel 
 drift of the Delaware River at Trenton was the leading discovery which 
 bore testimony to the existence of man in America during the paleo- 
 lithic period. His discovery was valuable, and no doubt is to be thrown 
 upon the genuineness of the implements. They tend to prove as well 
 the antiquity as the existence of the paleolithic perio<l in America. 
 l>y this discovery Trenton occujjies much the same relation to American 
 prehistoric anthropology that Abbeville does to Kuropean. 
 
 Less known, but believed to be equally authentic, was the discovery 
 of paleolithic implements by Miss Franc E. Babbitt in 1S71> at Little 
 Falls, Minnesota; by Dr. Met/, in the river gravel of the Little Miami 
 at Loveland, near Cincinnati ; by Professor McGee of a pv»8sibly paleo- 
 lithic spearhead of obsidian in the valley of Lake Lahontau in uorth- 
 westmn Nevada; by Dr. Hilborn T. Cresaon, of Philadelphia, at Clay- 
 mont, Delaware, and Upland, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and of a 
 supposed paleolithic! tire-place or hearth, explained by Prof. G. K. 
 Gilbert. 
 
 Conceding for these tinds of paleolithic implements full authenticity, 
 
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 t IT. S. Geological Survey, 1''72 (Hayden), p. 651, tigs. 1-12. 
 
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 tlu*,v only hIiow an isolattMl anil widely scattciTd (xHMipation by man 
 (Iniin;; tlit^ palcclitliir, period They are lar t'loui sltiivvin;; a general 
 occupation as lias been established in southern an«l western Europe. 
 It' the (M;eupati(Mi shown by these tinds was truly that of the paleolithic 
 man I could not brin;; myself to believe that it was restricted in this 
 way, and I thou^'ht that his implements should be fouml elsewhere. 
 This was needed to establish a j;eneral o(;cupatiou, and a };eneral occu- 
 pation must be est':iblished before the scieiititic world would accept the 
 fact as I Moved. 
 
 My resilience in Kui ope and my ac(pii(intance with European prehistoric 
 antliro|>olo<i;y, especially that portion relating to the paleolithic period, 
 caused me to be deeply interesteilin the <|uesti<Mi of theexistence of man 
 durin}!' a like period in America, and I be<;an my investi^^ations immedi- 
 ately upon my return. Hound in the Museum many objects labeleiU^Miudu 
 and (Inlinished Implements of the Palecdithit; Ty|ie,"-and I (pieried 
 whether they were not truly |)aleolithic. I was answered in the nega- 
 tive, ami it was said that they were but the nnlinished implements of 
 the Indians; in fact, his J'aihireHwhvu making; the more tinished and 
 perfect implements. And it was further said that they were always 
 found in (ronnei'tion, and associated with the more perfect impleinent. 
 While it was not said that they could not be found under the surface 
 or in j;iavels, yet it was declared that they had not been so found ; on 
 the contrary, all had come from the surface. The argument did not 
 satisfy me, and I pusheil my investigations and comparisons. I dis- 
 covered that certain of the implements displayed in the Museum under 
 the name aforesaid, had been found by Mr. E. V. U[)ham, my assistant, 
 in times past on the hills around the city of Washington, chietly those 
 of IMney Branch and Hock Creek. <iuided by him I visited the neigh- 
 borhood and our searches were crowned with such success that in the 
 lirst afternoon we found a greater number than we could carry home. 
 1 have since visited the same places in company with several scieiititic 
 gentlemen of the (le»)logical Survey, Professors Gilbert, McGee, 
 llnlnu's, Ileiishaw, and Mr. DeLancey (iill, whose knowledge and ex- 
 jserience were of great benelir. We were aided by Mr. S. V. Proudlit 
 and Mr. E. K. lieynolds, who have pushed their explorations on the 
 Eastern Branch of the Potomac and in tiie vicinity of the Chain Bridge. 
 These ru<le implements were found ever> where in profusion. 
 
 Comparison is as good a rule of evidene»» in archa'ology as in law. [ 
 ap]>lied it by cotiiparinu these unknown and unrecognized im]>lenients 
 with those from foreign countries which were recognized and admiftcd 
 as genuine implements made by man during ihe paleolithii; period in 
 those countries, and as representatives of its civilization. The result 
 was not less surprising than gratifying. My examination proved to me 
 th.at, though coming from lands however distant, from other continents 
 separated from ours by wi<le oceans, these were all the same imple- 
 ments. Their identity was complete. Both showed the handiwork of 
 
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 iinui, and \v«'n' iiii»l»'iiial»l.v inamU'artun'il tor the saiiu' |Hir|n>s» and 
 roprcsi'iitin;; tin' same «i\ ili/ati<ni or cnltnn'. An rxiinnnaiion and 
 conipaiison ol the iniplt'na'nts tlifniselvi's are neces.sai.v in uider to un- 
 derstand the tall Coiee <»t' lliese statements. 
 
 The remark.sol Dr. lieidy as to tlie liivnt nnmluMof these iniph-ments 
 whii h he tonnd in tlie Mridyer basin apply witli eipml fon'e to tln^ WlnlVs 
 and hills uronnd the eity of Washinjrt<»n. The reports of these iniple- 
 menls in the Alasenm. from the District of Utdnmbia, are as follows: 
 
 Mr. SiKMMiiitUcr '^'' 
 
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 , Ml. W.I.Hi.r H'J 
 
 MaUiiiK ii total from tlic District of Cohimliiu of 74r> 
 
 Extending these investigations over the United States, Pn>fessor 
 Lanj-ley, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, at the instance 
 of tliis Department, issued in January, IS.HS, Ciicular No. .'«i, alreatly 
 unntHJUcd, and of which the following is a copy : 
 
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 CIRCCLAR CONCEHNIXO TUK DKI'Ain MEN T OK ANTKJt'lTIES. 
 
 The Siiiithsoniiui I islitntion desires answers to the tollowin;; (nu'stions concerning 
 that cla8.s of American uboriginal stone relics wliieh have l)een heretoforo tlenoini- 
 nuted "rude or iintini.shed impleinents of the paleolithic type." 
 
 Cuts of some, together with their localities, are herewith given. 
 Question 1. How many of these rude stone implements have yon in yonr collection f 
 Question 2. Do yon know of any in other mnseums or collectionsf 
 Question ;{. Of what material are they made f 
 Question 4. Where have they heen found t 
 
 (1) As to locality. 
 
 (■i) Position, condition, and associated with what olijecta. 
 
 (:$) Whether on or under the surface, and if so, at what depth, and in what kind 
 of geologic formation. 
 
 (4) Wore they found in mounds, tombs, or other ancient strnctnres, 
 
 (5) Were auy other ancient implements found with them, and if so, of what kind. 
 (()) Did their deposit seem to be accidental «t intentional. 
 
 (7) Have they been described in any jjublication, .and if so, in what, and where 
 
 can it be obtained. 
 
 (8) Can yon forward specimens (as many as possible) to this Museum in exchange 
 
 for publications or duplicate specimens. 
 
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 TBXAH. J. Van 08TKAND. 
 
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 TIIK PALEOLITHIC PKRIOD OF THE .STONE AGE. 
 
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 Tksxeshvi.. .1. Tahisii Stri.i.b 
 
 District ok Com'mhia. Jamkh Wkiiktku. 
 
 The Miisemn received two Lnndred and nine responses. Tlie niiniber 
 of'im|)lement- reported by the correspondents from twenty tliree Stares 
 and Territories is six thonsand seven iaindred and sixty-two, but 
 twentyeifiht persons report an indefinite number in their collections 
 whicli is incapable of addition : -'A few," "some," " many," •' plenty," 
 " hundreds," " a larpe number," etc. These have not been counted into 
 this agpregate. Thirty-three persons sent one thousand one hundred 
 and eigljty-nine of the " rude in)plements" for which they all received 
 an equivalent in exchange. The objects actually recreived from those 
 thirty-three persons were nearly «louble the number mentioned. Those 
 
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686 
 
 KKPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 
 
 wbich from tlieir form, appeaiiiiice, material, mode of fabrieatiou, were 
 decided not to 1)h paleolithic, bave been eliiniiiated. 
 
 A tabulated statement showing the results accomplished by the dis- 
 tributiou of this circular is here given : 
 
 
 Name of Slate. 
 
 Jklaiiie 
 
 Vcrinoiit 
 
 MasaacliiiHett.s 
 
 (^oniipc'lu'iit 
 
 New York 
 
 Ni'wJmm'y 
 
 IViiiiHylvunia 
 
 Marvlanil 
 
 Distrii't orCuliiiiibiii. 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Xortli Carolina 
 
 SiMitli Carolina 
 
 (Seor^jla 
 
 Florida 
 
 Alabama 
 
 IVxas 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 TtinncHst'e 
 
 Mirliitiiiii 
 
 WisuonHiii . 
 
 Iowa 
 
 MiHRonrI 
 
 ArkannaM 
 
 California 
 
 Minnesota , 
 
 Orejion , 
 
 KaDHas 
 
 Xcliraska 
 
 Col irado 
 
 rtah 
 
 Wyoming 
 
 Arizona . 
 
 Canada 
 
 Angwera 
 ri'celvod. 
 
 Total. 
 
 1 
 
 
 'JO 
 
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 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 •-'« 
 
 
 1,215 
 
 ];! 
 
 
 480 
 
 17 
 
 
 IbO 
 
 2 
 
 
 25 
 
 .I 
 
 
 4K 
 
 n 
 
 
 1:24 
 
 r> 
 
 
 21 
 
 ;t Ktnv 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 :i,t5 
 
 86 
 57 
 
 106 
 
 209 
 
 6,762 
 
 71 
 26 
 
 (i 
 
 10 
 10 
 
 789 
 
 10 
 31 
 25 
 6 
 66 
 26 
 
 2:i 
 15 
 
 IH 
 
 6 
 2 
 S 
 4 
 
 38 
 
 48 
 
 7 
 
 :i 
 
 8 
 
 2.1 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 51 
 
 St 
 
 6 
 
 1,352 
 
 541 
 
 212 
 40 
 06 
 
 230 
 27 
 12 
 
 36(1 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 48 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 25 
 
 4 
 
 050 
 
 lOH 
 8,502 
 
 RECAPIITLATION. 
 
 Kumltpr of im|ilement8 rpportrd 6,762 
 
 Number sent to Miisciim 789 
 
 Number already in MoHeitn* 960 
 
 1.7.10 
 
 8,501 
 
;atioi), were 
 by the (lis- 
 
 al 
 
 in 
 
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 Total. 
 
 3 
 
 218 
 
 .... 
 
 !»7 
 
 90 
 
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 10 
 
 27 
 
 7 
 
 G32 
 
 41 
 
 r.iu 
 
 :i» 
 
 1, •.•!!> 
 
 5« 
 
 92 
 
 i'JH 
 
 i,4<m 
 
 ]» 
 
 430 
 
 5 
 
 41 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 31 
 
 61 
 
 25 
 
 34 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 66 
 
 1, S52 
 
 26 
 
 541 
 
 2:i 
 
 212 
 
 IS 
 
 40 
 
 IM 
 
 !Ni 
 
 .... 
 
 •S.i» 
 
 « 
 
 27 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 350 
 
 4 
 
 90 
 
 38 
 
 95 
 
 48 
 
 48 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 :i 
 
 3 
 
 K 
 
 8 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 4* 
 
 4 
 
 ... 
 
 10« 
 
 )50 1 
 
 8,502 
 
 
 fi,762 
 
 . 789 
 . 960 
 1.739 
 
 THE PALEOLITHU- PERlOiJ OK THE STONE A<JE. 
 
 687 
 
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 8,501 
 
 lu the Hcience of prehintoru; iiiithroimlogy aliiio.st tlie Nole means of 
 study are the iinplemeiits and inoiiuiiie!it.s made and used by prehistoric 
 man. To render this study availabh^ it becomes of prime importance 
 that we should know not only the locality of the implement or object 
 studied, but also its position, condition, and relation to other objects 
 with which it may be found associated. It is coming to be recognized 
 as the (bity of every discoverer, if he would make his tind of any value, 
 to note carefully its condition. |)osition, and association with other v,b- 
 jects. His failure to do this <lcstroys its principal value. 
 
 I have endeavored during the past year to secure such a description 
 of all specimens received. The official catalogues of the Museum are 
 furnished to us with their numbers completed, one line only to each 
 Dumber, and this is subdivided so as to give name, date, locality, donor, 
 etc., which, with the official number, tills the line. It is manifestly im- 
 ])ossible to give in this catalogue the (h'scription needed to make the 
 specimen appreciated or valued. It is almost, if not <piite, as imprac- 
 ticable to give the specimen its proper value if all the information 
 concerning its discovery is allowed to lie in the registrar's tiles and to 
 be found oidy there. Therefore I have briefed all letters giving such 
 information concerning the specimens received, putting it in the most 
 concise form possible, which 1 transmit with this report, to the end that 
 they may be printed with it and ho be made accessible to the student, 
 to the luiblic, and to the office. 
 
 The following are briefs of these letters. The type Solutreen men- 
 tioned refers to leaf-sha|>ed implements, which wouhl in Europe be 
 <-lassed as paleolithit;. Whether they are to be so classed in America 
 awaits future investigation. The other paleolithic implements, usually 
 nnmentioned in the brief, refer to Chellian implements which are not 
 considered (b)ubttul : 
 
 C. M. Sawyer, Mechiinics' Falls, Maine, April 2, 188m. SouiIh sixteen specimens, seven 
 of wbi<^li iiro paleolithic (type Sulutreeu). Miiteriul, jasper. Foiiiul on the snrface 
 of the shores of Schajjo Lakt' and at Ifayuiond, CiiniberlaiKl County, Maine. Ac- 
 cession y<i44(! ; catalogue NoM. l:?7.V.>;{-l;{7t)(>(). 
 
 Prof. G. H. Perkins. Tniversity of Vermont, Turlington, Vermimt, February 15, 1888. 
 Has many rude impletnents. Material, bluish-gray <(uart/,ite, argillite, horustone, 
 and some of granite. Found on the surface near streams. Deposit accidental. 
 Sends forty-six specimens, eighteen of which arc paleolithic, Accessi(m iiOr)')! ; cata- 
 logue No. iniM2'.». 
 
 Prof, O. H. Perkins, University of Vermont, Hurlington, N'ermout, .Tune 12, 1886. 
 Sends eighteen specimens from Bristol Pond, .MoiiUton. Vermont, four of which are 
 paleolithic. Surface find.s. Accession *.i07:Vl ; catalogue Nos. i:Ji((>r)i>-lH9fi»)r). Has very 
 few larger than the largest of this lot. 
 
 Prof. ft. II. Perkins, University of Vermont. Burlington, N'ermont, .Inly U>, 1888. 
 Sends fifty rude implements, five of which arc ]»aleolithic. Found on the surface in 
 the Mississco Valley, northern Vermont, *. e., Swanton and Highgate. Accession 
 20H7H; catalogue Nos. i:«)724-i:K»7:iO. 
 
 Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Massiichiisetls, February 6, 1888. .1. Rob- 
 ins(U), treasurer, in charge of Museum. Has a large number of rude implements 
 from 1 toti inciies in length. Sendsseven specimens (paleolithic) from Essex County, 
 
688 
 
 UKI'OliT OK NATIONAL MI'SKUM, 1888. 
 
 MnHHacbnsettH. Material, porphyritic foUite. Fouml down to 18 inchus below tko 
 Hiirfiice. AccesHJon 20ir>i>; catalogue Nim. lUDilO-lItTtJir. 
 
 WillanlNye, jr., Now iiedfonl, MasMachuwtts, Miiy l», 18iS. Si^nls ten spei'iiiieuH; 
 disk-s of quartz, porpliyry, etc. Found on tin; Nurfiii;*; iit the wc^t cud of Murtha'M 
 Vineyard Inland, Massaclumetts, aHsneiated with arrow and Hpciir lieudH, drilJH, 
 HcraperN, and fraguusniH of pottory. AccenHJon "iOoT'J ; ciit!il(»;jue No. 1:>DI:{!I. These 
 probably bebnig to the sliell heapM, and may not bo paletdithii;. 
 
 Merritt WIIIIh, West FarinH, New York City, February 12, 1888. Sends two rndo 
 inipleuientM (paleolithic) from Trenton, New Jcrs<\v, an<l one from West ('bester. New 
 York. AcceHiion 20:j;»l ; eataloKue Nos. i:«tl!M-l:{lH<J.'>. 
 
 Dr. A. L. Benedict, Buffalo, New York, March 1(! 18S8. Sends thirty flint im])le- 
 niontH (type Holutreen) from Buffalo, New York, and five rude implements (lypi; Soln- 
 treen) from Fort Erie, C'ana<la. They were found on the sites of Indian villages asso- 
 ciated with other stone impleuients. Deposit accidenlai. Theso rude implements 
 arc found in great number all arouii<l the falls on both sides. Accession 2(lli(>.'>; cata- 
 logue Nos. i:j921)l-i:«f.".)',>. 
 
 F. Roulet, Newark \'alley, New York, .luiu! 4, 188"*. Sends sixteen specimens, 
 fourteen of which are paleidithic (type Solutreen). Material slate, limestone, etc. 
 All found in Pennsylvania, mostly along the banks of the Susiiuehanna River. Acces- 
 sion 20088; catalogue N«»s. i:Wlil8-l:U)B-.iO. 
 
 A. G. Richmond, Canajoharie, New York, June 17, 1888. Sends collection of tlireo 
 hundred and ninety-live speciuu;ns, embracing hanimerstones, scrapers, and arrow- 
 points (flint and chert), notched sinkers, fragments of pottery, shell, bones, etc., from 
 old Indian village sites in the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County, New York. Only 
 four of these specimens can be classed as paleolithic. Accession 2U784 ; catalogue 
 Nos. 189(567-1 :m20. 
 
 Dr. B. D. Skinner, Oreenport, New York, February 20, IH'8. Sends twenty rude 
 implements (pahtolithic) of quart/.; found upon the surface over glacial drift in the 
 vicinity of Greenport, Long Island, New York. Acccssiou 2()2i{8; catalogue Nos. 
 139037-139041. These probably belong to shell heaps, and uniy or may not be paleo- 
 lithic. 
 
 W. W. Adams, Mapleton, New York, February 27, 1888. Sends five specimens 
 (type Solutreen). Material, chert; found on the surfac<; in the vit;iuity of Mapleton. 
 Accidental deposit. Has no more. Accession ^0248; catalogue No. 13.»ir»0. 
 
 W. \V. Tooker, Sag Harbor, New York, March 9, 188H. Hus one hundred rude 
 implements, majority of (piart/., others of slate, argillite, vtv..; found on the surface, 
 in shell-heaps, on village sites, and in deposits from A to .'> feet in di'pth. Sends six- 
 teen rude implements (paleolithic), principully of quart/. ; from the surface and fnun 
 shell-heaps, in the vicinity of Sag Harbor, New York. Has never fimnd them (ru«le 
 implements) as described by Dr. Abbott. Has found them at the talus of the blnfla. 
 Rude axes have been found in digging wells .-it great depths. 
 
 Accession 20418: catalogue Nos. 139340-139355. These probably belong to shell- 
 heaps, and may or may not bo paleolithic. 
 
 Howard B. Davis, Reading, Pennsylvania, February 18, 188H. Sends twenty-two 
 specimens, six of which are paleidithic; found along the Schuylkill River about one 
 mile south of Reading in freshly ploughed fields. Deposit accidental. Accession 
 20210; catalogue Nos. 139031-13903(i. 
 
 J. M. M. Gernerd, Muncy, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1888. Sends one hundred and 
 fiUy specimens and hasone hundred and fifty left. These implements(type Solutreen) 
 are from Muncy Valley, along west bank of Susquehanna River. Surface finds. 
 None ever fiiund in mounds. Accession 20191 ; catalogue No. 131Ni2(>. 
 
 A. Sharpless, West Chester, Pennsylvania, February tJ, 1888. Sends three speci- 
 mens, two td' which are paleolithic; found on the surface with chips of t|uartz on 
 what was evidently an old camping ground near West. Chester, Peuusylvaina. Ac- 
 cession 20t,')8, catalogue Nos. 137(508-1 37()()9. .Speaks of several nests (cric/tf«) found 
 in his neighborhood on the Brandywine. 
 
 
» lielovr the 
 
 [ epei-iiiKMiH; 
 of Miirtlm'H 
 «inlH, drills, 
 )j;W. Tlifse 
 
 iIh two rude 
 LJht'ster, New 
 
 • flint iinple- 
 8(tyi>«'Solu- 
 villam'MiisHo- 
 ) iinplciiuMilH 
 2li:M)r>; cata- 
 
 n HpeciineiiB, 
 mestouc, etc. 
 tivcr. Acces- 
 
 stiou of tliroo 
 i, and arrow- 
 lies, etc., from 
 V York. Only 
 14; catalogue 
 
 twenty rude 
 al drift in the 
 italogne Now. 
 
 not be paleo- 
 
 ve HiieciineiiH 
 of Maplfton. 
 
 uiidred rude 
 n the surface, 
 Scn<ls six- 
 face and from 
 d them (rude 
 of the blurt's. 
 
 long to sliell- 
 
 [h twenty- two 
 vet about one 
 ^\. Accessiou 
 
 e hundred and 
 kpeSolutreen) 
 Surface finds. 
 
 ds three speci- 
 of quartz, ou 
 
 sylvania. Ac- 
 (cttcfces) found 
 
 THK I'ALEOLITHIC PKUIOI) OF TIIK STONE AGK. 
 
 fi89 
 
 A. Sharples8, West Chester, Pennsylvania, March :U), 1888. Sends a leaf-shaped 
 cutting implement from West Chester, i'a. Not paleolithic. Accession 4204*.!*J ; cata- 
 logue No. i:w:«5. 
 
 A. SJuirplesH, West Chester, Pennsylvania, May 8, 188H. Sends thirty-two speci- 
 mens, ten of which are paleolithic, all found on the surface at West Chester, Penn- 
 sylvania. Accession '.iO()0:{ ; catalogue Nos. i:W44l-i:{!M47. 
 
 D. T. Millspnugh, M. D., Kendall, Pennsylvania, Juno iti, 1888. Sends a leaf- 
 sli:ip«>d implomeiit and broken arrow-head from Pennsylvania, and one leaf-shapetl 
 implement from New York (not paleolithic). Accession "MtO? ; catalogue Nos. 1:{1>7:W- 
 i;«t740. 
 
 1). T. Millspaugh, M. D., Kendall, Pennsylvania, May l(i, 1888. Has two rude im- 
 plements of impure silica found about :< iM<'lies from surfiiti! on the bank of Tunniigwaut 
 Creek, 1 mile from Hradfcud, McKean County, Peimsvlvania, associated with chip- 
 pings, the latter, however, not in great enough number to be considered a manufac- 
 tory. Deposit accidental. He says the lo(;ality is rich in mounds and tlie evidences 
 of Indians. 
 
 K. IJ. Reynolds, Washington, District of Columbia, April 17, 1888. Has hundreds. 
 Sends two hundred an<l lifty-nine specimens, two hunilredand seventeen of wh'cli are 
 paleolithic. Material ipiartz, ipiartzite, argillite, (!tc. Ail siirfaci; finds from difl'er- 
 eiit localities in the District of (%>lumbia. Accession 'J04'.)7 ; catalogue Nos. 139401- 
 i:«Ml-2. 
 
 S. V. Proudlit, Washington, District of Columbia, March 17, 1888. Srndsone hun- 
 dred and thirty arntw-heads and one nnsteinmed sjiear-head fr<»m the District of Co- 
 lumbia. Not paleolilhic. Accession 20lfc')8 ; catalogue Nos. i:{l»i44-i;iy"2'^l». 
 
 Hi nest Shoemaker, Washington, District of t!olumbia, Feliruary 1"4, 1888. Has 
 alxiut one hundred rude im])leniunts, all from the District of Columbia and neig'i- 
 boring country. Sends thirty-live specimens, twenty-two of which are paleolithic. 
 Material jiriiicipally of (luartzito. Fonnd on the surface. Accession 20175; cata- 
 logue Nos. I;!'.HI07-1;j9010. 
 
 Howard Shriver, Wytheville, Virginia, February i;{, 1888. Sends two white qmirtz 
 arrow-heads. Not jtaleolithic. Accession yoi 82; cat.ilogMe No. l;t',IO'J-i. 
 
 Nathaniel S. Way, Accotink, Virginia, February i;$, lfh8. Has about four hun- 
 dred of quart/ and qiiartzite, fonnd near Accotink ou the surface. The implements 
 are small near the river and larger inland. Sends twenty-two specimens, twenty o( 
 which are paleolithic. Accession 21U8.'); catalogue Nos. i:$y028-l;li)02"J. 
 
 Nathaniel S. Way, Accotink, Virginia, April '24, 18s8. Sends six rude implements 
 (paleolithic) of quarl/.ito ; fonnd on the surface near Accotink, Fairfax County, Vir- 
 ginia. Accession *20.')07 ; catalogue No. IH'.M 1:5. 
 
 Howard Haywood, Raleigh, North Candina, March 19, 1888. Has sixty specimens. 
 Sends thirty rude implements, eight of which arc paleolithic. All were fonnd on the 
 surface in the vicinity of Raleigh, on Crab Tree Creek, about 50 yards from the 
 shore and about Pi feet above its level, associateil with arrow-heads, broken it<»ttery, 
 ant' '\ipsof flint. Light sandy soil with red clay subsoil. The deposit seemed to 
 be accidental. Accessicm •20:i.'»7 ; catalogue Nos. l;J9'214-i:{9'24;?. 
 
 .1. A. D. Stephenson, Statesville, North t^arolina, February (>, 1888. Hasquitea num- 
 ber, principaily of(|uartzito containing some impurities which weathers slightly when 
 long exposed. Fonnd on the surface in Iredell, Alexander, and Catawba Counties, 
 North Carolina. Sends three specimens of rude implements (type Solufreen). Mato- 
 riip! quartzite; found in diponits in Iredell and Alexandi-r Counties, North Carolina. 
 Many deposits of these implbtiKMils found in this •'cighborhood ; they are generflly 
 buried deeper in valleys and slighter on the mountains. No other implements found 
 with them. Deposit intentional. None found in mounds. Accession '201 8:i; catalogue 
 Nos. n9()'2;J-i:i90'25. 
 
 .1. A. D. Stephenson, Statesville, North Candina. March :?, 1888. Sends thirty-four 
 specimens, twelve of which are paleolithic. Material principally of (iuart/ite—fonu4 
 
 M. Mis, 142, pt. 3 44 
 
690 
 
 UKPOliJ' OK NATIONAL Ml SKLM, 
 
 1888. 
 
 on the siirfaca noiir StutoHville, North Caroiitiu. Acci-ssion 'iOA^'J; iiitalo<riicNoH. 
 i:j;»:i'i(>-i:jy;«ii. 
 
 J. K. NiHsley, Adii, Oliio, Maieli 14, IHH'*, .Semis t\vflv«' >|MH-iiii<'iis. Hve of wliirh 
 art" iWMNilily palcolitliic (t.vpo .Soliitrt'oii). I'omul on tin- snrfafc at Ucil Kivcr Spriiij; 
 Creek aixl Elk Fork, Todd ('ounty, Kentucky, and Moiitaoniery Coiinly, TennesHee. 
 Aecf8«ioii 'M\i:>; catal.ifrne Nos. i:{<J^O(t-i:i'.ni(K{. 
 
 J. Freshwater, Loiidonville, Oliio, I'eliriiary 1. I~~~. S«nt one leaf .sha])ed ent- 
 tin;; iniidenient. Not paleolithie. Found on the surfaee at houd<Mivill<-. LivcH in 
 a river valley where there i» from l.'iO to 20(» feet <»f' drift : never found any worked 
 iniplenientN in the K''i<vel or drift. Accession 'iOHl* ; eatalo^riie No. l;{;M»i7. 
 
 D. T. D. Dycho, Lehaiion, Ohio, February H, l-^^S. Sends forty-live speciniens ; 
 all from Warren County, Ohio. Found on the surface, thirteen of which are paleo- 
 lithic. Accession 20174 ; catalo>-ue Nos. l.Mtl»l»-l:{iKH>(;. 
 
 J. A. Stevenson, Akron, Ohio, March Iti, l-'-'H. Sends eollections of tliree hun- 
 dred and ei,!>;hty-fivo specimens. Four rudo implements (paleolithic) from Summit 
 County, Ohio, and fourteen rudo implunieut.s (paleolithic) from .luniata County, 
 Pennsylvania. Accession 20;<7 1 ; cataloj;nn Nos. l:>l»'2y:J-i;W:W4. 
 
 Warren K. Moorehead, Xenia, Ohio, February 7, li*^"'. Has t flirty rude iniplo- 
 mcnts of tlint. Sends ten (paleolithic) implements from the undisturbed •{ravel, 
 Little Miami River, Fort Ancient, Warren County, Ohio, and ten (pale«dithic) from 
 the gravel on the bed of "Old Town Run,'' :< miles n«»rtli «if Xenia. Greene County, 
 Ohio. Found 2 or ',i feet from surface, associated with llint tiakes. Deposit acci- 
 dental. Not found in mounds or tombs. Accession 2<K{:?0 : catalo<rue Nos. lll'.>198- 
 
 James C. Wright, Fredonia, Ohio, l^ebruary 27, HS*^. 8»'nds fifty specimens, six 
 of which are paleolithic (type Solutrcen). Material tlint or burr-stone. Found 
 ujion the surface in Licking C'onnty, associated with arrow ;iud spear points. A low 
 of the leaf-shaped imidements have been found in mounds. Accession 2(I.V)(I; cata- 
 logue Nos. I3y4:u-i:{i)4.{8. 
 
 C. T. Wiltheiss, Piqiia, Ohio, March (i, 1888. Sends tifty-seveii specimens, prin- 
 cipally of flint, seventeen of which are ])aleolithii' (type Solutrcen). These imple- 
 ments wash (Mitof the east bank of the Miami River on the bott«im lands, from a 
 stratum of yellow clay covered l>y a layer of black loam 'i or 4 feet in thickness. Ac- 
 cession 20:U1; catalogue Nos. i:JS»l8l-i:Wl<»:{. 
 
 Carey Bell, Utica, Ohio, March 22, 1888. Has quite a number of rude implemcnis, 
 ]>rincipally of chert or flint. Mostly surface linds. associated with liner (better 
 finished) specimens. Sends twenty-live specimens, six of which are paleolithic. Ac- 
 cession 204i:i; catalogue Nos. i;if)32G-i:«):W2. 
 
 H. W. Hauna, Warsaw, Indiana, February t), 1888. Has several rude implements. 
 Sends one specimen (paleolithic) <tf tlint. Found on the surface in Wabash County, 
 Indiana. Accession 20180 ; catalogue No. 1:<1)020. 
 
 W. H. Hanna, Warsaw, Indiana, May '2>'', 1888. Sends a 8mall rude implement, a 
 scraper, and three arrow-point'?. Found near the surface niton the blurts above the 
 bottom lands of the Wabash River, near Warsaw. Not paleolithic. Acce.s»i<»n 20717; 
 catalogue Nos. I3yf>r)f.-i:50«r)8. 
 
 G. K. Green, New AUiany, Indiana, March 17. 1888. Sen«ls fcnirteen specimens 
 (paleolithic), from ancient burying-ground at Clark.sville, near mouth of Silver Creek, 
 which empties into the Ohio about 1 mile oast of New Albany, ami is a dividing lino 
 between Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana. Accession 20:$»)i ; catalogue No. 1159290. 
 
 G. K. Green, New Albany, Indiana, May 18, 18^88. St-uds eight rnde implements 
 (paleolithic). Accession 20633 ; catalogue Nos. 139494-139301. 
 
 Dr. E. C. Black, Wheatland, Indiana, February It), 1"*88. Hjw fifteen rude imple- 
 ments, found in a cache in the eastern part of Knox County, Indiana. Sends one 
 specimen (typo Scdutreen). Accession 201/8; catalogue No. l:?90l8. 
 
 W. H, Adams, Elnioro, Illinois, February 8, 1888. Sends sixty implements— flak ds, 
 
THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD OF THE STONE AGE. 
 
 (>!)1 
 
 > : tiitalogneNos. 
 
 IS, rtv«^ <if \vlii(;li 
 Ji<l KivtT Spriiij; 
 iiiity, TenneHHec. 
 
 Uiiif .Hlia]i<Ml ciit- 
 iivillf. LivcH ill 
 ■mill any worked 
 
 •live s|H'('iiii(;iiN ; 
 wliicli are paleo- 
 
 iis of thrt'e hiiu- 
 it) tVoiii Siiiiiniit 
 Juniata Comity, 
 
 rty rude iiiiple- 
 listiirbi-d ;friivel, 
 palfolitliic) from 
 , Gifciie County, 
 s. Deposit aeci- 
 (jiuo Nos. i:«»198- 
 
 <y spe<-iiU(!iiH, six 
 rr-stoiio. Fiiuiiil 
 ir points. A tow 
 sioii "iO.VU*; cata- 
 
 speciiiM'118, prin- 
 i). Tlieso iuiplu- 
 Mil lands, from a 
 n thiokiiC8s. Ac- 
 rude iinpU'iiiciil'H, 
 
 ith liner (l»ettcr 
 ■ paleolithic. Ac- 
 rude iinpleinents. 
 
 Wabash County, 
 
 iide iinplenient, a 
 
 e Idntfs above the 
 
 Accession 20717; 
 
 urteeii specimens 
 h of .Silver Creek, 
 is a dividinj; lino 
 ilogue No. i:59290. 
 rnde iinplemeuts 
 
 'teen rude imple- 
 iaua. Sends one 
 
 plementa— flaVds, 
 
 Hcrapers, cutting impleuK^nts. etc., from Kitciien .>tounds. in Peoriaand Knux Counties, 
 Illinois; also a map or chart of these mounds. Notiiiii); pah-olitliic. Ai^enssioii :s2()177 ; 
 catalogue Nos. l:il»01I-13U017. 
 
 W. H. Adams, Elmore, Illinois. April 1, 1RS8. Sends two rude implements (paleo- 
 lithic) of Hint— surface linds from Peiria County, Illinois, .\ccession •2(t4Hl ; cata- 
 
 loKue No. i:is»:}:«>. 
 
 James (L Null, McKenzie, Tennessee, April :iO, I8rt'^. Has twenty-live, rude impie- 
 meiitsof Hint — surface finds. .Sends a collection of two hundred and seventy-one 
 specinu!iis from Carr >il County, Tennessee, thirty of which are |ialeolithic. Accession 
 •2(t.')4r.; catalogue Nos. r.W4l4-l;!'.>4'2r<. 
 
 ('. L. .Strattoii, Chat'anooga, Tennessee, February 17, leiHrt. Sends box of stone 
 implements from northern (ieorgia and Alabama (lour hundred aiul sixteen speci- 
 mens); nothing paleolithic. Accession 2(C240 ; catalogue Nos. i:{l)04'2-i:{'JOrM. 
 
 C. A. Thompson, Quincy, Michigan, February 22, lf*>^H. Has a few made of sand- 
 stone, slate, and ciiert; found along the streams and in sandy ground. None have 
 ever been found in mounds. Deposit seemed accidental. Sends eight»M)n specimens, 
 three of which are piilcolithic (Ivjie Solutfeen). Accession •JOiloIJ; catalogue Nos. 
 
 i;j!)-2or>-i;w2i;5. 
 
 CharlcH Ruggles, Bronson, Michigan, February 1.5, 1888. Sends three rude imple- 
 ments (paleolithic), also drawings of others in his collection. All found on the sur- 
 face along the lianks of two amall brooks in lironson, Michigan. Accession 20208; 
 catalogue No. I:f!t0:$0. 
 
 William H. Sheldon, Climax, Michigan, April 2, 1888. Has forty-eight rude imple- 
 ments. Forty-seven are of Hint, one of ironstone. Three were found on the surface. 
 Forty-four were in a nest or cache. Not associateil with any other objects. Deftosit 
 of the forty-four specimens intentional. Sends ten rude arrow and spear heads, etc. 
 Surface finds from Kalama/.oo County, Michigan. Nothing paleolithic. Accession 
 20807; catalogue Nos l:i<M)24-i:!%:51. 
 
 J. E. Gere, Ricoville, Wisc<msin, May 21, l^H-'. Sends eighty stone implements — 
 Hakes, scrapers, arrow and spear heads, etc., ami ten pieces of native copper. All 
 from Wisconsin. Nothing paleolithic Accession 20(!r>:? ; catalogue Nos. i:iDr>ll-l;W.j20. 
 
 Horace Beach, Prairie <lu Chien, Wi.sconsin, February (i, 1888. Has twenty speci- 
 mens of Hint, some fouml in mounds and others on the surface. Sends fifteen speci- 
 mens, none of Chellian type, three Solutreen. Accession 20171; catalogue Nos. 
 i:{8'J8.-)-i:{8l»98. 
 
 Dr. F. A. Steinnieyer, Bonaparte, Iowa. May 22, 1888. Sends five paleolithic im- 
 plements, one large and four small, fouml in the vicinity of Bonaparte, at a depth 
 ranging from 2 to ."» feet under the soil, which is (tlay. They were fouml in their 
 original positions and the deposit appeared to be accidental. Accession 20(584 ; cata- 
 logue Nos. WYMVi-i, i:?i)G2:<. 
 
 Davenport Academy of Natural Science, Davenport, Iowa. W. H. Pratt, curato., 
 June 19, 1888. Sends lifty-two specimens from Iowa and other States and Territories. 
 Five rude imi)lements (paleolithic) from Louisa County, Iowa, and eight small rude 
 implements (pnleolithic) from Alabama. The implements from Louisa County are 
 from what is locally ilesignated "the Olil Fort (tronnds," now and for many years in 
 a corn-field. Forty years ago it was surrounded by an earth-wall averaging 4 feet in 
 height. (See Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. i, p. lOi).) Accession 20751 ; cata- 
 logue Nos. i:«Ki:?2-i:Kta->r.. 
 
 Marion Crawford, Kahoka, Missouri, February 27. 1888. Sends twenty-seven speci- 
 mens from Clark and Lewis Counties, Missouri, ten of which are paleolithic. Found 
 on the surface. Accession 20252; catalogue Nos. 1391.');5-13917y. 
 
 Charles Teubner, Lexington, Mi-ssonri, March 3, 1888. Has two hundred rnde im- 
 plements of chert, found on the surfiice in Boone. Montgomery, Warren, Gasconade, 
 Osage, Colo, and La Fii^ette (^ounties, Missouri, ))rincipally La Fayette. Sends eleven 
 card photograplis representing Hint arrow-heiuls, etc., from Gasconade and other 
 
 f 
 
ii\i2 
 
 kKI'OKT OK NATIONAL MIJHKIJM, 1«S8. 
 
 «;<(iiiiti<!M ill rtiiitial .Mis-^niii i. Niilliiim paliMilillii);. A<;(:<!HHi<Mi 1!(KI'J<J; cntuloKiiH Noik 
 \:v.>\'M<- l:!!ll!l7. 
 
 Dr. W. S. Nfwldii, Onwi'Ko, Kansas, I'lliiiiiiiy H, IH-'H. HmkIh flint (;1ii|iH aii«l frng- 
 iiK-iilH of |fal'-Hlia|i<-il iiii|)li-iiH*iitN, I'oiiiiil on tliii Hiii'f'a<;« iikhi' Oi«w«-|{o. Not paluo- 
 lithic. Ari'i-^siiiii '.'IIHI ; ralalo^riK- No. i:{'.HI*il. 
 
 Dr. W. S. N<n\ loll, (N\vc;;o, Kansas, Marcli I«i, IHHH. HimkIh two Hint cori'H, Hixt««n 
 l'ra;{iiiciitN (>r ('lii|i|M-<l iin|i|i-iii<'iils, jiikI oni; liox of (!lii|m uikI tluki'H foiiiMl on tbu hut- 
 t'liii'. iKtai OswcM)). Not |i:iliMililliii-. AccinsIoii 'iO-tliO ; riitaloKUt^ Noh. i:{iKt7(i-i:t!Ki7H, 
 
 Dr. W. .S. N'cwion, ()h\v«';;o, Kansas, May 7, \>^Hr*. Sitinls rolhtction oflliikoH, arrow- 
 Ikm'Is, sIm'IIo, i-Ii'., froni tint Hitc of an old Inilian vllla);i) lit ONWi-fro. Notliing |>iileo- 
 lilhir. AciMssioii 'J0.",H1 ; cataloijni' Nos. l:i!»MO-i:f;Mi:J. 
 
 Dr. iliMiiy U. ('oi', .M:ihilaii, Dakota, Filtriiary 27, l-'H-'. K«mi<Ih ono rinle cutting 
 iiii|)li-iri<'iit from a nioiiml iii-ar Manilun, Dakota. Not palDoiitliiu. AccuhhIoii 'iOi^rili ; 
 cataioiiiM No. lii'.H-O. 
 
 ■I 
 
 AllsriCAil Ul I.K'ITKHS Hi':<'KIVKII IN ANHWKIi TO CIKCUI.AR 36. 
 
 it 
 
 i! 
 
 Allurt I. riiilps, Daiiiariscotta, .Maim-, I'clirnaiy II, IHSH. lias liftiMMi rude iinplo- 
 iiii-iils. Malrnal, ti'liisparaiDl porphyry. l''oiiii<l at Ki>v«m°(;, MiiHS'tcliiiNi Uh, (Hiirliic*!) 
 I'l'iiaijiiid roml Daiiiai isi otta, Main*;, iinil fioni Hiiidl-li(tii|i lit FiiondMhip, Miiiiie. 
 Till! iiiipliMiiriiis fidiii Kc.viro wv.w aNsoriatcd with arrow-|iointH, tliosc from IN-naqnid 
 i'oiid Willi niilt' arrow-poiiitH, Ncrapi'is, and (raf^iiiiMitH of |Hitti-ry, those from the 
 nIk-II licapH will) llaki'H, airow-poiiits, hoiii; iniphMiicntN, and fra^nuintH of pottory. 
 
 (it'or^i; A. {ioanlinaii, (,'alai.s, Maini!, l''<-1>riiary '.), IHHH. Has no riidu ini|)lein«)ntH. 
 
 .laiiii'H I'j. Kiiowltoii, D.'iiii.'ii'isrotta, .Maiin-, May 5, iHriS. lias one hiindrod and 
 forty-four I iidiMiiipliMiH'iits of porphyry, jiiNpt-r, quart/,, «;tc.; found in Lincoln and 
 Knox ('oiiiilii'M, on tin; coast, lictwrcii Kfiint-lifc and (ii;or^u kivors, and on hordtrH 
 of lakes and rivi'i'H fiirtlicr iiilainl, also in and Imiioath Nht'll-lirapN und aH.soi:iat(!d 
 with the usual l'r.'i<;in<-iiis and iinpleiiirnlH. KcikIh HoventeiMi HpeeiinciiH fnnn Lincoln 
 (.'oiiiily, Maiiio. riirsf liclon^ to the .shcll-heiipN, and may not lie paleolithic. Acces- 
 sion -Jtldl-J ; <:it.ilo;;iie Nos. lii'.MIr'-lil'.MC.l. 
 
 " I'lieHliell-heapH in this region may he divided into two clas.seH— tho recent uud 
 ancieiiti. The rei^int Nliell-liit.ipH eontain ohjcetH of Kiiropeim iiiako UHHOciated with 
 the inipleninits of the stone a^e, and the nide pottery in thu.su heapH had poiiiidud 
 nIicIIh nii.xiMl ill with the i^lay. Khell-heaps of this clasH whore unoi(«tnrhed aru ar- 
 r:in;r('d in small iiionndH ri'semhliiij;; cradle kiiollH un<l aru not over three fuet deep. 
 The ^lii'll-lKiips of the older period vary in depth from three inchcM to thirty feot. 
 The pottery lontaiiied in tliem lias gravel, pounded rock, or mica, mixed in with thu 
 clay ; it hieiiks wiih a shelly fracture, and waH made iimidu a chmely woven liaHket, 
 while ihat in the. recent heap breaks with a Hpiral fracture indicating that the coil- 
 method was eiii]iloyed in niannlactnrin;; it, althotiKh most of it, like that from the 
 older lieajis, pliiiiily shows the hasket inarkM. With ono exception ohjectH of Knro- 
 IK^aii make have inner lieeii found in the heapH of this cIiish. Arouiul and heneath 
 tiiesiiallow heaps Ih a black Htratnm formed of aHhcH and dccompoHod animal and 
 ve;;etal>le matter, while the deeper heaps are irregularly Htratiiied from top to bottom. 
 Animal iioiies, pot t<!ry, arnd implements are more frequently found in thuHe strata 
 than in the HJiells. Tin; deeayiiiK of the braiichoH used by thu Hava^KH lui budding, 
 the niMiish aceiiiiiiilatiiji; iii'oniMl a savage habitation, and ii*ially thu decaying of 
 the habitations iheiimelveH liavo, I lielieve, contributed largely to the formation of 
 these strata in and about the KheII-hea|i.s." 
 
 A. T. (iaina;;e, DaiiiariHcotta, Maine, Feltrnary 28, IH8H. Sent five rude iinplements. 
 Material, black liornstone and <|iiart/. Found in Hhell-heapH at McFarland'n Cove, 
 on John's Hay in the town of Hristid, on tlie (;oaHt 1 to (i fuut ibep, with other Htoiie 
 impleiiienis and pottiMy. Deposit aiM'idental. Also one wator-worii implunient found 
 on the beach near Nliejl-heap. llu has explored the Hliell-heapn of tho county, and 
 
TlIK PALKOLITHIC I'KKIOl) OF TIIK STONK AfJI',. 
 
 (;:i; 
 
 cntulo);ii« Noii. 
 
 i!hi|m and fraif- 
 ;<>. N<»t |)al«o- 
 
 t «;or«-N, HixtoHii 
 ihI on tbu Hiir- 
 , i:«»;!7»i-i:w:j7H, 
 if'tlukoH, arrow- 
 
 1 riiilu ciitf.iiifr 
 ucoHbion '^(h^Gli ; 
 
 It Mi. 
 
 i«n riido iniplo- 
 Ni ttH, (Hiirtaa'.) 
 idMliip, IVlaiiiu. 
 froin I'rnaqiiid 
 lioHu Troni the 
 H of pol tory. 
 In itnpleniuntH. 
 Iiiuidrud an<l 
 II Lincoln and 
 ind on boi'dtrH 
 imd aHMOciatcd 
 H from Lin<;oln 
 •litliic. AcccH- 
 
 li«) rvc(;nt and 
 Hsocialed wilh 
 has ponndod 
 tnrhed aru ar- 
 n;o foet dcop. 
 
 tliirty feot. 
 ;d in with thu 
 ivov*!!) liasket, 
 that thu coil- 
 hat from tlio 
 jectH of Kuro- 
 
 and beneath 
 il animal and 
 top to bottom. 
 
 1 thcHe strata 
 H iw bedding, 
 I) decaying of 
 I formation of 
 
 e implements, 
 rland'it Cove, 
 h other ntone 
 tlemiMit found 
 county, and 
 
 fonnd more of tlit'He kind of ini|iliMiifiit.s tliiiii pfifect oiiis. lb- lias ik-m i fniiiMl itiiy 
 Htoii*- toolN in or n*-iir tlii^ Hh>'ll h<'a|>H (hat liit tliiiii;{lil wrrr iir|in>iii'il or liiiiji'il witii 
 hiiinun ri-iuains, but Mr. rbi-l|iH aini liliiisflfloiiU iMim a i|i'|iii.>.ii, wlinli wur *'imiihI 
 four niil«'N from III)' Malt water, about <Mii^ hiiiiiiroil and lltty stmie iimls nl' dilt'erfiil. 
 kitiilN, all perft'ct and Home very nicely tiniftlieil. Tlicy were mn.sllv celts ami ^peiir- 
 lieadN. Of tlie live riid)Mm|ilemeiits wliieli he Hi-nt four are iialitoliihjc. Ai-ce.ssinn 
 tiDird; ealalogne NoH. l.mtA, l:t'.)l.V,'. 
 
 Aug. (J. Hamlin, Itangiir, Maine, February H, IHHH. Has mi nule iiii|il iiiciils :iihI 
 known of none. Tliiiiks he Iiuk Hceii a few NJiiiiiar, but believes tlieiii to have lieeii 
 of recent date. 
 
 J. L. M. WilliH, Kliol, Maine, February Iti, H"<-'. lias live nnle im|»lemeiiis. One 
 from New .lerHey, t.w<i from Nortii I'aioljiia, utiil twolVdiii Ne.wbiiiy, .Massacliiiset Is. 
 (One of argillite, two of quart/., two of line ;;i'aiiiti'.) 
 
 ,)owqiii Wood, liar liarbm', Maine, T'eliriiaiy 7, I'^'^M. Il.'is i'oiir nnle iiii|>leiiieiit.s. 
 (tivuH drawingH in outline. No. I from Stoiieham, .Ma.ssaeliiisetis ; Nos. *.i, It, and t 
 from Kar IslamI, Ibir Harbor, Maine. 
 
 K. M. (loodwin, liarlland, Vermont, March 1, HHM. llassi.x or mme. Seiiiis out- 
 line drawingH. Noh. I and ',\ are (lint foiiml on the Miirfuceat Fairllelil, ludiana. Ni>. 
 '2 iN a dark tlliit found on the Hiirfaee in 'reiinrssce. No. t is of liinwii Hint I'oiiinl on 
 the HUrfaee near a mound in IllinoiN. No. .'» is white <|^iiai'l/ite loninl on the surface 
 near a MyHtem of ear(,h-worl\N in Missouri. Other relics were, (ouikI in close proxitnil v. 
 No. (! In a fragment of a polislieil im|ilement of )ior|iliyrilic stone f(iiiii<l in a inoiind 
 in Fairlield, Indiana, a.sso<^iateil wilh arrow and s|iear-|ioints, ami stone oiiiainents. 
 
 .Joiiii M. Currier, Newport, Vermont, February h, Hhh. lie has galliereti llnse im- 
 plementH in CaNtleton, Monkton, New Haven, and Lincoln, in \'<Miiioni. Nearly all 
 have been doiialed to the University of Vermont, N'ciinont Historical Society, anil to 
 the tSniitlmimian IiiHtitntion. Material, Hudson River limestone, qiiari/.ite, and 
 jasper. Tho.se of gray quart/ite ant the nioHt common, next the Hndsoii Kiver lime- 
 Mtone, and black marble. They are found on the Nurl'ac('. Has foiiinl some from 
 onn-half to Hi.\ indies in dijuneter. 
 
 I'rof. Henry VV. Ilaynes, 2'A\t Kcacon street, Uoston, Massaclinsctts, February l."> 
 lH(^8. Has a c<dle<!tioii of paleolithic iniplciiiciits ; "Jt IVoin Ticnton, New .ler.M'y ( live 
 bin own lind), Dr. Ablxitt ; 'J from .A lien town, rennsylvania (A. I''. Merlin;, qnait/ile; 
 1 from Millbank, TcnncHNte (.\. F. Heiliii); Iti troin Little Falls, Minnesota (Miss 
 Kabbitt), <inartz ; 10 from eastern Massa<diimetts (hi.s own linil), white quart/.; 10 
 from iKM'theru New Hampshire (his own timi), white i|iiait/; I from liar llailior, 
 Maine (his own find), white (|narl/.; I fnmi I'erkins <t>uMt.\, (icmgia (hi.s own lind), 
 white quartz; 'M) from Wakefield, MasHaehiisetts (his own liml), Itrown Cclsile ; "JIJ 
 from eastern MassachiiHettH (hin own find), brown felsite; '2.") from Mooseliead Lake, 
 Maine (his own find) gretMi felsite, s)ieckltMl with whiti; i|iiail/; I iVoin l'lallslinr,i;h, 
 New York (Dr. D. 8. Kellogg); 7 from Washinglon, Ili',uict of ( '(iliiinbia (his own 
 liml), yellow, qiiart/.ite ; 1 from 8agm>nay, Lower C.iiiada: I f'loni (aistine, Maine 
 (N. 8. True), tine ^rain argillite; III frtmi ltiirliii;;lon, \ i rmoiit (own liml), [tink 
 qiiart/.ite; atotal of Wfi. 
 
 The green ftdsitc HpecklctI with white quartz, from Mooseliead Lake (twenty-five 
 HpecimeiiH), in the same material of which most of tht; Indian implciiienls are made, 
 which he found in the Nhell-heapH in the .southeastern part of Maine, at Frenchman's 
 Bay ami elHewhere. Han describeil his white quart/. implemcntH in I'roe. Itostmi So<;. 
 Nat. Hist., February 1, iWfciJ, vol. xxi, p. :iS2. M: ny of these were fonnd in "hard 
 pan" or glacial till, :i or 4 feet below the Hiirface, and where no Indian iiii|ileineiit 
 could be found. Hut ban found Home associated wilh Indian implements. Their 
 deposit seems to have been always accidental. 
 
 Professor Ila.vnes, of Bo.st(ni, rciid a piiptT, I'\'bniiir.v 1, 1HS2, bcfoio, 
 the Boston Society of Nutiiral liistory, vol. x.\i, pii;;*^ 'iSL', in wliicli ho 
 reports the tiiuliii^ of siinihir iinpliinciits in vaiioii.s U)caliti<'s in New 
 
B94 
 
 KKI'OHT OK NATIONAL MUSKU.Nf, 1888. 
 
 I!aiii|Ksliin«, Vi'rmont, ami iMassacliuHcttH. He enlarges (ami very 
 properly to) upon liis extended experience with tbe paleolitliit^ imple- 
 ments of the world. He expressen, without hesitation or donlit, that 
 these implements were the intentitmal work ol' man ; that they were not 
 made by, nor did they belong to the Indian of that country. lie 8ay», 
 page 385 : 
 
 lint 11(1 such trncos of Iiiiliiin ncciipation Ims tlin innst pninstakinc invpHtigation 
 n'veiih'tl to mo in many jilud'H where I have foiintl the new typcH ot'rudt! implemfiilH 
 in eoiiHiiU'i'ulili; (|uatititic8. 
 
 Again, page 388 : 
 
 It will lie noticed tliat all of these nido and Hiniple tools have been fabricated out 
 of the hardeMt, heaviest, t«»nj{heNt kinds of rocks that the region where they are found 
 can fiirniHii. They are conimotily ni luof white or milky ipiart/., or tinartxite, felsite, 
 or ol Nome very (Mimpact variety of syenil*' or jjranite. Often they have Ix-i-n fash- 
 ioned ont of a ]iel)ble from the glacial <lrift, whieli still retains a portion of its original 
 surface or crust. This circumstance proves that they must necessarily he postglacial 
 in date, whether they have been found deeply bedded in the earth or upon the sur- 
 face of ploughed lields. 
 
 Professor Ilaynes sums up his argument: 
 
 I infer the former existence in New Kn;;land of a race of men dilferont from and less 
 advanced than the Indians, because I have found in many localities, where none of 
 the ordinary traces of Indian occu))ation could Ito discovered, a larjre (iiiautity of 
 stone implements of ruder types and coarser make than tlwiso habitually used by 
 them. Whether tliese are actual relics of primeval ii>an, i. c, of a race who lived 
 long anterior to the Indians, or whether they are the work of the degraded descendants 
 of an earlier people who had succumbed to the IndiauH, I do not undertake to pro- 
 nounce. 
 
 The diflference between Professor Ilaynes and myself is that he is un- 
 willing to attribute these implements to a paleolithic |h liod. He insists 
 that to be evidence of this the implements in question should be found 
 in the river gravels, or in a corresponding geologic stratum. I know 
 that in many countries where the existence of a paleolithic period is 
 undoubted, the implements (principally Chellian or of the earliest 
 epoch) have been fouiul ou the surface, and they are identified as such, 
 by comparison with others found in the river gravels. My experience 
 with these implements in the two continents justifies v.<e in identifying 
 those found in America as belonging to the same stage of cultuie to 
 which the Chellian impletnent of France and England belonged, and, 
 consetiuently, enables rao to call them paleolithic implements. 
 
 James J. H. (Jregi>ry, Marbiehead, Massachusetts, February 0, 1888. Has fuuud 
 caches containing half a peck one foot below surface. 
 
 J. F. Frisbie, M. D., Newton, Massachusetts, February U5, 1888. Has none. New- 
 ton Natural History Society has a few. They are found quite abundantly in this 
 vicinity. Many Indiau relics found in this city and adjoining town— VVatertown. 
 
 Samuel Henshaw, Boston, Society Natural History, Herkeley street, Boston, Massa- 
 chusetts, February 9, 1888. Has no rndc iniplenu-nts. "Our collection was presented 
 to tbe Museum of American Archieology and Ethnology at Cambridge in 1867." 
 
 Samuel A. Green, Massachusetts Historical Society, 30 Tremont street, Boston, 
 Massachusetts, February 14, 1888. Has a collection of rude implements, found at 
 Groton aud along the bank of tbe Nashau River. 
 
 f 
 
 I 
 
 
run PAhi:oi,rriric pkriod of thk stoni: aui:. 
 
 69") 
 
 r«'8 (and very 
 Militliic iiiiple- 
 >f <I«uil»t, that 
 tliey w«To not 
 r.v. lie says, 
 
 isr invpHtij,'ati<)ii 
 
 ■licit! illl|)l()I||ftltN 
 
 I fabricatiMl out 
 «» tlio.v ar« fdiiiitt 
 ifirtzitf. folnite, 
 line been fnHli- 
 
 II of itNori^rjiini 
 l»t' post-jrlaciiil 
 
 r upon the siir- 
 
 it from mid Icnh 
 where none of 
 "«n <|iuiiifit.v of 
 tiDill.v iiH(>«l hy 
 ratf who lived 
 eildeNceiidiints 
 lortuko to jiro- 
 
 Iiat lie is nii- 
 lle insists 
 lid be fonnd 
 111. I know 
 ic period is 
 tlie earliest 
 led as such, 
 experience 
 identifying'^ 
 ' eultuie to 
 Jiiged, and, 
 ts. 
 
 • Han foiiud 
 
 none. New- 
 iiitly in this 
 iiteitown. 
 )Hton, Mu8sa- 
 as presented 
 I 1W67." 
 reet, Bostou, 
 Its, found at 
 
 K. .1. Kiitkwooil, NVorcostor, MaHHaclmnertH, l-Vhriiary '47, 18"*H. (las no rude iin- 
 plcniiiits. Will spend ni^xt NUiniuer exaniiiiiuK the valley of the Conneetii'iit Kivcr 
 near Mmiiil llolyokt-, and if HUeccMsfiil will scnil rtpeciineuH. 
 
 .li'sHe l-'i'wki'H, poHi-onice liox .')((l(. Newton, M.isMaciiusettH, Fohruary H, \H'*H. Huh 
 two hiinilrrd rud*' iiiipleiiuMits chiclly from I'xsex and Middlesex Coiinliiw, MaHHachu- 
 Nctts. lias many from siiell moniids. Speaks of grooved ax fonnd in luoraliie- 
 deposit. 
 
 Frank A. hiite-i. Hosloii, M;issar,liiisi'tts, Fe liruary "j;!, HHH, Has no rude iiiipio 
 ments, and refers to F. A. Adams, '2 III State street, lioston, Massaehnsetts. 
 
 1'. A, Ailams. lioston, Massaehnsetts, Fehrnary 'ill, HHS. Hes|)onse n-ecived May 
 'M, !>"".). Ilasahont live hundred specinn-ns; altoiit oiir-lil'th arc perfect arrow and 
 s|M-ar heads, of porphyry, (|nart/:, (lint, olisidian, a;;ate, etc., from Concord and Ply- 
 mouth, .MasHa(;liiisetts, and varicms States of I'nited States; tleposits ueeideiital, ami 
 fonnd on or near the surface, associated with other neolithic implemtMits. 
 
 Mk.m. — It is evident that this pnitleman, like somi* others, has mistaken tlio imple- 
 ments ini|niri<d about, ami so liu.s misapprehemled the (pu'stions. 
 
 Irving llolcomb, West (Jranby, Conm'eticut, February f, IH'^H. Has live. Found 
 a nest or an he eontaininjj a neck,:! by 7 by J inches, *i feet under ground. Such as 
 described in Abbott's Primitive Industry, pii;je 1!(.'). 
 
 Irviuj; Iloleouib, West (}ranby, Connecticut, February 1"), lri8!). » • • "The 
 rude stone implenuuits I wrote about were found as follows: One on the bank of 
 Salmon Mrook, in the tr)wii of Oranlty, Connecticut. The specimen is of lliut, and was 
 found on a terrace. All other chips ami untinished specimens I have were foiiixl on 
 the surface in plowed tields — .'ill in dill'ercnt places. I have one rare specimen which 
 is tiuished and was fimnd about 12 feet below the surfaco nicely packed in with 
 about twenty others of same shape, but dillerent sizes, near Salmon brook, on a 
 place where arrow-heads were made." lias but <me, which ho buu<>;ht. 
 
 G. L. Fanelier, West Winsted, Ctmneeticut, February I). IrtnH. Has none and knows 
 of imne. Will explore the State in the spring and will notify us if ho linds anything. 
 
 Rev. .It-remiah Zimmerman. Syraiuse, New York, February 15, IH86, No informa- 
 tion. 
 
 Rev. W. M. Heauchamp, Maldwinsville, New York, February 7, 18S"*. Has a col- 
 lection. Will answer more fully later. 
 
 .J. H. Niuton, Plainville, New York, March 'i, IH8H. Has about two hundred, all of 
 clicrt; found on th<^ snrfactt in Onimdaga, Cayuga, and Oswego Counties. Has 
 twenty-eight implements from a rufhc of lifty turned up by the plow. None in 
 mounds. I)4'|i<isit acci<lental. 
 
 Dr. .Julius Pohlman, Museum Natural Science, Hutfalo, New York, February 7, 
 IHdH. Has iKuie in the museum and knows of none in the vicinity. 
 
 Kdgar .F. Klock. Fast Schuyler, New Y(trk, April 2, If^t^S. Has very few, in fact but 
 one that is well dt>lined, which hi; obtained from .F. R. Nissluy, Ada, Ohio. 
 
 Prof. Frederick Starr, Auburn, New Y<»:k, Juno 2)1, IfiSti. Has one rude implement 
 of argilli^e, foinid on the banks of the Delaware River, eastern Pennsylvania, 7 nnles 
 above Eastou, near month of Martin's Creek. Probably a surface lin<l. Arrow-heads 
 of same materials and nnich atl'ected by weather are not uncommon there. 
 
 D. S. Kellogg, M. D., Plattsburgh, New York, February 14. lHd8. Has many rude 
 and untinished implenxMits, but none that ho considers as real puleoliths. None found 
 in river drift. Can dnplic.ite all our specimens. 
 
 George R. Howell, Albany, Now York (no date). Has none, but thinks there are 
 some in the New York State Museum in Albany. We should apply there. 
 
 C. M. Houghton. East Schuyler, New York, February Ui, H8cJ. Has no collection, 
 having sold it. IJut In* has found these specimens in dilforeut places in the western 
 part of this State. Will collect specimtMis if wo wish from a sand-hill near. 
 
 Norman Cole, Glens F.ills, New York. February 6, 1888. Has two hundred from this 
 vicinity. In the valley of the upper Hudson, foot of Adiroudauks, and near shores uf 
 lakes and streams. 
 
 I 
 
 '^ 
 
 'ACM..- fl>ii iitrmriX 
 
J'JG 
 
 UKI'OKT OF NATIONAL MlIfiKl'M, 1888, 
 
 • i 
 
 I 
 
 JtiiiifN AiiKiiit, \V<«.st Farms, Now York City, Fultriiitry 10, IHM^. IIiinnoiiio ni<i«< ami 
 iinliniHliiMl iiii|il<-iii)'iils froiii Wi'Ht ('iiitxtt'i' (^ninly, Nrw York, iiiul noiiiu Iroiii Ninv 
 •ItTNcy. Oivfs lui'^i' iMilliii)' tlrawiiiKH. 
 
 C. 11. Cliii|Hiiiiii, :(i'it tiiiil :((iil Krnitilwiiy, Nuw York, Fultniary 14, ISrtH, Han none, 
 Mr. .J. li<irriN, \ViiyiifMvilli<, Ohio, IniH tliuiii. 
 
 Arthur llollick, ri'iortliii^' rtocrKtaryTorroy Itotaiiioul Cliih, (Niiiiiiiltia C'ollugo, Nuw 
 York ('ity, Fi'lji.niry l.'>, If^r^"*. Hum iion». 
 
 Natural .Scioiicti Associatitni of Statttii iNlaiiil, N*nv Hri^liton, Ninv York, Fitliriiitry 
 l*i, IHHS. No riiilo iMi|>l(iiiii-iilN, Do not know «ii' any liavin){ Iii-imi found in IIiIh 
 county ; all tIniN far iliNcovfrcil bt'Ion^ to tint Nlit>ll-nionnilM, 
 
 Dr. ('. C. Altlxilt, 'rrfntmi, Nmv .li-rMcy, Init written at ('aniliridge, MaHHat'hnH«>tt(t, 
 Fobruary !.'>, IH'^'^, (AnswtTs for Froftotsor Fntiiaiii.) llaH tlioUManilH of lni|iliHnfntM 
 of paleolithic charactiM' from various localities, lias thu Abbott Collection from liiu 
 Trenlon gravels, but can ^ive no appruximation as to uuuiber. Would take a nunitli 
 to make a list, 
 
 SaminO .laekion, Freithold, New Jersey, March 11), ISSS, His collection is in the 
 Peabody Museum at CamliridKe. lias thrt;« specinntns like No, lOOriO — Utah, several 
 like No, .Mlltl — Maryland ; found under the roots of a tree IH inches deep in Monnionth 
 County, — possildy n luvlie. He mentions a find contuiniiiK a lar^je number of speci- 
 nuMiM standing ])crpeudicular and arrau;;ed in <-irclus. One or two of these are iu the 
 Lockwood Collection at C'anibridgc, Massachusetts. 
 
 Frank 1), Andrews, Vinelaud, New Jersey, February 18, 1M88, Has found innny of 
 hiunstone iu Schoharie County, New York, but has sold his collectiuu. Will try aud 
 collect some this summer, 
 
 Robert H, Knj{le, Moorestown, Now Jersey, Fehrnnry 20,1888, Has fifty. Material 
 greenstone and tpiartz. Found on thu surface in Watauga County, North Carolina, 
 Burlington County, New Jersey, Summit County, Ohio, aud Davidson County, Ten- 
 nessee. Collection packed up; when unpacked will send duplicates. 
 
 Andrew Sherwood. Maiistiehl, Pennsylvania, Marcli iJ7, 1888, Can not say how ninny 
 rude implements he has in his collection. Writes about thu " Piiz/.liiig Cobbler." 
 
 T. .M. Nesbit, Lewisburgh, Peunsylvauia, June ",'0, 1888, Has a great many rude 
 HtoiiG implements of tlint, found in tiie drift aud bowlder clay. 
 
 A. F. Uerliu, Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1888. Has twelve, eleven of 
 quartzite, one of yellow jasper ; found on the surface iu the city of Reading, Peuusyl- 
 vaniii, on the banks of the Schuylkill, on islands, and five or six from Allenlown, 
 Pennsylvania. See article iu Americau Antitiuarian, vol. i, No. 1, page 10, and art- 
 icle by Dr. W. J. Hoti'inan. American aturalist. Vol. XIII, No. ij, pag. 108. 
 
 S. S. Rathvou, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1888. Has about three hun- 
 dred and fifty, including all kinds. Material gray quartzite, white quartz, chert, 
 Jasper, horustone, etc. Found along the banks of the Susquelianua aud Cone>loga 
 River.H and adjacent creeks an 1 in plowed fields. Also found with Iragiiieiits and 
 chips, as if there had been places of manufacture. Have been flescribed in the I rans- 
 actions of the Americau Philosophical Society, 1878. |)ages ;J.^)l-:i(iH. 
 
 G. W. Brodliead, Water Gap House, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, Felun- 
 ary 10, 1888. Has a number of horustone, chert, yellow and brown jasper, silicitiiH 
 slate, and white quartz ; found north and south of the Gap, always iu the valley 
 and on the surface. None found in mounds. Horustone is lound 1 and 2 miles north 
 of Water Gap in a bed of Oriskany sandstone, yellow and luown jasper, from quarry 
 near Easton, '24 miles south. Franklin Peale used to gather them twenty years ago. 
 
 H. L. Simon, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Has a collection, l>nt it is packed up. 
 The material is flint .and jasper ; found on the surface at Mill Creek and Tumbury (f) 
 Hill, on Susquehanna River. 
 
 Charles H. Stubbs, M. D., Wakefield, Pennsylvania, Has twenty- four. Sent many 
 to Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. Peter Hiller, Conestoga Center, Lancaster 
 County, has a collection. Material trap rot^k and sandstoue ; found ou thu surface 
 at Caldwell's Island, Susquehanna River, aud near Gap, iu Lancaster County. 
 
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 (t. S. I.aiiilioni, l.ilHTty S<|iinir, rniiiNv l\ iiiiiji, l'cl»niai> ',», l-^H". Has srvrn ii|i««'i- 
 mens of hard hrowii HaiidNtoiM, Mark liiip, «(iiaH/itr, yriiy iiinl Idack jaH|H-r. tint' 
 fare lindH from tin! hankN of ri\erH ami in plowed lieldM. No duplicatex. 
 
 (•eorge.S. Laniliorn, Liherly S«|ii.iie, I'cniiMvlvaiiia, I'eliniaiy 7, I'H'.i. Sinee wrilinK 
 luNt lian coiue in poNHeHHion of a n.oiie iiiip|t>iiieiit -very liard—of aHli eolor, witliMiiull 
 end Noinewhat l>rok*-n. Inelosed a nkelih. The dotted liiieM were proltaldy the oriKi- 
 mil ed^e, tideraldy sharp. The oiilsidi' liiieN were drawn looking; a' it the lirniol 
 way; the iiiHide aie lookinu niiaiiisi tin' ed^'e. The HUeteh Ih full si/.c. lie IntH in-ver 
 hefore wen one like it. It wa»» found at .VleCaH's Ferry, LaneaHter L'oiiiity, renn»yl- 
 vania. 
 
 Kev, W. M. Ta>Ior, Mount .laekxon, I'eniiNylviinia, April 12, HH-^. Muh hut few 
 rude iinpleiiientN. Will look for Noine this snnimer. 
 Norman Hpan^, Htiia, renuHylvaiiia, Fohriiary li, HH-<. Ilns had many hiindredi*. 
 V. \V. Hrown, Glen JJoek, IViinsylvania, I'ehriiary 7, IsHh. ||aN none and knows 
 of none. 
 
 C. John Ilnxamer, 41'J Walnut nlrei t, I'hihidelphia, Peniisylviiniii, IVhriiary 7, 
 166<}, HiiH none. 
 
 X. II. /ahni, LancaNter. Perinsylvania, February '27, Ihhh. Has Hix hundred rude 
 iiiipleineutH, principally of »;ray stone or trap rock, while (|iiart/, Jasper, and Hint, 
 foiiiul on the hanks of the Siisqin Ininua liiviM- and in plowed liiids in reniiHyl- 
 vania and Maryland, an«l in Florida on the hanks of a lake, asso('iai«>d with arrow 
 and snear points, axes, etc. Deposit seemed accidental. Has Home wnich he wonlil 
 exchanj^e for ohjecta not in his collection. 
 
 Georj{e H. Clapp, Pittshuruh. Pennsylvania, Fehruary 7, IrtHH. Has thirty of artfil- 
 lite and dint, found on the surface in the Ohio Kiver Valley, l:t miles below Pitta- 
 hiir^h, as-sociated with chips and tininhed arrow and spear heads. Deposit M-enied 
 accidental. 
 
 I. .S. (feint, secretary Natural History Lyceum, Marietta, Pennsylvania. (Nodate.) 
 Has none. 
 
 J. D. MctJiiire, Ellicott City, Maryland, Fehruary J), 1H8H. Has about three hun- 
 dred of quartz or qnartziie, found on the Fastern Braucli Potoinat; Hiver, District of 
 Columbia; Patapsco Kiver near Helay, Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad, Maryland; 
 South Kiver Neck, Anne Ariimlel County, Maryland, and a few from his farm, Howard 
 Comity, Maryland. Foiiinl on surface at lii^ii tlood-line of these streains. Has a 
 cache of twenty from .Vnne Arundel County. Ten feet away was another cache. One 
 cacAe of one hundred ; one of twenty-six. All of the cnvhe impleiiients found near 
 oyster- shell heaps. 
 
 Mkm. — May not these belong to the )irehistoric man who made the shell heapst 
 There are believed to have been two epochs of prehislorii' ciiltiiie represented in the 
 kjoekeninoddiii);s of Dt-nmark. The shell heaps of America should be carefully ex- 
 aiiiined for evidences of paleolithic man or for an earlier epoch than the neolithic 
 period. 
 
 O. N. Mrvan, .Marshall Hall, Maryland, Febriiar.\ 2'.i, 188"<. .'^ent a large number to 
 the 8mitlis(Miian Institution last spring. 
 E. Stanley Gary, iUICmoic, .Maryland, February fi, 18S,S. No infor.nation. 
 Otis IJigelovv. .Vvenel, Maryland, February ri, 1888. lias already deposited his col- 
 lection ill the Smillisunian Institution. Knows of workshop on the Mattapony in 
 Giiincys, Candine County, Virginia. 
 
 Alexander ('. Black, Army Medical Musenni, Wa.shington, Di.strict of Columbia, 
 February 10. 1^-8. Has none. Has given all his specimeus to the Smitlisonion In- 
 stitution. All were surface linds from Kandolph County, ludiana. Never found in 
 mounds. 
 
 Albert S. Garchet, Washington, District of Columbia, February 7, 1688. Has none. 
 Sends lists of museums iu Swit/erlaud. 
 
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 Dr. H. ''. Yitriow, Wiishin;;toii, Uistrict of Coliiiiibiii, Fobriiury ti, 1888. Has seut 
 lUH ciieiiiu:* to William ilallot Pliillip!^, enq., of WaHliin<i;ton. 
 
 John .1. Fl.aidt'ii, llVi.^ K street, VVashiiigtoii, District of Columbia, No colU'ttioii. 
 
 George H. Moraii. M. D.. MorKaiitowii, North Carolina, February 'iW, 18.S.S. Has 
 none, but coiilil fiiKl. Will st't-k. Has sent objctts— " (iila nionsttr ''— In Profcs.sor 
 Bainl. 
 
 G. B. Lartiipie, M. I)., Hlackv illc, South Carolina, February 11, IHriS. Has none. 
 
 S. E. Habcock, Che.ster, South Carolina. Has noni'. 
 
 J. C. Ncal, M. D., Aicher, Florida, February 1(1. 18S-*. Has twenty or more speci- 
 mens of sione tlnrts. A mound was oj»ened on Tallapoosa River, farm of William R. 
 .Ionian, by a freshet. Largo quantities of i>ottery, skulls, implements, ete., of silver 
 ami bronze were found. 
 
 Prof. N. T. Lupton. Auburn, Alabama, March 12, 1.SH8. Has none. 
 
 C. M. Lnttrell, Oxford, Alabama. Has non<!. A private collection at Taladega, 
 Alabama, is for sab;; owner dead. 
 
 .J. P. Stelle, Mobile, Alabama, March 11), ll?f8. Does not know of any rude im- 
 plements. Has lately been along the Gulf coast in Baldwin County, Alabama, 
 and found the region very rich in aboriginal ii niaius; two or three different races 
 seem to be well represented. There are many large m(>unds, none of wliich seem to 
 have been explored. The finest iiottery he has yet mot with is there; light and well 
 baked. 
 
 Prof. G. F. Wright, Oberlin Ohio. Has four from Dr. Abbott. 
 
 E. T. Nelson, Delaware, Ohio. Has six hundred rude implements of flint; a large 
 proportion were found in a single inxketor cache near the dividing line of Knox and 
 Coshocton Counties in this State. 
 
 M. C. Read, Hudson, Ohio, February 7,1888. Found about seventy-five mingled 
 with animal bones and fragments of pottery in a rock shelter in Boston township, 
 Summit Comity, Ohio. See Smithsonian Institution Report 187'J, page 4;?0. 
 
 G. W. Hornisher, Canulen, Ohio, February 14, 188H. Has several paleolithic im- 
 plements; never counted them ; material, chert; fo'ind on the surface along the east 
 branch of White Water River. 
 
 D. F. Appy, (iranville, Ohio, April iiS, 1888. Has sixty-three rude implements of 
 flint or hornstone" found mostly on the surface in Licking County, but have for.ntl 
 twenty-two in luonnds within a radius of 1 miles of this phnse. 
 
 Mkm. — But these aie not paleolithic. 
 
 S. M. Lnther, Garrettsvillc, Ohio, March .">, 1H88. Hassixty rude implements, chiefly 
 of chert ; a fewof <iuartzite ; nearly all found on the surface. There are quite a 
 numbfrof what Dr. Abbott leruis " Turtlebacks." All found within a radius of 20 
 miles of this place. 
 
 Henry W. Hope, Paint post-ofHce, Ohio, June o, 1888. Has twenty rude imple- 
 ments of flint or other Hne-grained stone ; found on the surfaces in Highlaml County, 
 Ohio, itnd not associated with any other relics. 
 
 Robert Clarke, Cincinnati, Ohio. Has none. 
 
 J. F. Henderson, Newville, Ohio, March 15, 1888. Has no information. 
 
 W. M. Cunningham, Newark, Ohio, April 10, 1888. Has twenty-five rude imple- 
 ments, principally of flint: found on the surface and in mounds or earth-works in 
 Licking County, Ohio, associated in some cases with arrow and sjtear points, axes, 
 etc. Deposits api)ar(ntly both accidental and intentional. Collection not in shape 
 for exchanges. 
 
 John P. McLean, Hamilton, Ohio, I'ebruary 2'.i, 1888. Has a few o" dark blue 
 chert; found ou the surface in Butler County, Ohio. In section 24, Hanover town- 
 ship, of this county, is a fleld where great nuuibers have been found. " If you request 
 will try and find some more." 
 
 Dr. W. B. Rosamond, Miluersville, Ohio, February 10, 1888. H« will setul fifty or 
 seventy-five found here on the surface. Will exchange for publications. 
 
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 Georgo \V. Doan, IvtMit, Ohio, IVhnniry 8. 188-<. Has thiity-one iMwle iinpliMnentH 
 of chert, from :{ to 4 inches in hngth by l.J to '2'i in width by i to I inch in thickness. 
 From Trunibiill, Portagjs and Suiiiniit ConnticH, Ohio. 
 
 Dr. Herbert Twitchi-ll, Hamilton, Ohio, March )iS, 1H8-^. Has nothing paleolithic. 
 Sent tin-type of liirge spcar-In-ad. 
 
 A. P. Pets.', Massilioii, Ohio, March 'Jl, 1888. Has ninety rndt! chipped iniplcnionts 
 of colored chert, varying in length from '2 to .') or (J inches, given him by farmers who 
 plowed them up. Can exchange twenty for publications on tliis snbject. Lxpects 
 to get u cachf of tiints, fonnd w)iile digging a ditch. He has the largest jirivate col- 
 lection in this connty (Stark), nninbering over one thousand specimens, which he will 
 sell for!§r)00 cash. 
 
 I. H. Harris, Waynesville, Ohio, February 11, 1888. Has two or three hundred 
 "chips and nntinisheil iniplemciits." .\1I from F'ort .Vncient. 
 
 K. T. Manning, Youngstown, Oliio, March 5, 1888. Has twelv(3 rude iinidements of 
 •lint; found in southern Ohio. 
 
 .lames H. Smith, LicLiiig County, Pioneer Historical and Aiitiiniarian Society, 
 Newark, Ohio, February 8, 1888. Has none and knows of none. 
 
 Horace P. Smith, custodian Cincinnati Society of Natiii;il History, 108 Broadway, 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, April lo, jHrj-', Has but a small number of these implements in the 
 collection. Cannot be sent for verihcatiou without the action of the executiv board 
 of tli<'. society. 
 
 .John H. Lemon. New Albany, Indiana, February 14, 1888. Writes from Escondido, 
 California. Has one hundred i)ale(dithlc implements of white, red, and gray Hint; 
 found on the surface near falls of the Ohio. 
 
 T. L. Dicker.son, Fairlield, Indiana, February 1:5, 1888. Has many of these rude 
 implementsofchert, sandstone, sometimes of bastard granite, and striped slate ; found 
 on the surface near springs, camp sites, etc., and associated with broktsn implements 
 and chips, indicating shops and nniniifactories. Deposit accidental, except where 
 cached. 
 
 E. L. Guthrie, Adams, Indiana, February 20, 1888. Has a few very fine specimens 
 (not paleolithic), found on the surface in this county (Decatur), Indiana. Sends many 
 tracings of line implements. Will not part with them— but gladly loan for com- 
 parison. 
 
 William W. Borden, New Providence, Indiana, March 2:?, 1888. lias quite a large 
 collection of stone implements of various kinds. Has purchased several cabinets. 
 Has the collection of the late Dr. .James Kuaiip,of Louisville, Kentucky. Will 
 forward some specimens suon. 
 
 C. S. Arthur, Portland, Indiana, March 20, 18.-'8. Has seventy-tive of Hint; found 
 on the surface in ditl'eient localities in Jay C«)unty. A nest.or t'dtV/e, of sixty were 
 uncovered by the plow about 5 miles from here. Another lot was found In Adams 
 County, buried in sand. They have never been described. 
 
 E. Pleas. Dunreith, Indiana, February 10, 1888. Has one hundred rude imple- 
 ments. Can spare thirty or forty from \'an Buren Connty, Arkansas, and thirty from 
 Henry Connty, Indiana. 
 
 Charles H. Bry in, Muncie, Indiana, February !•, 1888. Has a number found on the 
 surface in Logan and Hancock Counties, Ohio, and Jay County, Indi.ana. Has some 
 likeNo. 7t)8audNo. 81t04. Could collect fifteen or twenty specimens to send. Hassoiiio 
 which he will give. 
 
 John W. Linck, Madison, Indiana, February 17, 1888. Don't know anything about 
 paleoliths, but .Iesst> Wagner has a petrified head of a bufi'alo. 
 
 William Robertson, Farmland, Indiana, March 20, 1888. Has over one hundred, 
 mostly of granite ; found on the surface in Randolph County, Indiana. 
 
 Mkm. — Surely not palecdithic. 
 
 D. A. K. Andrus, Rockford, Illinois, February 7, 1888. Has none and knows of 
 none. 
 
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 Georgo E. Sellers, Bowle.sville, Illinois. (No date.) The nule unfiuiBbed imple- 
 iiieiiiHure very ubiiiKliuit in soiitlierii Illiiioi;' more so in the more recent out-door 
 woi k.^liiips than in the nionnds ur the shops connected with them, and, in oiost caaeH, 
 u|i|ieiir to be niodilied cores. 
 
 Dr. Merit L. Saunders, Thompson, Illinois, February 8, 18d8. Will send arrow- 
 points, chips, etc. 
 
 H. S. lluckuiau, Peru, Illinois, February 2G, IddS. lliva but few. His collectiou 
 consists of higher iinished iniplenieuts. Has a steel spear found in a mound. Believes 
 discoidal stones were used as mortars — has one with pestle fitting in it. 
 
 U. T. Miller, South Bend, Indiana, March 9, 1886. Has about one hundred rude 
 implements; found on the surface near this place, in isolated localities. Sends photo- 
 graph of image carved from iiray sandstone. 
 
 C. L. Obst, Pittstifld, Illinois, March 2U, 1888. Has a few rude implements of 
 white and piuk Hint and jasper. Surface tinds. Teu years ago found one of them in 
 a drift-bed not less than To feet in height, in Calhoun County, Illinois. Never found 
 any in mounds, totnbs, Indian graves, or ancient structures of any kind. 
 
 George Newcomer, Franklin Grove, Illinois, March 2, 1888. Has twenty-four rude 
 implements; twenty of white chert found on the surface in Whiteside County, and 
 fourof quartzite from Carroll County, Illinois. 
 
 John Brady, Aledo, Illinois, February 11, 188rt. Has forty-five paleolithic imple- 
 ments of tlint, some of which are light colored, others are blue and gray ; found on 
 the surface in Mercer County, Illinois. 
 
 E. H. Hamilton, Petersburg, Illinois, February 2i, 1888. Has forty or fifty rude 
 implements of white, yellow, and dark blue dint; fouudon thebank»>of the Sangamon 
 River, associated with flint chips, broken pottery, etc. Identical with Nos. 5900, 
 9767, 115:^5. 
 
 William McAdams, Alton, Illinois, February 12, 1888. 
 river gravels alongside of Devonian aiul Silurian fossils. 
 
 John B. Tscharner, Champaign, Illinois, Feb. 11, 1888. 
 of white and dark dint; found on the surface in Washington County, Illinois, asso- 
 ciated with dint arrow and spear points. Deposit seemed accidental. 
 
 D. F. Hitt, Ottawa, Illinois, February 27,1888. Has very few; never thought 
 them worth saving. 
 
 M. Tandy, Dallas City, Illinois, March 19, 1H88. Has three rude implements of 
 dint and others of various kinds, amounting to twenty-dvu specimens; found on the 
 surface in this vicinity. Has, with very few exceptions, sent all the results of his 
 collecting to the Smithsonian Institution. 
 
 Lawson S. Bliss, Dallas (Mty, Illinois, February i:{, 188-*. Has a number of rude 
 and unfinished implements. Has a large collection of arrow and spear heads, stone 
 axes, etc. Is adding to his collectiou with intent to present to the Smithsonian In- 
 stitution. L^)^)\^ at Mr. Tandy's collection already presented. Many mounds here. 
 
 James Shaw, Mount Carroll, Illinois, February 10, 1888. Has sent rude specimens 
 to the Stnithsonian Institution. Will send more in the early spring and summer. 
 
 W. H. H. King, Jacksonville, Illinois, April 2r>, 1888. Has one hundred implements 
 of chert; found niostiv on the surface in Morgan, Calhoun, and Pike Counties, Illi- 
 nois. Forty specimens were taken out of a pocket or cache. 
 
 Dr. J. F. Snyder, Virginia, Illinois, April 30, 1888. Has nearly one hnndred rnde 
 implements of white dint, found on the surface in Cass County, Illinois ; also about 
 thirt}' rude dints from Schuyler County, Illinois, and eight specimens somewhat 
 resembling the District of Colutnbia specimens fignred, of black slaty quartzite, 
 plowed up in one deposit. Several dints from Saint Clair County, Illinois; ten of 
 white cherty quartzite from Pettis County, Missouri; fifteen from Jefi'erson County, 
 Missouri ; eighteen of brown vitreous dint from Travis County, Texas; nine of pink 
 and white novaculite from Garland County, Arkansas. 
 
 John E. Younglove, Bowling Green, Kentucky, February 9, 1888. Has twenty or 
 twenty-five rude implements principally of blue dint, found in this region on the 
 
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 Hurface, not in luonndH. They are not rejrarcled as valuable. Gave Profensor Ward, 
 of Rochester, forty speciineiiH. Sends photograph of human bone (femur) pierced with 
 dint arrow; highly interesting s|iocimen. 
 
 J. G. Cisco, Jiickson, Tennessee, February 9, 18H8. Has twenty implements of gray 
 quartz, most of them found on the surface (a few from mounds) in Madison County, 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Benjamin F. Bush, Grand Blanc, Michigan, February 18, 18ti8. Has many pieces 
 Jike illustrations in circuhir 3(i. 
 
 Miss F. E. Babbitt, Cold water, Michigan, February 21, 1888. Has a large number 
 of specimens which are misplaced or lost. Material, quartz. They are found in the 
 gravels at Little Falls, Minnesota. Will try and get souie this summer. 
 
 F. C. Clark, A. B., 4'2 Madison street, Ann Arbor, Miebigan, February 15, 1888. 
 Has some rude stone iinplemeuts resembling those in circular Mi. Oue from sand and 
 gravel pit 12 feet under the surface, looks like " bath brick" rudely tlaked. Studied 
 archieology for ten years under Professor Wiucbell. 
 
 R. H. Tremper, M. D., Albion, Michigan, February 9, 1888. Has about one hundred 
 and fifty rude implements. 
 
 N. Y. Green. Battle Creek, Michigan, March 16, 1888. Has twenty rude implements 
 of flint, slate, and a kind of sandstone or sandy slate. All found on the surface in 
 that locality. Drift formatioii. 
 
 Charles E. Barnes, Lansing, Michigan, January 9, 18-8. His collection is boxed at 
 Battle Creek. Has not seen it for four years. 
 
 C. L. Mann, 27 Erie street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 6, 1888. All our col- 
 lections contain them, but they are considered of small value. Has forty or fifty 
 copper implements for sale. Will send photographs. They were uncovered by a 
 storm — cyclone. 
 
 E. L. Brown, Durand, Wisconsin, February 17, 1888. Hasoneof Vtluishhornstone; 
 found on the surface. He knows a Methodist preacher who has a collection of seventy- 
 five. Does not know where he is. They were plowetl up aud said to have been 
 placed on their edges close together. 
 
 W. M. Wheeler, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 4, 1888. Custodian of Public Museum. 
 Has twelve rude iinplemeuts of flint in the Museum collection. Surface tiuds. Will 
 not part with any. 
 
 John Hume, Hgliiitoii Place, Davenport, Iowa, February 25, 1888. Wants more 
 time to examine the authorities. 
 
 Thomas J. Tidswell, Independence, Missouri, April 2, 1888. Has thirty rude im- 
 plements of dark blue and gray flint; found on the surface in Jackson County, Illi- 
 nois, as.sociated with scrapers, perforators, hammer-stones, arrow-points, etc. Deposit 
 seemed accidental. Will send twelve or flfteen. 
 
 Charles J. Turner, Brunswick, Missouri, March 20, 1888. Hasafew n.ostlyof flint. 
 Some from mounds, some from the surface. 
 
 George J. Engelman, M. D., 3003 Locust street, St. Lonis, Missouri, February 7, 
 188H. Has a large number of rude implements of red brownstone similar to porphyry. 
 Surface flnds from southeast Missouri. Deposit accidental. No one values them. 
 
 Sid J. Hare, C. E., Kansas City, Missouri, April 1, 1888. Has twenty rude imple- 
 ments of flint; found on the surface, in plowed tields, associated with arrow-points 
 and stone axes, in the vicinity of Kansas City. Deposit seemed accidental. None 
 found in mounds. Will send specimens next fall. 
 
 G. C. Broadhead, Columbia, Mis.sonri, February 9, 1888. Has twenty of white chert, 
 hematite, and porphyry. Surface finds from Missouri, Kansas, aud Texas. Will not 
 part with them. 
 
 W. Albert Chapman, Okolona, Arkansas, February 13, 1888. Has fifty points, from 
 crude to perfect, also masses of chipped material, such as hornstoue, flint, lydian 
 stone, jasper, transparent (|uartz, <|uartz (various shades of white) gneiss, and mica 
 schist. The sperlmeus wore found on the surface and down to 6 feet below, singly, 
 and associated with chippings, broken and unfinished points, aud other tools or iiu- 
 
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 pleiiiouts, in Clark, Nevada, Piko, Howard, Sovier, Polk, Hut Springs, and Mont- 
 gomery Coiiulies, ArkaiiMan. 
 
 R. R. Smith, Fordyce, Arkansas. Has several dozen of rude and untiuislied imple- 
 ments of Hint of various colors. Found on tlie surface ail over the country, but 
 mostly near ereeks and rivers, and also in mounds. Other objects found with thcui. 
 
 .). L. Mclunis, College Station, Texas, (iives no inlormation. 
 
 Dr. H. H. Thorpe, Liberty Hill, Texas, February 11, 188tf. Has none. Has heard 
 of but never {gathered them. Has some mound relies which he will forward. 
 
 Stephen Ibtwers, San Buenaventura, California, April 18, 18-^8. Has tifty of chert, 
 quart, ajjate, jasjjcr, chalcedony, obsidian, p(»rphyry, and basaltic rocks; found on 
 the surface on old village sites, and sometimes buried with mortars, pestles, bowls, 
 pipes, spear-points, and shell and bone implements. Only occasionally deposited 
 with the dead. 
 
 Mrs. ]{. F. Ilin^ham, corresponding secretary of the Society of Natural History, 
 Santa Barbara, California. Has none and nothing similar. Has mortars, arrows, 
 etc., found in graves — here and on adjacent islands. 
 
 H. F. Emeric, auditing department, Wclls-Fargo Kxpres-s, San Francisco, Cali- 
 fornia, February '24, 18^8. Has no collecti<in. Knows the implements ; material 
 black Hint; found all over California. 
 
 E. .1. M. Knowltou, Big Lake County, Minnesota, February '20, 1888. Has nothing. 
 
 William Middagh, Roliag, Minnesota, .March (i, 1888. Has nothing. 
 
 (Jeorge W. Seymour, Taylor's ?\il Is, Minnesota, February Iti. Has none, but knows 
 of mounds in his neighborhood which could be o])cned. 
 
 A. F. Davidson, Crostou, Oregon, April H, 18n8. Has nothing. 
 
 William Cuppage, Wintield, Kansas, Feliruary 2'\, 1888. Has no rude implements. 
 Sent his collection of stone implements to his sister in Ireland and his last copper ax 
 to the Smithsonian Institution. 
 
 A. K. Bodley, Ohio Township, Franklin County , Kansas. Has two hoes and a pestle ; 
 nothing else. They are now in the University, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. 
 
 T. M. Shallenberger, Bradshaw, Nebraska, February 1), 1888. Has very few of 
 paleolithic type. Will forward in time what he has and agree upon exchange. 
 
 Clark F. Ansley, Lincoln, Nebraska, April W, 1888. Has forty rude implements of 
 clear quart/., tlint, and greenstone. 
 
 Lewis A. Kengla, M. D., Tucson, Arizona, March 29, 1888. Letter of this date 
 refers to collections from the District of Columbia which was left at his father's house. 
 Can give no information as to numbers. 
 
 E. L. Berthor.d, Golden, Colorado, March G, 1888. Has seven implements from his 
 neighborhood. Sent some to the Smithsonian Institution. 
 
 A. L. Siler, Ranch, Utah, February '21, 1888. Has none. 
 
 David Boyle, curator of museum, Canadian Institute, Toronto, Canada, February 
 8, 1888. Has one hundred rude implements of chert; found all over the province 
 from 8 to 10 inches below the surface associated with implements of a more highly 
 finished typo. Can not send specimens. Refers to writer's report in the printer's 
 hands. 
 
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