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ornament seen in the upper riglit-hand corner of d' in Fig. 5 be 

 such. This was a bit of human breastbone, pierced in the center, 

 and suggested at once the idea that it might have been worn as a 

 fetich, or possibly was merely a war trophy the breastbone of 

 mine enemy. 



Bone and shell seem to have furnished the chief material for 

 the tools and ornaments of the inhabitants of this old village. 

 The most common bone implements found were those shown in 

 Fig. 5, g, finely pointed and polished from the ulna of a deer's leg. 

 Here, again, as in the mortar and pestle, we find a very early and 

 a very valuable artificial form reached by easy transition from a 

 natural object which was somewhat adapted to the uses aimed at, 

 and which was probably first employed without any endeavor to 

 adapt it artificially. We judged, as a matter of course, that these 

 sharp bone points were used for tipping spears, as they are well 

 adapted to such a purpose ; but all the traditions of the neighbor- 

 hood insist that they were used for ornaments, and that with 

 bunches of bright feathers, attached by strings of sinew, they 

 were stuck into the hair. One bone needle was found, but the 

 small size of this implement and its easy destructibility make it 



Fig. 5. 



surprising that even one was discovered. One of our most unique 

 finds was a set of bone whistles shown at a, Fig. 5. They were 

 made from the long leg bones of some waterfowl, and are evi- 

 dently intended to furnish a variety of sounds, if we may judge 

 from their varied length and the different positions of their holes. 



