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carved lines, describing the outline of a 

 mammoth. In 1881 he sold it in a lump 

 with his other specimens to Mr. James 

 Paxon, for the round sum of $2.50. Short- 

 ly afterward, a smaller fragment was found, 

 which, joined to the former one, completed 

 the gorget, and also the design of a party 

 of Indians hunting a mammoth. The ques- 

 tion necessarily arises, Is the stone with its 

 tracings a genuine aboriginal relic ? It is 

 a very important one in American archae- 

 ology. There appears no reason to doubt 

 the entire honesty of all the persons who 

 arc known to have handled the specimen. 

 Unfortunately, the stone itself is not capa- 

 ble of giving evidence ; for it was not seen, 

 scientifically, till it had been cleaned two 

 or three times, and its possessors had 

 scratched over the lines to make them 

 plainer. Its occurrence where it was dis- 

 covered is unaccountable if it is not genu- 

 ine. It has been submitted to experts in 

 aboriginal relics, and they have expressed 

 different opinions respecting it. Three oth- 

 er carved stones have very recently been 

 found on the same farm, the examination 

 of which and their comparison with this one 

 may throw some light on the subject. Mr. 

 Mercer presents the evidence on both sides 

 with seeming impartiality, but evidently be- 

 lieves in the genuineness of the stone. 



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