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lower portion of which would become immediately paralyzed as a 

 matter of course ; so that this victim ot inter-tribal warfare in all 

 probability passed to his happy hunting- grounds with the war- 

 whoop still ringing in his ears and his scalping tuft in the hands 

 of a triumphant enemy. 



It is indeed a gruesome relic and carries the mind back to a 

 time in the history of New France when the line of communica- 

 tion, by the way of St. Lawrence, between the Indians of the 

 great lakes and the lower French settlements had been severed by 

 the blood-stained tomahawk of the Iroquois, and the northern and 

 western tribes were beset at the carrying places and vulnerable 

 points on the " River of the Ottawas " by the implacable hostility 

 of their southern neighbours. 



I might say in conclusion, that as we have in the membership 

 of the Field Naturalists' Club some of the most eminent scientific 

 men in America, it would be well if some of these would devote 

 some of their leisure time to the study of Canadian archaeology. 

 We have in the vicinity of Ottawa a splendid field of investigation 

 and I trust that the study of ethnic history, in this domain, will 

 reflect honour upon the members of the Field Naturalists' Cub. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATE I. 



Figure J. — Pipe-tomaliawk, |j diameter, from Mr. S. H. Edej's farm, N,>^ of 

 lot 19, 2nd concession of the township of South Hull. 



figure 2. — Tomahawk, '/j diameter, from Indian grave on Lighthouse Island, 

 near Aylmer. 



Figure 2ci. — French stamp, natural size on Fig. 2. 



Figure j. — Stone celt, l/j diameter, from Bell's Bay, Lake Deschenes. 



Figure ^. — Segment of lumbar vertebrae of Indian, natural size, pierced by 

 bone arrowhead, from Lighthouse Island, near Aylmer. 



Figure ^a. — Flat side of bone arrowhead in Fig. 4. 



Figure 5, — Bone netting needle, '/^ diameter, from Indian grave on Light- 

 house Island. 



Figure 6. — Shell bead, from Indian grave on Lighthouse Island. 



Figure 7. — Silver bangle, >nake Island Point, Lake Deschenes. 



Figure 8. — Bone harpoon, ',^ diameter, from Indian grave on Lighthouse 

 Island. 



