1867.] 353 [Hayden. 



Mountains, The pottery was made of disintegrated granite, as it 

 was full of particles of mica. These remains may possibly be modern, 

 for the Digger Indians who inhabit this region are a low, degraded 

 people, and even now use flint arrow-points, though they use no pot- 

 tery. There is now no evidence that the Indians of this region ever 

 used any pottery like that found, so that it may be po-ssessed of some 

 antiquity. I have collected considerable material in the languages 

 of the Omaha, Winnebago, Otoe, and Pawnee tribes of Indians, and 

 I shall prepare for the Proceedings of the American Philosophical 

 Society a paper on them during the winter. 



I hope to present, in a year or two, the second part of "Ethnogra- 

 phy and Philology of the Indian Tribes of the Missouri Valley," for 

 publication in the Transactions. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



F. V. Hayden, 



U. S. Geologist. 



A communication from Mr. P. E. Chase was read, noticing 

 a meteor which was seen at Haverford College, on the even- 

 ing of Tuesday, 15th inst. The meteor, which was about 

 6' in diameter, was about 30° above the eastern horizon, 

 at 5h. 40m. p.m. It moved northeasterly over an arc of 

 about 25° in 5 seconds, then exploded and disappeared. I 

 was crossing the college lawn in a southwesterly direction, 

 but the light Avas so brilliant that it attracted my attention, 

 and caused me to turn around. The sun had been set only 

 twenty minutes, and the twilight was so strong that only a 

 few stars of the first magnitude were faintly visible. 



The Society then proceeded to the stated business, and 

 balloted for the candidates for membership. 



All other business having been concluded, the ballot-boxes 

 were opened, and the following gentlemen were declared to 

 be elected members of the Society : 



J. Sergeant Price, Philadelphia. 

 Ario Pardee, Hazleton, Penna. 

 John Stuart Mill, London. 

 Henry C. Lea, Philadelphia. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



