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Fig. 86. No. 1 is a greatly reduced 

 sketch of a copper spear or lance-head, 

 found three miles north-west of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. It was discovered about 

 two feet below the surface, at the base 

 of a small hill, which was crowned by 

 an Indian grave. The original is eight 

 inches in length.* 

 No. 2 is a reduced sketch of a rude copper knife found in the summer of 1847, 

 on Isle Royal, Lake Superior. It was discovered three feet below the surface, by 

 the uprooting of a tree, which had gro^\Ti above it. It has the lamination of 

 surface already referred to, in a marked degree, and was evidently hammered 

 from a single piece of native copper. 



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The copper articles above repre- 

 sented (Fig. 87) were all found, in 

 connection with other relics and 

 some human skeletons, in excavating the St. Lawrence canal, 

 Canada West. Tiie drawings, from which the engravings are 

 reduced, were kindly furnished, together with a lull descrip- 

 tion, by T. Reyxolds, M. D., of Brockville, in whose possession the originals now 

 are. " The spot where they were discovered, is a picturesque point on the banks 

 of the river St. Lawrence, near the head of the first rapid or cascade met with in 

 descending the river. They were found deposited fourteen feet below the surface, 

 in a soil composed of blue clay and sand. A score of skeletons were found 



* III the cabinet of R. Blciiwan". Esq.. Cincinnati. 



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