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are generally made of flint found in the neighborhood. In Western Mis- 

 souri we find them of black and of ilesh-colored flint, the latter obtained 

 from coal-measure rocks; in Central and Southern Missouri they are 

 chiefly of white chert from the inagnesian limestone series. In Madison 

 County I have found them of porphyry. Hatchets are rarely found, but 

 are almost invariably of syenite — a few have been found made of red 

 hematite. Disks or shallow mortars are generally made of syenite. 



On the Moreau, in Cole County, I found a number of flint implements 

 of various sizes and workmanship, some quite regularly and carefully 

 made, others from which but few chips had been taken, thus showing 

 the various stages of workmanship. It is very probable that this was a 

 place where the natives resorted to make their arrow-heads, as the proper 

 flint is abundant in the neighborhood. At another place in Morgan 

 County I also obtained flint implements in all stages of workmanship. 



Some years ago Mr. B. B. Holland, of Bear Creek, Montgomery 

 County, plowed up a deposit of flint implements all set on their edges 

 and arranged in a small circle, and buried about a foot beneath the sur- 

 face of the ground. They were about 2 inches long, with sharp edges 

 and a heart-shaped point. 



An article of the disk variety from Morgan County deserves mention. 

 It is nearly cubical, being about 2 inches square, with corners and edges 

 rounded off, and a shallow depression on one side, from which circum- 

 stance it is probable that it was used for pounding medicine. It is of 

 bard syenite and smoothly polished. 



Stone clubs are sometimes found. I have seen one from Henry 

 County, of red quartzite, that would weigh 8 to 10 pounds. 



Flint implements are often found on hill slopes where the bluff forma- 

 tion is deep, but I cannot certainly say that I have found them in the 

 bluff, though some observers positively report having found them in an 

 undisturbed position in the bluff. 



HUMAN FOOT PRINTS. 



Some of us have seen the sculptured footprint in possession of Mr. 

 Mepham, of Saint Louis. It is cut in magnesian limestone from De 

 Soto, Jefferson County. There is another in possession of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution at Washington City, presented by Mr. John P.Jones, 

 of Keytesville, Mo., who obtained it from Gasconade County. 



Another and more remarkable one is noticed by II. R. Schoolcraft, in 

 Travels in Missouri in 1821. In chapter viii he speaks of seeing in pos- 

 session of Mr. Rappe, at Harmony, Ind., a stone with sculptured impres- 

 sions of two human feet. This stone had been obtained from Saint Louis 

 by Mr. Rappe and carried thence to Harmony. Schoolcraft thought the 

 tracks represented those of a man in an erect position, with the left foot 

 a little advanced and the heels drawn in. The distance between the 

 heels measured G\ inches, and between the extremities of the toes 13£, 

 the toes being spread and the foot flattened. From this circumstance 



