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pierced tablets, stone pi[)es, a frayuieiit ot a large put-stoue vessel, 

 pieces of red mineral paint, drilled bears' teeth, bone ])erforators, sbell 

 beads and pendants, pin-sbaped objects ol" shell, siiell masks (human 

 faces), cl.iy vessels ornamented with raised figures, iucised lines, etc., 

 and human skulls and bones, 



^Ir. Edward D. Hicks, of ^iS^ashville, sent to the National Museum 

 three chipped flint objects, remarkable for large size and unusual forms, 

 namely: A sword or truncheon-like article (Fig. 12), and an imple- 

 ment (?) formed at one end like a crab's claw (Fig. 13), both from Uun)- 

 l)hreys County. Also, a nearly circular disk (Fig. 14), measuring 9 

 in(;hes in major diameter, and chipped to an edge around the circum- 

 ference. This specimen, found in Stewart County, differs in make from 

 the disk-like flint articles found in dei)osits. These three objects, of 

 which casts were taken in the National Museum, are surface finds. 



Large specimens of gray flint, more or less analogous in form to 

 those just mentioned, are in the Peabody Museum at Cambridge. Mass. 

 They were likewise found in Humphreys aiid Stewart -Counties, in 

 mounds and on the surface. 



MICHIGAN. 



Mr. D. S. Carvin, of Lyons, Fulton County, Ohio, presented a plat- 

 form pipe. It consists of the mottled stone which forms the material 

 of many of the pipes in the Squier and Davis collection, now m Eng- 

 land. It was found in a maize field in Berrien County, Michigan. 



WISCONSIN. 



Two drilled beais' teeth, two bone ornaments, two small sheets of 

 native silver, shape<l by beating, and six cylindrical copper beads from 

 a mound at Warner's Landing, Vernon County, weie presented by Dr. 

 J. L. De Witt, of aSTewton, Vernon County. The pieces of sheet silver 

 are of special interest, being the first specimens of this kind given to the 

 Museum. 



From the Bureau of Ethnology were received a leaf-shaped imple- 

 ment, fragments of burned bones, a copper or brass kettle, and a num- 

 ber of silver bracelets, gorgets, ear-rings, etc., from a mound in Craw- 

 ford County. The objects evidently accompanied an intrusive burial. 



ARKANSAS. 



From the Bureau of Ethnology were received small arrow heads, ham- 

 mer-stones, chii)])ed celts with polished cutting edges, polished celts, 

 mullers, grindingstones, polishing-stones, gaming disks (?), bone per- 

 forators, and pieces of worked stag-horn from an ancient Indian burial 

 ground at Bi'adley's Landing, Crittenden County. 



Further: Rude leaf shaped implements, small arrow-heads, ])erfora- 

 tors, hammer-stones, a polished f^elt, a semi-circular tanged object 



