446 ABORIGINAL REMAINS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Eeinsch, a. Explored two mounds on Walnut River, in Cowley County, 

 Kansas. They are 30 rods apart, 30 feet in diameter, and at present 

 18 inches high. They were originally between 3 and 4 feet high. A 

 trench 3 feet wide was dug to the centre of one of them. Bones, pot- 

 sherds, charcoal, jasper chips, and arrow-points were found at a depth 

 of feet, or about 4 feet below the surface. Mr. Eeinsch also sends 

 drawings of implements, among them a hollowed grinding-stone of 

 whitish limestone. 



Robinson, A. P. Sends a map of Coftey Couutj^, Kansas, on which are 

 marked the locations of antiquities. Along the summit of the bluff", 

 on Wolf Creek, many stone heaps are found, containing shells of unios, 

 such as now live in the Neosho River, wliich is at present a mile away. 

 At the foot of the bluff, by the cutting of the Missouri, Kansas and 

 Texas Railroad, many arrow-heads were unearthed. By digging a 

 ditch, what was possibly a cremation site was passed through, and a 

 few knives and arrow-heads were found. The ashes, &c., were from 

 4 to 5 feet below the surface, and over the sites were growing oaks 3 

 to 4 feet in diameter. In this locality many fragments of pottery 

 were discovered, but only a slight investigation was made. 



Shippen, Edward. Mentions a mound in Ballard County, Kentucky, 1 

 mile from the Ohio River, from which he toolv 437 arrow-heads, 1 

 spear-point, 7 flint axes, pipes, 24 vessels of clay, and many pottery 

 fragments. The letter is accompanied with drawings of implements. 



Spray, S. J. Reports that the region around Marysville, Blount County, 

 Tennessee, is rich in relics of the Mound-Builders. 



Stronct, Lorenzo. States that no mounds or earthworks occur near 

 Strongville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Stone implements are found 

 in abundance. 



Swan, Ja3IES G. Sends to the National jNTuseum a carved seal club, 

 or tincfhlj as it is called by the Makah Indians, This specimen was 

 made by a young Indian of the Clyoquot tribe, on tbe west coast of 

 Vancouver's Island, B. C. His name is Artlyu, or Benjamin. He is 

 a son of Cdakanim, a chief of the tribe, and a great grandson of 

 Wikananish, the great chief mentioned hj Mears and other early 

 navigators. This young man was one of the party who saved the 

 captain and crew of the American bark General Cobb, wrecked oft" 

 Clyoquot last winter. A x)hotograpli of Artlju was inclosed bj' ^Ir. 

 Swan, showing the club before it was painted, and a rattle in his right 

 hand, such as is used during the medicine dance. This club is very in- 

 teresting and very highly prized. It is not intended for use as a seal 

 club, but to be exhibited on ceremonial or state occasions, as an ensign 

 of the rank of the family. It represents a dream of old Wikananish, 

 which was so strongly impressed on his mind that he related it as an 

 actual occurrence. It was believed by his family, and the legend has 

 been handed down to the present day. The story was related by Ben- 

 jamin, as follows : 



