448 ABORIGINAL REMAINS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



is a large stone about 4i by 5 J feet on the upper surface. This face is 

 concave and slopes at an angle of 12° to 15° from the horizon. The 

 surface is covered with figures cut deep in the rock, and a deep gutter 

 incloses them and runs out at the lower edge and down 6 or 8 inches, 

 where is a small hole, as though for the insertion of a peg to hang a 

 vessel on. This neighborhood was at one time the camping ground 

 of the Utes. The stone is in Acequia precinct, Douglas County, 

 Colorado, on what is known as the Slocum ranch. 



Whitney, J. L. Writing from Eose Hill, Ohio, speaks of copper axes 

 and shell objects from a mound half a mile from Sharpsburg, Mer- 

 cer County, Ohio. Ten pairs of shell relics were found resembling 

 the bottoms of sandals. The mounds at this point are composed of 

 sand and gravel. A large quantity of shell beads, a copper axe, and 

 the skeleton of a tall man were recovered from the same mound . There 

 are several mounds at this point composed of sand and gravel. The 

 largest contains a quantity of very fine grayish- white sand, very hard, 

 and streaked with bands of ljure white sand., 



Williamson, J. M. In opening shell mounds in Kentucky, found human 

 bones showing the marks of teeth (human?), and many that had been 

 split. Fragments of crania and jaw bones were seen mingled with 

 images and perforated shells. 



WiLTHEis, C. T., of Piqua, Ohio. Describes and figures an inscribed 

 stone, a gneiss bowlder, with a granite vein through it, weight 13^ 

 pounds. The inscription is very rude. 



Wood, Eev. Preston. The district lying north of Quincy, HI., in the 

 confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, abounds in traces of 

 the Mound-Builders. 



Wood:man, H. T. Draws attention to a very curiously shaped earth 

 mound, unlike any heretofore figured in that State, about 30 miles 

 from Dubuque, Iowa. The mound will be figured and described. 



Wright, S. Hart. Sends drawing and description of a work on Bluff 

 Point, Yates County, Xew York, covering seven acres, and reticulated 

 with graded ways. 



