PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 789 



On Indian Eiver, at the large shell moiiiul situated at the mouth of 

 the Banana River, on the beach, at tbe foot of the mound, an unfinished 

 arrow-head of flint was found. It is the crudest article of flint manu- 

 facture that I have found, but it has evidently been worked by the hand 

 of man. It has been smoothed by the action of the waves. Most of 

 the pottery found is very rough and shows no marks. There is a great 

 difference, however, in the composition of different pieces, some being 

 made of very fine clay, and very compact and smooth, while others are 

 very porous and disintegratiug. One piece picked up is extremely hard, 

 almost flinty, with a smooth polish on the iuside. It is almost impossi- 

 ble to cut it with a knife. In color, some are black when cut and some 

 light brown. One piece is a bright brick red on the outside third, show- 

 ing evidently strong action of fire. A large piece, found in the large 

 shell heap at the mouth of the Banana River, previously referred to, 

 has still upon the outside the soot or crock from the fire. This was 

 found buried nearly 8 feet from the top. None of the fragments found 

 appear to contain any pounded shells and very litte sand. 



I am informed by Mr. White, of Buffalo Bluff, a very intelligent set- 

 tler, that a large iron ax was found imbedded in the heart of a dead 

 live-oak upon his place, and that this oak had been dead as long as any 

 of the settlers could remember. He also informed me that a stone phallus 

 was found upon his place and is in the possession of a gentleman of Sa- 

 vannah. Dr. Joseph Jones, in Antiquities of Tennessee, mentions the 

 occurrence there of similar specimens. At the large shell mound known 

 as the "Wild-Boar Mound," in T. 30 S., R. 38 E., I found a perforated shell 

 similar to the one described by Professor Wyman, on page 58, Fresh- 

 water Shell Mounds of Florida, and figured in same Plate VIII, Fig. 2, 

 It is a Busycon carica, 4^ inches in length, at present, the beak being 

 chipped and broken off. The hole in my specimen is round or nearly 

 so, about eleven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, made in the last 

 turn, the nearest part of the circumference being 2 inches from the 

 mouth. The spines are all broken or ground off", and the shell, at the 

 mouth, is chipped. It looks as if it had been used as a mallet by in- 

 serting a stick in the hole for a handle. 



I am informed by the Hon. Columbus Drew, ex-governor of Florida, 

 that a golden spear-head was found in a mound in Orange County, Florida, 

 along with an oval disk of silver. The spear-head was about 2^ inches 

 in length and 1^ in width in the widest point. He stated that it ap- 

 peared as if hammered out or formed by a somewhat unskillful work- 

 man. Its bullion value, as given by a jeweller, was $18. No marks of 

 any kind appear on it. This interesting relic is still in his possession. 

 The silver disk found with it appeared to have some marks or scratches 

 upon it, but they could not be deciphered and the governor was not sure 

 that they were intended for anything. This silver disk had unfortun- 

 ately been cut in two by the ignorant discoverer, and, it is believed, a 

 piece taken out for the purpose of ornamenting the stock of his gun. 



