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likewise to Oregon — some for use and others apparently with no func- 

 tion. One from Yaucouver in the sliape of a bear and another from 

 Sanvie's Island with a seal head have been referred to among the ])estles. 



A turtle from East Portland has been mentioned among the mor- 

 tars, and the heads of some animals undetermined among the war 

 clubs. 



There is also a squirrel head broken oft" from the body, or whatever im- 

 plement it was attached to. from Vancouver, now 2^ inches long, 2 inches 

 thick, and weighing half a pound. Dr. Uafferty owns this, and Mr. 

 Stevens has another, which came from Eagle Creek. Like the last, it 

 is broken oft' from whatever it was attached to, but a good share of the 

 body still remains. The body is about 3 inches thick one way by 2J 

 inches the other, the neck being 2 by i'^ inches. 



Birds. — Dr. Kafferty has a bird from the Cascades, of basaltic rock, 

 G| inches long, 3:^ wide from tip of one wing to tip of the other, about 

 2 inches thick, and weighing 1 jiound 10 ounces. Mr. Stevens has a 

 bird head which came from near the Dalles. It was broken oft' from 

 something, perhaps a hammer, and is quite perfect. It is now about 3J 

 inches long and 2 inches thick. 



Mrs. Kunzie has a stone eagle wliich came from the Dalles. It is SA 

 inches high when standing on its feet. 



Feet.— Dr. Kafferty has two human feet, or moccasins, in stone, one 

 from Oregon City, 9:^ inches long, 3^ high, and 2^ thick, weighing 

 oil pounds; the other, an inch less in length, 1| inches high, 2| wide, 

 weighing 2:^ pounds. 



Baboons. — He also has a baboon with the eyes, forehead, and nostrils 

 plainly marked; it is G.J inches long, 4 inches high, weighs G pounds 

 10 ounces, and is of volcanic rock. Mr. Steel, of Portland, has another 

 well-made baboon, which is 7f inches long, 17^ inches around the body, 

 and weighs 13i pounds. The eyes are an inch in diameter; it is 2§ 

 inches between the center of the two eyes, 4 inches from the eyes to 

 the end of the nose, and 2 inches across the nose. He obtained it from 

 the Dalles and has traced it some distance further east of the Cascade 

 Mountains. Mrs. Kunzie has another of these stone baboons which 

 likewise came from eastern Oregon, and Mr. Stevens has a fourth, very 

 nearly the same size as that of Dr. Rafiferty's, and all of them seem to 

 be of similar stone. Where the Indians of this region obtained the 

 idea of such perfect baboons is a mystery; or were the stones, in their 

 present shape, imported ? 



Horse head. — Mr. Stevens has the head and neck of a horse, the head 

 being not farfrom 15 inches long and the neck of proportionate length, 

 but both are slim. He has also a small one. The metate already men- 

 tioned as belonging to Mrs. Kunzie is thus described by Mr. S. A. Clarke 

 in the Oregon and Washington Farmer. "Upon first examination it 

 strikes one as an Assyrian or Egyptian carving, the feature and style 

 of ornament being much nearer those wonderfid Oriental relics of an- 



