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subsistence by taking fish in the lagoon of Ulupa. The mother 

 is a young and vigorous mulatto woman, employed on a farm to 

 grind corn for the laborers. Neither of the parents has a drop 

 of Indian blood in their veins. As yet they have been unable to 

 obtain possession of their children, or to get any redress for the 

 grievous wrong done them. 



Mr. J. A. Dupee, in behalf of O. A. Farwell, Esq., 

 President of the Phoenix Copper Company, presented some 

 specimens of Native Copper, from the company's location 

 on Keweenav^^ Point, Lake Superior. 



It is well known that the copper veins of that district are 

 usually found in a direction nearly north and south. The speci- 

 mens now exhibited, were taken from what is called in that 

 neighborhood, the "scoriaceous or ash bed." This bed, of 150 

 to 250 feet in thickness, lies parallel with the geological forma- 

 tion, and has been traced from east to west about nine miles. It 

 has long been known as containing copper. So early as 1844, 

 considerable quantities were taken from it, but it was not ascer- 

 tained to be worth working until 1854. Considerable attention 

 to its value has been paid by the Copper Falls Company, and it 

 is understood with prospect of pecuniary success. 



Although frequently called an east and west vein, this deposit 

 has not been considered by miners, technically, as such. Mr. 

 Hill, in his annual report to the Phoenix Company, January, 

 1855, page 8, speaks of it as " holding copper intermixed with 

 the rock and not in a veiny A true vein has at last been 

 discovered in this bed. Mr. Butler, Superintendent, writes to 

 the President of the Phoenix Company under date of the 16th of 

 November, that he has opened a well walled vein, running east 

 and west, in the ash bed, 30 to 40 feet in width, carrying rich 

 stamp work. Aside from any interest this may excite as a 

 mining adventure, the discovery is one of great scientific interest. 

 Hitherto, the formation of Keweenaw Point has been regarded, 

 so far as its cupriferous deposits were concerned, as very diff'er- 

 ent from the district of Portage Lake and Ontanagon. In these 

 places the metallic veins are found, with a single exception at 



