980 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



MICHIGAN. 



Saffinatc Jaileij. — Nine caches of arrow aud spearheads were reported by Mr. Har- 

 lan I. Sniitb, of .Saginaw East Side, before Section H of ihe American As.sociatiou.' 

 They were all chipped blades of chert, believed to luu'e been made from nodules of 

 the 8nbcarl>oniferou8 period, which outcrops in a circular line in Saginaw Bay near 

 Bayport. They are as follows: 



No. 3. Frazier cache No. 1, 300 pieces. (1) Large black leaf-shaped implements 8 

 inches long with delicate stem at tip of base (turkey tail); (2) similar implements 

 about 3 inches long; (3) small, yellow chert, leaf-shaped; (4) a few of the same, 

 notched. Six miles from Saginaw, on the Tittabawasfsee River. 



No. 4. Frazier cache No. 2, one large black leaf-shaped imi)lemeut similar to tho.se 

 in cache No. 1, surrounded by 13 rubbed stones. A few feet from Frazier cache No. 

 1, about 1 foot deep. 



No. a. Merrill cache, 100 pieces, 1 foot depth. 



No. 6. Cass cache No. 1, 70 pieces; leaf-shaped, 2 inches long, of dark-ltlue color, 

 and different from the chert found in the other caches. Eight inches in depth, soutli 

 bank of Cass River aud 3 miles above Bridgeport. 



Cass cache No. 2, 22 pieces and 12 nodules, with abundance of chips and flakes. 

 South side of Cass River, 4 miles below Saginaw. 



No. 8. Willie cache; 175 chipped blades, triangular, H inches long. North bank 

 of Cass River, 3 miles above Saginaw. 



No. 9. Bayport cache ; 47 pieces, rude leaf-shaped, laid in a roll overlapping each 

 other, reminding one of shingles on a roof. Two feet depth. 



By letter of August 10, 1894, Mr. Smith reports the extension of his discoveries to 

 include 14 caches. 



South Safjinaw. — Mr. E. S. Golson, in letters of February 16 and May 9, 1892, 

 describes two caches he found at or near his home at Green Point. One was found 

 April 26, 1890, and consisted of 83 rude and thick leaf-shaped implements of " Bay- 

 port'' stone on the " west bank of the Tittahawassee River at its mouth, about one- 

 half mile from the mounds at Green Point." They were buried about 4^^ feet under 

 the surface and were placed together in a hole a foot or more in depth and width. 

 These were sent by him to Peabody Museum. He found his second cache on the 

 day he wrote his last letter. The specimens, .58 in number, were smaller than those 

 in the former. They were of three sizes; all were leaf-shaped except one stemmed. 

 None were deeper than 18 inches, and they had probably been disturbed by the plow, 

 as they were not arranged with any system, but were scattered over a space of 6 feet 

 square. They were all of the same size. 



WISCONSIN. 



llacine Coiinti/. — " Some workmen, in digging a ditch through a peat swamp near 

 Racine, found a deposit of disks of hornstone, about 30 in number. They lay on 

 the clay at the bottom of the peat about 2| feet below the surface. Some of the 

 disks were quite regular; they vary from half a pound to a pound in weight." - 



Dane County. — Cache of 300 leaf-shaped (Division I, Class A) implements of por- 

 phyritic felsite, found in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, by Mr. A. R. Crittenden. 

 (Cat. No. 342.55, U.S.N.M.) 



Kewanee district trail. — Cache of 42 copper implements. Twenty-five of these 

 were found at one time and described by the x)erson who discovered them (a squaw) 

 iis a large green stone which she kicked and it fell apart, and upon picking it up 

 she found about 25 ditterent specimens. In going over the ground at the same spot 



' Proceedings, XLII, 1893, p. 300. Madison, Wisconsin. 

 - Dr. Hoy, I. A. Lapham, Antiquities of Wisconsin, p. 8. 



