ANCIENT INDIAN REMAINS. 



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ware of the present day. It seems to "be composed of quartz pounded up 

 and mixed with cLay, which adds to its hardness ; and as to heauty 

 of shape, some of the restored articles (see figs. 5, 6 and 7) will at 



Fig. 7. 



least compare favorably with any form of Indian manufacture hitherto 

 discovered. These vessels have been found from four to eight and 

 three-quarter inches inside. We likewise found a few rounded pieces 

 of pottery in the shapeof coin, (figs. 8 and 9,) about the size of a quarter 



Eig. 8. Fig. 9. 



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FRAGMENTS OP POTTERY ARTIFICIALLY ROUNDED. 



of a dollar and less, as well as some small rounded pieces of steatite, 

 Fig. 10. with holes through the centre, (fig. 10.) There was 

 one beautifully polished bone needle, about five inches 

 long, with an eye rudely perforated, and a piece of ivory 

 in the shape of a knife (iig. 11), made of a shark's tooth, 



Eig. 11. 



FRAGMENT OF STEATITE. 



which had some marks upon it transversely, by which the owner 

 evidently intended to identify it. In a subsequent visit to these 

 remains we obtained an earthen pipe complete, and a piece of a human 

 skull polished and with several notches cut in its edge. The bowl 

 of a pipe was shown us with a face strongly characteristic of the 

 ^vestern aborigines. 



