ADVERTISEMENT. 



This memoir gives the results of a very extended iiiAestigation of the remains 

 of the ancient inhabitants of Tennessee, by Joseph Jones, M.D., Professor of 

 Chemistry and Clinical Medicine in the Medical Department of the University of 

 Louisiana, at New Orleans. 



An appropriation Avas made by the Institution to assist Dr. Jones in his explora- 

 tion of these remains, and to the Avork he has devoted much time and labor. 

 The memoir Avas submitted to Dr. Otis, of the Medical Department U. S. Army, 

 and to Professor O. T. Mason, of Columbian University, and on their approval has 



been accepted for publication. 



JOSEPH HENRY, 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C, October, 1876. 



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