2 72 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAE StTENCES. 



presumably the work of other hands, should so closely copy the im])erfections of 

 that mound." * 



The accuracy of the foregoing representations can easily l)e verified 

 by comparison with the photograi)hs of these pipes in i:)OSsession of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. As will be seen by "a glance" at the above rep- 

 resentations, the "tail" is therein clearly "indicated," and Mr. Henshaw's 

 flimsy argument is, therefore, left without foundation, and he stands con- 

 victed of an inexcusable blunder. This ludicrous mistake on the part 

 of Mr. Henshaw clearly reveals the culpable carelessness of his scien- 

 tific methods.t It will be found, moreover, upon careful examination, 

 that the differences between the Wisconsin mound and the elephant 

 pipes are more numerous than their resemblances — the full-length pro- 

 boscis and the tail, ears, eyes, and mouth all being fully represented 

 in the pipes and wanting in the mound; and hence, in the one point of 

 similarity, from the absence of tusks, there is no sufficient basis for his 

 argument. To enable the reader to make comparison of these ele- 

 ]jhant pipes with this Wisconsin mound, an illustration of the latter is 

 here given. ;{: 



Fig. 3.— Big Elephant Moind in (jkani C'chntv, Wisconsin. 



The absence of "ivory" relics in the mounds is also urged by Mr. 

 Henshaw to strengthen his argument. A sufficient explanation of this 

 circumstance will be found in the accepted hypothesis that at the era 



♦Second Annual Report Bui-eiiu of Ethnolog-y, iS8o-Si, ]). 156. 



f Mr. Henshaw manifests zeal in the expo.sure of deceptions, and yet the very representa- 

 tions of our elephant pipes enijiloyed by him to embellish his jiaper arc themselves archa;olog;ical 

 "frauds" of singular enormity; and as the unfortunate citi/en found with the kit of a counter- 

 feiter in his grip-sack is required by the law to justify his possession, so Mr. Henshaw may proj)- 

 erly be called upon to explain the origin of these "tailless" illustrations. The curious reader 

 who will compare them with the true representations, as found in the Academy Proceedings, or 

 even in the recent work of Nadaillac, will find himself in "serious doubt" whether Mr. Hen- 

 shaw's argument was framed to fit his fancy illustrations, or the illustrations were designed to 

 support his argument. 



:^ For this illustration we are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Edward P. Vining, author of 

 "An Inglorious Columbus." 



