4. This Mollusk shell, pierced with three holes, was upon the breast 
when it was found with the skeleton. 
5. This beautiful banded siate ceremonial was unearthed one month 
ago. It is a very valuable addition to archzological science. I Com- 
tend that this specimen is not a ceremonial tomahawk, but the ancient 
gaime stone, similar to the game of Diabolo recently revived over the world. 
A heavy sinew from the deer, such as the early Indians used for their 
bows, was no doubt placed through the unusually large square hole and 
then tossed into the air by means of a wand and kept in motion by 
applied science or practice. It shows very plainly where the strings wore 
grooves on the four corners of the hole through the ceremonial. 
This mound looks very sad today, as many hundreds of loads of gravel 
are hauled therefrom every year and soon the abode of early man will 
disappear. I will halt here long enough to say that Indiana is very slow in 
taking up the matter of preserving her Indian Mounds, a subject in which 
lam deeply interested, and I will make an effort to call the attention of the 
next session of the Legislature to this important matter. 
