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So far as we know, this is the only jaw of M. americamis 

 yet discovered, so well provided wuth incisors. Combining 

 the fact of the unique peculiarities of this early representa- 

 tive of an ancient race with its striking geological position, 

 we have at .once an attractive subject for study, speculation, 

 and research. 



The accompanying plate exhibits a front view of com- 

 plete lower jaw, with its two mandibular tusks; including 

 the upper molars. 



ANOTHER MIAMI VALLEY SKELETON, 



Including a Description of Two Rare Harpoons. 



by seth hayes, 



Museum Director of the Ciucinuati Society of Natural History. 



ABSTR.^CT. 



On Saturday, September 22, 189-t, another human skele- 

 ton was exhumed in the lower valley of the Little Miami 

 river and donated to the Cincinnati Society of Natural Historj'. 



The location of the grave asssociates this .skeleton with 

 those found in the famous Madisonville pre-historic cemetery. 



The skeleton was in a horizontal position, while the fe\Y 

 relics which were found with it, were principally on its left 

 side, in the region of the neck and shoulders. 



The relics consisted of a few fragmentary shell and horn 

 beads; bone needles; stone skin dressers, stone war imple- 

 ments ; a flat slate pendant ; a few hunting and war arrow 

 and spear flint points ; beaver teeth ; and two finely preserved 

 harpoons. 



The harpoons are particularly interesting, as they are 



the first of the kind that have been recorded as found in the 



Miami Valley. They have four and five teeth respectively 



and measure TfV and 1-^^ inches in length, and are made 



rom deer horn. All harpoons heretofore found in the num 



