76 Karlij Man in NoHheasfern Minncsfifa ~- S/n,i^z. 



luMid waters of Cannon Ball and H^rt rivers with liis baud, said 

 to nnmber 3,000 braves, burniog the grass and driving the bnffa- 

 h)es into their resevations for winter food. ******* 

 After being out several da^^s without seeing the ol>ject of our 

 search, we resolved to retrace our steps and once more come into 

 civilization. The time [)assed pleasantly; when we were not hunt- 

 ing for Sitting Bull we were hunting the beaver and the antelope. 

 Many an adventure was ours. On the last day of our stay in the 

 Bad Lands, when we were at the close of a day filled with exciting 

 hunting scenes, I started toward our camp alone. It was only 

 four miles awa}', yet before I was half way there, my only guide, 

 my instinct, had failed me, and I was lost among the rounded hills. 

 1 resolved to climb one in order to direct my course better. Choos- 

 ing the highest to be seen I rode my pony as high as he could go, 

 and using hands, legs and knees for the rest I finally got to the 



In looking around me I found the top somewhat flat and elon- 

 gated, and at its highest point stood a pile of stones evidently built 

 by human hands either for an altar or a landmark, and right in 

 front of the pile was lying athwart the ridge a remarkably fine 

 specimen of a tree trunk, about 10 feet long, but broken in several 

 places; of this I took the piece which now lies before you. * * 



This specimen was found in the east part of what is called 

 Pyramid park, about 20 or 25 miles south of the Northern Pacific 

 railway. Many logs and stumps occur in this region, not infre- 

 quently two to three feet in diameter. 



May, 1884. 



[Paper K.] 



EVIDENCES OF EARLY MAN IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. 



— George B. Stuntz. 



Forty years of my life have been spent in prosecuting the 

 public land surveys of the government. My field of operations 

 has been both sides of the Mississippi river from the northern 

 boundary of Missouri to the international boundary on Rainy 

 lake. I could only read as I ran over the surface of the country 

 undisturbed by modern civilization. 



The facts in my possession I give you, perhaps some conclu- 

 sions. These last you can take for what they are worth. 



