puau] SKELETAL REMAINS '3 



-ing -kcl.-toii \va- fuinul a portion of (ho UJI|MT jaw 

 of U rliilil -l\ in v,. \.-n vrar- of age. Thr INIIH- -how- nothing c\ 

 1 1 ;i<>nliii:ii -\ . Thivr of t hr (<( h (first drill it ion jMvniolar- ami if | i 

 HIM molar) an- -till |iv-T\v<l : their -i/- i< moderate; tin- 



Km. 7. foupnrlRon of th natilon-optathlon arcs, (c< k ometrlcally contructo<l. of the I^an 



B|DR skull and three modern Indian crania. Lansing skull ; Kaw skull 



(152, N. M.) ; Pawnee skull <5. r 0, N. M.) ; .. .. .. Ponca skull <790, N. M.). 



enamel is white, quite bright, and without any cracks. The first JHT- 

 manent molar shows three roots and four cusps. 



XV. THE FOSSIL MAN OF WESTERN FLORIDA 



^veral lots of human bones, more or less thoroughly fossilized in 

 various ways, were discovered on different occasions during the latter 

 part of the last century along the western coast of Florida, south of 

 Sarasota. 



TIIK OSPREY SKULL 



This find dates from 1871. On June 4 of that year Mr. J. G. Webb, 

 of Osprey, Manatee county (set 1 figure S). wrote to Prof. Joseph 

 Henry. Srnvtary of the Smithsonian Institution, as follows: 



I ilis<-<ivciv<l in ditching in my linmiiKx-k a r- i' 1 *'*' 1 skull. It was unfortunately 

 brcikrii in dinninu It out. but I shall si-mi tin- pltivs ami you will find no 

 diil'M-ulty iu Killing It Into jMTfiM-t slia|K>. was intentionally burltnl (without 

 iloiibt i race up. lyini: on its luu-k. alMiut t<> 4 feet In-low the snrfai--. but had 

 !,, MM- siirriiiiiiili-d l>y a s. .ft. ferrutfl ~ rtM-k. which is cmistanily fonuiliK 

 \\ IhTt-vcr a spring cmiu-s to the surfa . I live on a shell uiound adjoining the 

 hauiiuock. 



