esting, showing as it did that it had been dyed or colored 

 with black stripes, and also in exhibiting at one corner a 

 place where it had been mended by darning. The other 

 articles found in the cave, which were exhibited at the 

 meeting, with those already mentioned, consisted of 

 bunches of the bark such as was used to make the cloth, 

 and of different degrees of fineness ; a number of pieces 

 of bark-twine and rope, several^ showing knots where 

 pieces had been tied together, some made of twisted 

 strands simply, while others were of a five-strand braid, 

 and of a different and more pliable substance than the 

 coarser-twisted kinds ; a small piece of quite a delicate 

 fringe or tassel of neatly braided fibres ; a number of 

 reed "torches," generally burnt only at one end; a few 

 small fragments of burnt wood, one showing the rough 

 cutting of a flint axe ; several fragments of large gourds ; 

 two flint arrow points ; a few fragments of shells of Vnio ; 

 a few feathers, probably of the wild turkey, and a portion 

 of a wooden platter or dish. No bones of animals indica- 

 ting the food of these cave people were found, and though 

 the earth in one of the chambers had been disturbed, and 

 looked, in several places, as if burials had been made, no 

 human bones were discovered. Mr. Putnam intended 

 to make further explorations in this cave, but a severe 

 illness, brought on by exposure and fatigue in the caves, 

 prevented him at that time from carrying out his plan. 

 Enough was discovered, however, to show the importance 

 of a thorough exploration of the caves in this country, 

 both to ascertain the facts relating to their having been 

 used as habitations and as sepulchres, and Mr. Putnam 

 stated that it was encouraging, to science to feel that the 

 work begun by the -Kentucky Survej'', with the assis- 

 tance given by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology at 

 Cambridge, will be continued until more is known relat- 



