42  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
Since  it  was  already  dark  we  called  the  boat  to  take  us  away,  because  we 
needed  considerable  time,  the  River  being  very  wide,  for  it  carries  even  in  this 
place  vessels  of  six  tons,  although  distant  30  leagues  from  the  sea. 
The  small  Indian  village,  occupied  in  December  1686,  is  thought  to 
have  stood  on  the  eastern  shore  of  Port  Tobago  Bay,  the  region 
designated  A  on  the  map,  figure  5,  and  so  clearly  shown  in  the  aerial 
photograph  reproduced  in  plate  10. 
MATERIAL  FROM   THE  SITE  OF   NANDTANGHTACUND 
It  is  known  that  during  past  years  innumerable  arrowpoints  and 
other  small  flaked  objects,  stone  implements  and  weapons  of  many 
forms,  as  well  as  quantities  of  fragmentary  pottery,  have  been  re- 
covered from  the  site  of  the  ancient  village.  But  all  does  not  belong 
to  the  same  period  of  occupancy ;  some  specimens  are  thought  to  be 
far  older  than  others.  Much  may  even  now  be  found,  revealed  by  the 
plow  as  the  surface  is  gradually  lowered  or  when  the  bank  facing 
the  water  falls  away.  As  a  result  of  constant  plowing  and  cultivation 
of  the  land  through  generations  the  pottery  has  been  reduced  to  small 
fragments  and  many  of  the  stone  objects  broken.  Even  in  this  con- 
dition, however,  all  prove  to  be  of  interest. 
In  the  endeavor  to  show  examples  of  different  types  of  objects 
that  have  been  recovered  from  the  area,  several  specimens  found 
some  years  ago  "  have  been  included  and  described  with  others  col- 
lected during  recent  visits  to  the  site.  Nevertheless,  it  is  realized  that 
few  of  the  many  forms  that  would  have  been  encountered  in  the 
village  are  included  in  the  present  sketch.  Examples  illustrated  in 
plates  II,  12,  and  13  will  be  briefly  described: 
Plate  II. — Specimen  a  is  a  small  axe  or  weapon,  chipped  and  deeply 
weathered.  Material,  a  diabasic  rock.  This  is  attributed  to  an  early 
period  of  occupancy  that  preceded,  possibly  by  centuries,  the  historic 
village. 
Speciinen  h.  One  of  several  similar  celts  found  on  the  surface  near 
Port  Tobago  Creek,  area  B  on  map,  figure  5.  Thick,  oval  in  section, 
smoothed  and  polished  through  use.  Material,  a  very  dark,  greenish 
diabase. 
Specimen  c.  Double-edged  implement,  worn  and  polished.  Material, 
diabase. 
Specimen  (/.  Grooved  axe,  found  on  the  surface  near  shore  of  Port 
Tobago  Bay, 
"^Specimens  b  and  c,  plate  11,  and  a,  plate  12,  are  in  the  collection  of  F.  M. 
Aldridge,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 
