OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XXVII 



During the summer and fall of 1884 and until the approach 

 of extremely cold weather, Mr. Middleton was engaged in ex- 

 ploring the works of Knox County, Ohio. Throughout the 

 winter and following spring his field of operations was east- 

 ern Arkansas. In the latter field he was assisted by Mr. L. H. 

 Thing, who was employed for three months as temporary as- 

 sistant. 



During the summer and until the beginning of winter, Mr. 

 Rogan was engaged (in conjunction with Rev. J. P. Maclean, 

 who was employed as a temporary assistant) in exploring the 

 ancient monuments of Butler County and the adjacent regions 

 of southern Ohio. On the approach of the cold season he 

 went south, his field of operations for the remainder of the 

 year being northern Georgia and the southern counties of 

 East Tennessee. 



Mr. Emmert, who had been employed on January 1, 1885, to 

 make some special explorations in East Tennessee, was made 

 permanent assistant immediately after the death of Mr. Nor- 

 ris. His work in that section proving successful he continued 

 it until the close of the fiscal year. 



Mr. Gerard Fowke was engaged during November in ex- 

 amining the ancient quarries of Flint Ridge, Ohio, and in 

 making a collection to illustrate the various stages in the ab- 

 original manufacture of flint implements. His collection is, 

 perhaps, the most complete in this particular line of any so 

 far made in this country. In the winter he was employed 

 about two months in special investigations of some ancient 

 works in Pontotoc and Union Counties, Miss , a locality sup 

 posed to have been visited by De Soto during his unfortunate 

 expedition. In some of the mounds of this section, which was 

 formerly the home of the Chikasa, he found some articles of 

 European manufacture, among them a small silver place bear- 

 ing the royal arms of Castile and Leon in an old heraldic form. 



Although the number of specimens obtained does not exceed 

 that of the collection of the preceding year, the general result 

 shows a decided advance in the accuracy of the work done. 

 The measurements and plats have been made with more care 

 and exactness, the descriptions are more complete, and the de- 



