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tapers inward for 5 mm. mitil it again forms a true cylinder for 14 

 mm. and measures 12 mm. in diameter. The base itself measures 

 16 mm. in diameter (fig. 12, a). These two cartridge cases formed 

 some sort of a carrying compartment either for needles or pins. 

 Wliether it served as part of some trapper's outfit or belonged to 

 some of the local Indians is not known. 



The third cartridge case bears the following marks on the base: 

 at 12:00 noon there is the letter "K"; at 3:00 o'clock there is the 

 figure "3." This indicates that the cartridge was issued in March 

 1880 from the Frankford Arsenal. It is a central primer, a type 

 known as the Benet Primer-.50 caliber. The cartridge case is 54 mm. 

 long, 13.5 mm. in diameter, and the base measures 16 mm. in diameter. 

 This cartridge case is illustrated in plate 17, a, and in figure 12, c. 



Most of the cartridges (surface finds) were of the types used by 

 the United States Army during the late 1860's and early 1870's and 

 may have been used with an Allen alteration rifle (.50-.70 Win- 

 chester). Such objects as these could have been discarded by the 

 occupants of the nearby military post, which postdates the trading 

 post. 



The copper percussion caps ai-e of a type used with pistol and 

 musket and manufactured after 1820. 



Associated with the armament were a number of musket balls (pi. 

 17, 6, /), a single lead slug (pi. 17, g), as well as a number of leaden 

 shot. The musket balls ranged in caliber from 50 to 63-64. The 

 slug was part of a 45-caliber cartridge, while the shot was of the 

 "dropped" type. One musket ball still retained the attached shank 

 which was formed in the mold (pi. 17, h), indicating that it had 

 been either lost or discarded for some reason before being completed. 



A number of small lead strips were in the upper fill. Apparently 

 they were just nondescript pieces and had been discarded as useless 

 because of their thinness and small size. 



Objects of brass and copper were at a premium. A small section 

 of twisted brass wire, a number of brass rings for pierced ears, as 

 well as the brass buttons previously described, were found on the 

 floor of the uppermost historic level. 



The brass earrings consisted of a fine brass- wire ring to be inserted 

 through a pierced ear lobe. On the shank of the wire ring was a 

 small brass ball, 3 mm. in diameter, from which was suspended a 

 cone-shaped spangle 8 nun. long. The open-based cone with slightly 

 flaring lower edge was suspended by its apex from the solid brass 

 ball. Objects of this nature were rather highly prized by both the 

 Indians and whites. 



