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Nos. 44, 57, 68: Approximately 142 greenish seed beads (fragile, and of in- 

 ferior quality) , similar in size. 



Nos. 57, 68 : Approximately 92 black seed beads, of similar sizes. 



No. 74: Eleven colorless seed beads (only), 1.5 to 2.5 mm. in diameter, one of 

 the rarest varieties in the collection. 



Tacks. — No. 1059: Seven brass, round-head tacks, diameter ca. i^ inch (pi. 

 28, 6-/). Such tacks were frequently used for ornamenting gunstocks and other 

 wooden articles, and hence were a trade commodity. Thus at Fort Union, in 

 1851, with other trade goods, ly^ M [thousand] brass tacks were inventoried, 

 apparently at a retail value of 90 cents per thousand (McDonnell, 1940, p. 211). 

 Specimens similar to these were obtained at the site of Fort Berthold II ( Smith, 

 MS.). 



Shells, ornamental. — No. 35: Four fragmentary specimens of native dentalia 

 (pi. 29, c). Other specimens were obtained at Fort Berthold II (Smith, MS.). 

 Such ornamental shells were obtained by peoples of the upper Missouri by trade 

 with other native peoples, as well as with Whites. Nos. 8, 179, 180, 1127 : Six 

 fragments of abalone {Haliotis) shell, another Pacific coastal variety of im- 

 portance in the trade in the interior. The largest specimen (No. 179), 52 mm. 

 in length, has been notched near the narrower end, for suspension (pi. 28, k). 



Patent medicines. — No. 622: Fragments of a clear glass bottle, with portions 

 of the legend), originally containing "P. Brown's Essence of Jamaica Ginger, 



a 

 Philad-", as is known from an identical complete specimen found at the site of 

 Fort Berthold II (Smith, MS.). Frederick Brown, chemist and druggist of 

 Philadelphia, began in business in 1823 ; from 1891 until 1920 the business was 

 conducted as Brown and Company. Essence of Jamaica ginger is an alcoholic 

 extract, intended for flavoring purposes. No. 1169 : Fragment of the side of a 

 flat clear greenish-glass bottle, bearing in a panel the name "Davis" ; identical 

 with a complete specimen of this container found at Fort Berthold II, which 

 also carries the remainder of the legend : "Vegetable Pain Killer." No. 1166 : 

 The base only of a small flat bottle of clear greenish glass, two-mold blown, 

 probably for patent medicine. 



SUBSISTENCE 



Food containers, metal. — Several lots, including tinned-iron food containers, 

 of various sizes, apparently largely cylindrical, were obtained. Examples are 

 as follows : No. 597, flattened, showing style of crimping at the margins ; Nos. 

 389, 415, 573, 598, 632 : ends of containers, ribbed, crimped, and sometimes 

 soldered, which were cut away in opening the originals ; Nos. 389, 598 : measure 

 31/4 inches and Sy^ inches in diameter. Covers (separate) : No. 574: 3^4 inches 

 diameter ; No. 125 : 3 inches diameter, both of shallow depth. No clues were 

 seen to specific food varieties represented. 



Condiment jar (?). — No. 1220: Clear glass jar (probably two-mold manu- 

 facture), probably for pickles or sauce, having flat panels on the four sides of 

 the body ; diameter of base (round) 2^4 inches ; height not obtainable (pi. 25, h). 

 One of the side panels still retains a part of the original lettering : "C . . . ," 

 probably a part of a manufacturer's mark. 



Wine hottles.—No. 1164 : Clear dark-green glass seal only, from a wine bottle 

 of the same tint, bearing the legend in relief, in an oval: "St. Julien/[grape 

 clusters on a branch] /Medoc" (pi. 26, t), M6doc is a famous wine-producing 

 region in the Department of Gironde, France. 



Whiskey flasks.— No. 722: Fragment of the side of a clear greenish glass 

 flask, with the spread eagle (head to left), probably from a quart-size bottle 

 (pi. 25, i). Fragments of flasks of other designs, such as the "violin-shape," 



