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tana), antelope, and fox; a fine head of a buffalo, an Indian pack- 
saddle, and other Indian implements, collected by them, on their 
late tour, in the region of the Upper Missouri. 
Dr. Stevens remarked that preservatives for objects of Natural 
n left, during their journey, at the different trad- 
ing posts on i ths Upper Missouri, and that arrangements had been 
made by Mr. Chouteau and himself, by which they expected to 
secure for the Academy an extensive collection of specimens of 
the Natural History of that region, during the coming year. 
On behalf of Col. A. J. Vaughan, U.S. Indian Agent, Dr. Ste. 
vens presented the head of a grizzly bear, two stuffed skins pe 
buffalo (entire), three Mountain sheep (Ovis montana), and 
some fossil skulls of mammalia, from Nebraska; also, a specimen 
of Belemnitella bulbosa, from the Cretaceous formation near Fort 
Pierre ; anda tooth of | Mastodon oo opel pas the Loew 
r. Dt, Pope ented jah ae of Gen. Harney, U. 8. Aya : 
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