THE PALEOLITHIC PEKIOD OF THE STONE AGE. 689 



A. Sharpless, West Chester, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1888. Sends a leaf-shaped 

 cutting implement from West Chester, Pa. Not paleolithic. Accession 20429; cata- 

 logue No. 139325. 



A. Sharpless, West Chester, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1888. Sends thirty-two speci- 

 mens, ten of which are paleolithic, all found on the surface at West Chester, Penn- 

 sylvania. Accession 20603 ; catalogue Nos. 139444-139447. 



D. T. Millspaugh, M. D., Kendall, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1888. Sends a leaf- 

 shaped implement and broken arrow-head from Pennsylvania, and one leaf-shaped 

 implement from New York (not paleolithic). Accession 20907 ; catalogue Nos. 139738- 

 139740. 



D. T. Millspaugh, M. D., Kendall, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1888. Has two rude im- 

 plements of impure silica found about 3 inches from surface on the bank of Tunniigwaut 

 Creek, 1 mile from Bradford, McKeau County, Pennsylvania, associated with chip- 

 pings, the latter, however, not in great enough number to be considered a manufac- 

 tory. Deposit accidental. He says the locality is rich in mounds and the evidences 

 of Indians. 



E. E. Eeynolds, Washington, District of Columbia, April 17, 1888. Has hundreds. 

 Sends two hundred and fifty-nine specimens, two hundred and seventeen of wh'ch are 

 paleolithic. Material quartz, quartzite, argillite, etc. All surface fiuds from differ- 

 ent localities in the District of Columbia. Accession 20497 ; catalogue Nos. 139401- 

 139412. 



S. V. Proudfit, Washington, District of Columbia, March 17, 1888. Sends one hun- 

 dred and thirty arrow-heads and one unstemmed spear-head from the District of Co- 

 lumbia. Not paleolithic. Accession 20358 ; catalogue Nos. 139244-139289. 



Ernest Shoemaker, Washington, District of Columbia, February 12, 1888. Has 

 about one hundred rude implements, all from the District of Columbia and neigh- 

 boring country. Sends thirty-five specimens, twenty-two of which are paleolithic. 

 Material principally of quartzite. Found on the surface. Accession 20175; cata- 

 logue Nos. 139007-139010. 



Howard Shriver, Wytheville, Virginia, February 13, 1888. Sends two white quartz 

 arrow-heads. Not paleolithic. Accession 20182; catalogue No. 139022. 



Nathaniel S. Way, Accotink, Virginia, February 13, 1888. Has about four hun- 

 dred of quartz and quartzite, found near Accotink on the surface. The implerhents 

 are small near the river and larger inland. Sends twenty-two specimens, twenty of 

 which are paleolithic. Accession 20185; catalogue Nos. 139028-139029. 



Nathaniel S. Way, Accotink, Virginia, April 24, 18-iS. Sends six rude implements 

 (paleolithic) of quartzite ; found on the surface near Accotink, Fairfax County, Vir- 

 ginia. Accession 20507 ; catalogue No. 139413. 



Howard Haywood, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 19, 1888. Has sixty specimens. 

 Sends thirty rude implements, eight of which are paleolithic. All were found on the 

 surface in the vicinity of Raleigh, on Crab Tree Creek, about 50 yards from the 

 shore and about 12 feet above its level, associated with arrow-heads, broken pottery, 

 and chips of flint. Light sandy soil with red clay subsoil. The deposit seemed to 

 be accidental. Accession 20357 ; catalogue Nos. 139214-139243. 



J. A. D. Stephenson, Statesville, North Carolina, February 6, 1888. Has quite a num- 

 ber, priucipally of quartzite containing some impurities which weathers slightly when 

 long exposed. Found on the surface in Iredell, Alexander, and Catawba Counties, 

 North Carolina. Sends three specimens of rude implements (type Solutreen). Mate- 

 ri;il quartzite; found in deposits in Iredell and Alexander Counties, North Carolina. 

 Many deposits of these implements found in this neighborhood ; they are generally 

 buried deeper in valleys and slighter on the mountains. No other implements found 

 with them. Deposit intentional. None found in mounds. Accession 20183 ; catalogue 

 Nos. 139023-139025. 



J. A. D. Stephenson, Statesville, North Carolina, March 3, 1888. Sends thirty-four 

 specimens, twelve of which are paleolithic. Materialprincipally of quartzite— fpun^ 

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