700 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



George E. Sellers, Bowlesville, Illinois. (No date.) Tlie rude unfiuislied iraple- 

 meuts are very abuiidaut iu southorii Illinois, more so in tiie more receat out-door 

 workshops than in the mounds or the shops connected with them,"and, in most cases, 

 appear to be modified cores. 



Dr. Merit L. Saunders, Thompson, Illinois, February 8, 18d8. Will send arrow- 

 points, chips, etc. 



H. S. Hackman, Peru, Illinois, February 26, 1888. Has but few. His collection 

 consists of higher finished implements. Has a steel spear found in a mound. Believes 

 discoidal stones were used as mortars — has one with pestle fitting in it. 



R. T. Miller, South Bend, Indiana, March 9, 188S. Has about one hundred rude 

 implements ; found on the surface near this place, in isolated localities. Sends photo- 

 graph of image carved from gray sandstone. 



C. L. Obst, Pittsfield, Illinois, March 20, 1888. Has a few rude implements of 

 white and pink flint and jasper. Surface finds. Ten years ago found one of them in 

 a drift-bed not less than 75 feet iu height, in Calhoun County, Illinois. Never found 

 any in mounds, tombs, Indian graves, or ancient structures of any kind. 



George Newcomer, Franklin Grove, Illinois, March 2, 1888. Has twenty-four rude 

 implements; twenty of white chert found on the surface in Whiteside County, and 

 fourof quartzite from Carroll County, Illinois. 



John Brady, Aledo, Illinois, February 11, 1888. Has forty-five paleolithic imple- 

 ments of flint, some of which are light colored, others are blue and gray ; found on 

 the surface in Mercer County, Illinois. 



E. H. Hamilton, Petersburg, Illinois, February 23, 1888. Has forty or fifty rude 

 implements of white, yellow, and dark blue flint ; found on the banks of the Sangamon 

 River, associated with flint chips, broken pottery, etc. Identical with Nos. 5900, 

 9767, 11535. 



William McAdams, Alton, Illinois, February 12, 1888. Has a number; found in 

 river gravels alongside of Devonian and Silurian fossils. 



John B. Tscharner, Champaign, Illinois, Feb. 11, 1888. Has six rude implements 

 of white and dark flint; found on the surface in Washington County, Illinois, asso- 

 ciated with flint arrow and spear points. Deposit seemed accidental. 



D. F. Hitt, Ottawa, Illinois, February 27, 1883. Has very few; never thought 

 them worth saving. 



■ M. Tandy, Dallas City, Illinois, March 19, 1888. Has three rude implements of 

 flint and others of various kinds, amounting to twenty-five specimens; found on the 

 surface in this vicinity. Has, with very few exceptions, sent ail the results of his 

 collecting to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Lawson S. Bliss, Dallas City, Illinois, February 13, 188-*. Has a number of rude, 

 and unfinished implements. Has a large collection of arrow and spear heads, stone 

 axes, etc. Is adding to his collection with intent to present to the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. Look at Mr. Tandy's collection already presented. Many mounds here. 



James Shaw, Mount Carroll, Illinois, February 10, 1888. Has sent rude sj)ecimeus 

 to the Smithsonian Institution. Will send more in the early spring and summer. 



W. H. H. King, Jacksonville, Illinois, April 25, 1888. Has one hundred implements 

 of chert; found mostly on the surface in Morgan, Calhoun, and Pike Counties, Illi- 

 nois. Forty specimens were taken out of a pocket or cache. 



Dr. J. F. Snyder, Virginia, Illinois, April 30, 1888. Has nearly one hundred rude 

 implements of white flint, found on the surface in Cass County, Illinois; also about 

 thirty rude flints from Schuyler County, Illinois, and eight specimens somewhat 

 resembling the District of Columbia specimens figured, of black slaty quartzite, 

 plowed up in oue deposit. Several flints from Saint Clair County, Illinois; ten of 

 white cherty quartzite from Pettis County, Missouri; fifteen from Jeflersou County, 

 Missouri; eighteen of brown vitreous flint from Travis County, Texas; nine of pink 

 and white novaculite from Garland County, Arkansas. 



John E. Youuglove, Bowling Green, Kentucky, February 9, 1888. Has twenty or 

 twenty-five rude implements principally of blue flint, found in this region on the 



