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surface, not in mounds. They are not regarded as valuable. Gave Professor Ward, 

 of Rochester, forty specimens. Sends photograph of human bone (femur) pierced with 

 flint arrow; highly interesting specimen. 



J. G. Cisco, Jackson, Tennessee, February 9, 18H8. Has twenty implements of gray 

 quartz, most of them found on the surface (a few from mounds) in Madison County, 

 Tennessee. 



Benjamin F. Bush, Grand Blanc, Michigan, February 18, 1888. Has many pieces 

 like illustrations in circular 36. 



Miss F. E. Babbitt, Coldwater, Michigan, February 21, 1888. Has a large number 

 of specimens which are misplaced or lost. Material, quartz. They are found in the 

 gravels at Little Falls, Minnesota. Will try and get some this summer. 



F. C. Clark, A. B., 42 Madison street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 15, 1888. 

 Has some rude stone implemeats resembling those in circular 36. One from sand and 

 gravel pit 12 feet under the surface, looks like " bath brick" rudely iiaked. Studied 

 archieology for ten years under Professor Winch ell. 



R. H. Tremper, M. D., Albion, Michigan, February 9, 1888. Has about one hundred 

 and fifty rude implements. 



N. Y. Green, Battle Creek, Michigan, March 16, 1888. Has twenty rude implements 

 of flint, slate, and a kind of sandstone or sandy slate. All found on the surface in 

 that locality. Drift formation. 



Charles E. Barnes, Lansing, Michigan, January 9, 13-'8. His collection is boxed at 

 Battle Creek. Has not seen it for four years. 



C. L. Mann, 27 Erie street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 6, 1888. All our col- 

 lections contain them, but they are considered of small value. Has forty or fifty 

 copper implements for sale. Will send photographs. They were uncovered by a 

 storm — cyclone. 



E. L. Brown, Durand, Wisconsin, February 17, 1888. Has one of bluish hornstone; 

 found on the surface. He knows a Methodist preacher who has a collection of seventy- 

 five. Does not know where he is. They were plowed up and said to have been 

 placed on their edges close together. 



W. M. Wheeler, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 4, 1888. Custodian of Public Museum. 

 Has twelve rude implements of flint in the Museum collection. Surface finds. Will 

 not part with any. 



John Hume, Eglintou Place, Davenport, Iowa, February 25, 1888. Wants more 

 time to examine the authorities. 



Thomas J. Tidswell, Independence, Missouri, April 2, 1888. Has thirty rude im- 

 plements of dark blue and gray flint; found on the surface in Jackson County, Illi- 

 nois, associated with scrapers, perforators, hammer-stones, arrow-points, etc. Deposit 

 seemed accidental. Will send twelve or fifteen. 



Charles J. Turner, Brunswick, Missouri, March 20, 1888. Has a few mostly of flint. 

 Some from mounds, some from the surface. 



George J. Engelman, M. D., 3003 Locust street, St. Louis, Missouri, February 7, 

 1888. Has a large number of rude implements of red brownstone similar to porphyry. 

 Surface finds from southeast Missouri. Deposit accidental. No one values them. 



Sid J. Hare, C. E., Kansas City, Missouri, April 1, 1888. Has twenty rude imple- 

 ments of flint ; found on the surface, in plowed fields, associated with arrow-points 

 and stone axes, in the vicinity of Kansas City. Deposit seemed accidental. None 

 found in mounds. Will send specimens next fall. 



G. C. Broadhead, Columbia, Missouri, February 9, 1888. Has twenty of white chert, 

 hematite, and porphyry. Surface finds from Missouri, Kansas, and Texas. Will not 

 part with them. 



W. Albert Chapman, Okolona, Arkansas, February 13, 1888. Has fifty points, from 

 crude to perfect, also masses of chipped material, such as hornstone, flint, lydian 

 stone, jasper, transparent quartz, quartz (various shades of white) gneiss, and mica 

 schist. The specimens were found on the surface and down to 6 feet below, singly, 

 and associated with chippings, broken and unfinished points, and other tools or im- 



