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plemeuts, iu Clark, Ne^'ada, Pike, Howard, Sevier, Polk, Hot Springs, and Mont- 

 gomery Couuties, Arkansas. 



R. R. Smith, Fordyce, Arkansas. Has several dozen of rude and unfinished imple- 

 ments of iiiut of various colors. Found on the surface all over the country, but 

 mostly near creeks and rivers, and also in mounds. Other objects found with them. 



J. L. Mcluuis, College Station, Texas. Gives no information. 



Dr. H. H. Thorpe, Liberty Hill, Texas, February 11, 1888. Has none. Has heard 

 of but never gathered them. Has some mound relics which he will forward. 



Stephen Bowers, San Buenaventura, California, April 18, 1888. Has fifty of chert, 

 quart, agate, jasper, chalcedony, obsidian, porphyry, and basaltic rocks; found on 

 the surface on old village sites, and sometimes buried with mortars, pestles, bowls, 

 pipes, spear-points, and shell and bone implements. Only occasionally deposited 

 with the dead. 



Mrs. R. F. Bingham, corresponding secretary of the Society of Natural History, 

 Santa Barbara, California. Has none and nothing similar. Has mortars, arrows, 

 etc., found in graves — here and on adjacent islands. 



H. F. Emeric, auditing department, Wells-Fargo Express, San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia, February 24, 1888. Has no collection. Knows the implements ; material 

 black flint ; found all over California. 



E. J. M. Knowlton, Big Lake County, Minnesota, February 20, 1888. Has nothing. 



William Middagh, RoUag, Minnesota, March 6, 1888. Has nothing. 



George W. Seymour, Taylor's Falls, Minnesota, February 16. Has none, but knows 

 of mouuds in his neighborhood which could be opened. 



A. F. Davidson, Croston, Oregon, April 8, 1888. Has nothing. 



William Cuppage, Wiufield, Kansas, February 23, 1888. Has no rude implements. 

 Sent his collection of stone implements to his sister in Ireland and his last copper ax 

 to the Smithsonian Institution. 



A. R. Bodley, Ohio Township, Franklin Countj, Kansas. Has two hoes and a pestle ; 

 nothing else. They are now in the University, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. 



T. M. Shallenberger, Bradshaw, Nebraska, February 9, 1888. Has very few of 

 paleolithic type. Will forward in time what he has and agree upon exchange. 



Clark F. Ansley, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 20, 1888. Has forty rude implements of 

 clear quartz, flint, and greenstone. 



Lewis A. Kengla, M. D., Tucson, Arizona, March 29, 1888. Letter of this date 

 refers to collections from the District of Columbia which was left at his father's house. 

 Can give no information as to numbers. 



E. L. Berthoud, Golden, Colorado, March 6, 1888. Has seven implements from his 

 neighborhood. Sent some to the Smithsonian Institution. 



A. L. Siler, Ranch, Utah, February 21, 1888. Has none. 



David Boyle, curator of museum, Canadian Institute, Toronto, Canada, February 

 8, 1888. Has one hundred rude implements of chert; found all over the province 

 from 8 to 10 inches below the surface associated with implements of a more highly 

 finished type. Can not send specimens. Refers to writer's report iu the printer's 

 hands. 



