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to have one stone bead followed by two shell beads. The above 

 necklace was found at the bottom of the ossuary arranged in this 

 order— the money of course, being decayed away. Also a very pe- 

 culiar shell amulet, heart-shaped, 3^2 inches by 4 inches in size, 

 made from one of these cone shells, and having an owl's face carved 

 on one side : (Query : Was the owl selected as representing wisdom ?) 

 All of the above I obtained from Otinawatawa stores, and yet I came 

 upon the scene after the treasure-house had been ransacked. 



Of perfect pipes I have about 40, besides a great number of 

 broken ones ; most of my perfect pipes are made of stone. One 

 that I have is in an unfinished state, both the bowl and the stem 

 being only partly drilled out. Perfect clay pipes are comparatively 

 rare, owing, I presume, to their being so easily broken. Some of 

 the above are carved so as to represent the human bust or face ; 

 others represent some well known animal. Some of these figures 

 look towards the smoker and some in the opposite direction. 



Of flint arrow heads and spears I have about a peck ; also 

 several stone hammers and about 80 stone axes or adzes ; also 4 

 totems (stone), one representing a bird and one a wolf ; also a fine 

 specimen of an Indian mill, weighing about 150 lbs. To the above 

 list of articles of native manufacture must be added many bone and 

 horn implements and utensils, as well as ornaments, such as awls, 

 spears, needles, beads, latley bones, etc. 



Of course my collection includes articles of European manu- 

 facture, such.as iron tomahawks, glass beads of various patterns and 

 sizes, a few copper arrow-heads, a pewter ring with I. H. S. engraved 

 upon it, also an almost entire brass kettle, about 7 inches in diameter 

 and 6 deep. The state of this kettle, though not quite entire, goes 

 far to disprove the generally received opinion that the Indians 

 invariably spoiled the kettles which they buried with their dead so 

 as to prevent them from being stolen. Besides, why did they not 

 destroy their pipes for the same reason? and again, if they were to 

 be of service to the dead, to spoil them must necessarily defeat 

 that object. 



There is one thing that I have noticed in collecting Indian 

 curios that we never come across a duplicate except in wampum 

 and arrow-heads. 



