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I picked up also a correspoudiug iustrument of tlie same character, 

 made of a very dark, mottled flint. It was not altered after having been 

 broken, as may be seen by the fractured upper edge; but the rounded 

 lower edge is sharpened, though not so acutely as the sides of the pre- 

 ceding. 



A large spear-head shaped from a flinty, light gray sandstone, was 

 found on the plains near Denver. 



An interesting specimen is the bottom of a steatite dish or bowl, evi- 

 dently once designed for heating water. It is elliptical, the axes being 

 respectively 5 and 3 J inches. The upper portions of the brim have been 

 broken away, and the sides which remain, measure only about 2 inches 

 in height. The specimen was dug up recentlj^ on the Denver plains. 



In Southern Colorado many implements were picked up during the 

 summer of 1875, and in one locality, near Rosita, I discovered another 

 spot where arrows had been manufactured. In describing it I will quote 

 from the ISTew York Herald of July 3, 1875 : 



About sis miles from Eosita (to the north), on the hillside on -which we encamped, 

 were picked up various pieces of stone weapons of all forms and made of many different 

 kinds of rock. From the appearance of these fragments it may be inferred that this was 

 once a locality where they were manufactured, as no perfect specimens were obtained, 

 all being unfinished or imperfect. We found several here in a half-finished condition. 



These, together with those described above, were undoubtedly made by 

 the ancient Ute Indians, and some, probably, by the old Arrapahoes. 



