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United States 5 and as there has been considerable discussion as to their 

 use, I will here state that I have learned, through an aged Indian, that 

 in olden time these ornaments were worn on the heads of Indian 

 women, but only after marriage. I have thought that these peculiar 

 objects, which are always made of some choice material, resemble the 

 figure of a brooding bird; a familiar sight to the "children of the for- 

 est ;" that thus they are emblematic of maternity, and as such were 

 designed and worn. 

 Fiff. 4 



Matuids at tbe Head of St. Clair Hiver, 

 aiid on Black IllYer, Micliiean. 



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statute Mites. 



In the year 1872 I made the discovery of one of the most remarkable 

 and extensive series of tumuli which are known to exist in this part of 

 the lake region. I refer to the mounds situated at the head of the 



