C. R. Brett, of Grreen Bay, a member of the Archaeological Society of 

 Northern Wisconsin. The vases are dissimilar as to construction. No. 

 1 is globular in form and of about two gallons capacity. Externally 

 the rim is a f in. bevel, ornamented with a series of slanting lines, |^ 

 in. in width and cross-barred, resembling' the section of a honeycomb 

 cut vertically; or much as though made by the little cross-barred roll- 

 ers with which our mothers used to. ornament the upper crust of the 

 apple pies of old. The inner edge of the rim is tipped off in the same 

 manner. Under the bevel, or flange, is another but shorter series ot 

 indentations slightly inclined and cross-barred after the same fashion. 

 The body of the vase is covered with an irregular sort of ropy tracery, 

 running from top to bottom, and looks as though the plastic surface 

 of the vessel, when green had been mopped over with a swab of loose 

 cordage. No. 2 (Plate 10, Fig. 2) has an hexagonal top with globu- 

 lar base. The rim is an inch flange, with a number of creases parallel 

 to the opening running around. The creasing is rather irregularly 

 done, and is crossed at short intervals by slanting lines. The inner 

 edge of the rim, and also the space under the flange, are indented 

 similarly to No. 1, but not cross-barred. Its capacity is about 1 gal. 

 The material of the vases is an equal mixture of red clay and horn- 

 blende. Their thickness varies from ^ to ^ of an inch. 



Both vases appear to have been in a state of good preservation, up 

 to the moment they were so unreservedly demolished by the diggers' 

 pick. The fresh surface where broken looks as bright and clean as 

 the fracture in a brand new jug, and the reticulations or cross-bars 

 referred to about the rim and flange are sharp and well defined as 

 when they came well baked out of the maker's oven. 



Sta. 2, Fig. 3, shows the place where the vases were discovered. The 

 upper line is intended to represent the ridge running parallel to Fox 

 river. This formation rises in height from 50 to 100 ft. above the 

 Fox. It is a huge mass of clay interspersed here and there with beds 

 of gravel. The latter material seems to have been distributed in the 

 most eccentric way in the mass of hard clay and then covered again by 

 the same material. This ridge is a tongue of land running between 

 two considerable streams, the Fox and East rivers, and is such a point 

 as the Indian is noted for selecting for burial places. Many relics of 

 a people passed away have been discovered at various times, but noth- 

 ing has been preserved. 



