Indian grave. The place where the tribe camped and offered un- 

 known petitions was the "Indian Orchard." Under three stout trees 

 (not one of which is now standing) growing close together, was found 

 upon examination a human figure, concealed in the shadow of the 

 overhanging branches, hewn in the rock of the here out- cropping 

 limestone. Further research proved that the place was not a burial 

 ground, there being no indication whatever that such had ever existed 

 there, and the only conclusion was that the figure represented a deity 

 still worshipped there after the tribe had abandoned the peninsula. 

 Many a lover of the remains of Indian art has desired to have this 

 rare relic in a more miniature form to add to his collection, but was 

 forced to content himself with a chip of the stone, which he does not 

 fail to point out to visitors and friends as a "piece of the Indian Idol." 



Fantastic stories in connection with this image did not fail to arise, 

 as a matter of course, but their truthfulness could not be verified by 

 the writer. It was, for example, asserted that even while the reser- 

 vation was wholly in possession of white settlers the Indians kept on 

 visiting the "Orchard," covering the idol with tobacco, pouring 

 whisky over it, and leaving a quantity around it for future supply, 

 which was regularly stolen from the sanehiin by the white man. 



Another story more worthy of note is this, that the image was 

 originally in an upright position, and that carelessness and negligence 

 let it fall to the ground, in which position the civilized population first 

 found it. This theory would naturally suggest a quite recent origin 

 of this Indian monument, and although it might perhaps be unique, 

 it would be of little historical value. The erection of a standing 

 figure requires a high mental culture, and considerably more mechan- 

 ical skill than the working of a natural rock where the position is 

 given and the setting accomplished with the last strokes of the work- 

 man. The writer has therefore taken pains to ascertain the truth of 

 this statement, and by unearthing the idol, where it lay, found that it 

 was actually hewn out of the solid rock, the best proof of which was 

 that it could only be removed by means of iron wedges, a process well 

 known to quarrymen. 



The original of this "Idol" is the stone above referred to, now in 

 possession of the Cabinet of the Urbana University. It is all the 

 more worthy of preservation as there are but few such in the country, 

 the Smithsonian Institution at Washington being the only place where 



