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4. This Mollusk shell, pierced with three holes, was upon the breast 

 when it was found with the skeleton. 



5. This beautiful banded siate ceremonial was unearthed one month 

 ago. It is a very valuable addition to archaeological science. I con- 

 tend that this specimen is not a ceremonial tomahav>dc, but the ancient 

 game stone, similar to the game of Diabolo recently revived over the world. 

 A heavy sinew from the deer, such as the early Indians used for their 

 bows, was no doubt placed through the unusually large square hole and 

 then tossed into the air by means of a wand and kept in motion by 

 applied science or practice. It shows very plainly where the strings wore 

 grooves on the four corners of the hole through the ceremonial. 



This mound looks very sad today, as many hundreds of loads of gravel 

 are hauled therefrom every year and soon the abode of early man will 

 disappear. I will halt here long enough to say that Indiana is very slow in 

 taking up the matter of preserving her Indian Mounds, a subject in which 

 I am deeply interested, aud I will make an effort to call the attention of the 

 next session of the Legislature to this important matter. 



