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tnrkey, heron, duck, eagle, snipe, horned owl, snake, sturgeon and 

 other fish. 



Of plant foods there have been discovered seeds of maize (cob 

 and kernels), squash, bean, hickory-nut, acorn, butternut. Some 

 charred grass and some bark have been found. The use of tobacco 

 may be deduced from the pipes. 



List of Objects Known to Have Been Found in the Reed Fort Site 



The abundance of specimens found in the Reed Fort site may 

 be known from the list compiled by Mr Dewey. This list records 

 only the specimens actually in known collections and does not 

 include the hundreds of specimens taken out by collectors who came 



Fig. 29 Certain stone and clay artifacts from the 

 Richmond Mills site, i, sandstone pipe bowl; 2, animal 

 effigy grasping pipe bowl, statite; 3, fragment of knobbed 

 pipe stem; 4, fragment of face from pipe bowl, clay; 

 5, face from raised corner of a pottcr>- vessel. 



for a day's or week's excavating and left no record. As a matter 

 of fact, investigation has shown that articles from the site have 

 been scattered all over the country. This is especially true of the 

 bone implements. 



