﻿98 
  [Senate 
  

  

  An 
  Indian 
  pipe. 
  Manufactured 
  from 
  the 
  steatitic 
  pyroxene 
  of 
  Prof. 
  

   Lewis 
  C. 
  Beck» 
  Found 
  near 
  Fort 
  George, 
  Warren 
  

   county. 
  

  

  This 
  relic 
  presents 
  the 
  best 
  specimen 
  of 
  Indian 
  design 
  and 
  

   sculpture 
  ever 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  inches 
  in 
  height, 
  

   and 
  represents 
  an 
  Indian 
  in 
  a 
  sitting 
  posture, 
  with 
  his 
  arms 
  rest- 
  

   ing 
  upon 
  his 
  knees. 
  The 
  back, 
  constitutes 
  the 
  bowl 
  of 
  the 
  pipe, 
  

   at 
  the 
  lower 
  extremity 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  hole 
  for 
  the 
  insertion 
  

   of 
  a 
  stem. 
  

  

  An 
  Indian 
  relic, 
  plowed 
  up 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  a 
  foot 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Commerce,, 
  Oakland 
  

   county, 
  Michigan, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1848. 
  

  

  This 
  relic 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  novaculite^ 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  axe 
  with 
  

   two 
  edges, 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  for 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  a 
  handle. 
  

  

  Tomahawk, 
  which 
  formerly 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Indian 
  

  

  Chief, 
  CORNPLANTER.. 
  

  

  