332 DISCOVERY. OF INDIA>* ItELICS NEAR EROCKVILLE. 



relic I presume is the head of an Indian idol or household god, modeled 

 by the warrior-artist as a charm or protection in battle, or in the 

 other trials and dangers to which he might be exposed. It is imper- 

 fect, having been broken off, some additional piece of workmanship, to 

 which it was attached by the piece partially shown in the wood-cut, 

 projecting behind ; but it has no perforation or other indication such 

 as would have shewn its use had it originally formed part of a pipe, 

 which the Indians frequently shaped into a human or animal's head. 

 Shortly after the discovery of these specimens of ancient Indian 

 art. I had an opportunity of showing them to Mr. T. S. Hunt, during 

 a visit paid by him to Brockville in 1847, and this afterwards led to a 

 correspondence with Mr. E. Gr. Squier, the well known American 

 Archaeologist. In his first letter he remarks : " Through my friend 

 Mr. T. S. Hunt, I learn that you have in your possession some copper 

 implements obtained near the banks of the St. Lawrence. I have in 

 my possession a number of such, corresponding, so far as I can judge 

 from the description, with yours, and which were obtained from the 

 Southern Mounds. I am very anxious to institute comparisons 

 between these relics, and shall be glad to obtain sketches of those in 

 your hands." In consequence of this application I sent drawings to 

 Mr. Squier, which were engraved, and my letter accompanying 

 them published, by the Smithsonian Institute, in their Transactions, 

 vol. 1, p. 201. Since then some cool Yankee has published an account 

 of Indian Remains found in the State of New York, copying my 

 drawings, and as much of my letter as suited his purpose. Such 

 behi2 the case : and this discovery of Ancient Copper implements, 

 being, as I believe, one of the most remarkable disclosures of the kind 

 yet noticed in Canada ; and, also, possessing some peculiar claims to 

 the attention of those interested in the past history of this continent, 

 owing to their being found so far to the eastward of the copper 

 regions ; a detailed notice of the objects in question may not be unde- 

 serving of the attention of the Canadian Institute. 



All these relics were found at a depth of about fourteen or fifteen 

 feet below the surface, in a soil composed of clay and sand. The 

 shore at the point of land, which is considerably washed by the action 

 of the rapid stream, presents a face of large granite boulders with quartz 

 conglomerate — a fitting resting place for the stalwart forms of a score 

 of skeletons, which were found inhumed in a circular space with their 

 feet towards the centre. Some of the skeletons were of gigantic 

 proportions. The lower jaw of one is in my possession, and is 

 sufficiently large to surround the corresponding bone of an adult of 



