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arrived at from his observations on them, he thus communicates to 

 me : " I have carefully examined, measured, and compared, the several 

 portions of the pelvis. Tne result of this has impressed me with the 

 belief that the bones belonged to a female child of small size, but not of 

 dwarfish stature, and who had not yet reached the period of puberty. 



In the pelvis the union of the illium, ischium, and pubis, — which 

 at the approach of puberty become firmly united or ankylosed together, 

 — had not commenced. In the measurements which I have been able 

 to make of the fragments, — due allowance being made for the attrition 

 of their processes and fractured surfaces, — there is not that marked 

 and striking difference which would exist had they belonged to a 

 dwarf, neither is there any trace of deformity in the bones of the body : 

 a result generally met with in persons of that description. I am 

 therefore led to the conclusion, not only from the examination of the 

 bones of the pelvis, but from the attenuated appearance of the long 

 bones which you have in your possession, that they belonged to a 

 child not exceeding eleven or twelve years of age, who was of a scro- 

 fulous constitution, and who died of some lingering disease, most 

 probably consumption." 



The skeleton to which these remarks refer was turned up in a hol- 

 low, on ground which has been many years cleared, and under the 

 roots of a pine tree of the very largest size, the pine stump had been 

 long removed, and only some of the lateral roots remained, so that the 

 interment belongs to a period anterior to the commencement of the 

 Anglo-Saxon settlements on the shores of Lake Erie. The body lay 

 east and west, under the main root of the pine tree, and along with 

 the skeleton there had been deposited rude clay pottery, a round ball 

 of gypsum, a bone bodkin, and a stone gouge or chisel. The pottery 

 is of the usual description, of rude burnt clay, decorated with incised 

 lines, crossing one another with sufficient regularity to form orna- 

 mental patterns round the border ; and one fragment is perforated, 

 indicating a vessel designed for suspension ; but the pieces forwarded 

 to me are too small and imperfect to show more than that they have 

 belonged to more than one vessel. It is unfortunate that this sepulch- 

 ral deposit, — evidently presenting some features of peculiar interest, 

 —should have been brought to light by the rude ploughshare, which 

 here, as elsewhere,generally defaces and destroys more than it reveals. 

 From the different character of the fragments of pottery, there would 

 appear to have been, at least, three vessels iu the grave, one of them 

 considerabl} thicker, and probably larger than the others. The broken 

 fragment of a large thin flat stone, ground to a sharp edge, was also 

 found, and the whole contents of the grave appear to have indicated 



