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ivory. These were used in the manufacture of nets, the mate- 
rial being a tough grass. 
e most remarkable article, however, of this class was ex- 
humed from a mound at the mouth of the Chetko River, some 
five miles below those from which the implements above 
described were taken. It isa brass hatchet or adze. It is 
about 4 inches long by 2 at the head and 8 at the cutting edge, 
and of an inch thick. It bears evident marks of being ham- 
mered out, and the edge shows continuous use. The perfora- 
tion for the handle is in the flat part of the hatchet, and not in 
the edge asin our tools. The depth at which this was found, 
and the character of the deposit over it, precludes the idea that 
it could have been introduced by the whites, whose settlement 
does not date back more than thirty years. 
There are large deposits of native copper in the mountainous 
country at the head of this river. and ores said to be zinc have 
been discovered. Whether then it was manufactured from 
these ores, which would argue a degree of skill that is not evi- 
enced by the other implements, or frow some copper or brass 
will bear relation. The Chetkos say that many seasons ago 
their ancestors came in canoes from the far north, and landed 
quered and exterminated. The other was a diminutive Pep 
ofan exceedingly wild disposition, and white, These called 
themselves, or were called by the new comers, “ Wogies.” 
They were skillful in the manufacture of baskets, robes, and 
fanoes, and had many methods of taking game and fish un- 
known to the invaders. Refusing to fight, the “‘ Wogies” were 
made slaves of, and kept at work to provide food and shelter 
hy articles of use for the more warlike race, who waxed very 
. pee lazy. One night, however, after a grand feast, the 
Whee ’ packed up and fled, and were never more seen. 
th en the first white men appeared, the “ Chetkos” supposed 
at they were the Wogies’ returned. They soon found out 
