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A CACHE OF PENDENT ORNAMENTS. 



formed part of the famous cache from the Turkey creek mound. Upon investiga- 

 tion a memorandum was found stating that the object had been presented by James 

 M. Willcox, Esq., and that it came from a mound in Brevard county, Florida. Mr. 

 Willcox is now deceased. Doubly to assure the connection of this pendant with 

 the Turkey creek cache, we called on Mr. Arthur Willcox, son of Mr. James M. 

 Willcox, who stated that he had accompanied his late father to Indian river and 



Figs. 24, 25, 26.— Pendants of "trap" rock. Turkey creek mound. (Full size.) 



Fig. 27. Fig. 28. 



;s. 27. 28.— Pendant of slate, two view 

 Turkey creek mound. (Full size.) 



was present when he bought certain Indian curiosities from Mr. Hector of Melbourne. 

 This, in our opinion, establishes the connection. 



The three pendants seen by us at Melbourne and another from the same cache 

 are now in the famous collection of Andrew E. Douglass, Esq., at the Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, and it is through the courtesy of that gentleman that 



