338 J. D. Dana—Koch’s Evidence on the Cotemporanerty of 
and the jirst of the cases at an earlier date in a newspaper article 
of January, 1839, cited in vol. xxxvi of this Journal (1889). 
This earliest account was written by Dr. Koch himself, the 
discoverer, for it is all in the first person; and, as it a eared 
within a few months of the discovery, it best deserves citation. 
It is therefore here republished, and after it, that of the second 
case, from the pamphlet of 1843. 
I. “It is with the greatest pleasure bs writer of this article can 
Ble from personal knowledge, that one of the largest of these 
nimals has actually been stoned and buried by Indians, as 
appease from implements found among the aihad cinders, and half 
burned wood and bones of the animal. The circumstances are as 
follows 
eee lsh in Gasconade County, Missouri, lat. 38°20’ N., lon. 
92° W., wished to improve his spring, and in doing 80, discovered, 
about five feet beneath the sur face, a part e back and hip 
bone. Of this I was informed by Mr. Wash TWalsh, in pamphlet 
of 1843], and not doubting but the whole, or nearly the whole 
opening a much Targer space ; the first fee in of gente was a bbe 8 
a 
— nF je and that these pieces were broken from larger 
rock equently carried here for some express purpose 
After yas ‘chines these rocks, I came to a layer of vegetable 
d; on i seme of this was ’ found the first blue bone, with 
rorig a spear and axe; the spear corresponds precisely with our 
common Indian spent, the axe is different from any one I have 
seen. so on this earth was ashes, ae from six inches to one 
foot in depth, intermixed with burned wood, and burned bones, 
broken spears, axes, knives, &c. The fire appeared to have been 
the largest on the head and neck of the animal, as the ashes and 
skull was quite perfect, but so much b , that it crumbled to 
dust on the eich touch ; two feet from this, was found two teeth 
broken off from the e jaw, but mashed entirely to pieces. By put- 
be 
ting them sogerbier; they verte ‘a animal to have been much 
larger than any heretofore dis 
“It appeared by the vil aoe a the skeleton, that the apes. 
had been sunk with its hind feet in the mud and water, and una 
to extricate itself, had fallen on its right side, and in that chat 
was found and killed as above described, consequently the hind 
and fore foot on the right side, was sunk deeper in the mud, and 
thereby saved from the effects of the fire; therefore I was able to 
preserve the whole of the hind foot to the very last joint, and the 
