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26. Decoy fish, used bj' the Sagenaw indians, Michigan, in winter. They 



•drop the decoy through a hole cut in the ice, to entice the trout 

 from his watery lair below : as he approaches the surface, the 

 expert spearman on the watch easily secures the prize. 



27. Fragments of fire-arms, picked up on the supposed battle-ground of 



Denonville. 



28. Cannon ball found by workmen, while building a bridge at Little- 



ville, across the Conesus, four or five feet below the bed of the 

 stream. 



29. Teeth of animals, etc. found in an indian burial-place near the banks 



of the Genesee. 



30. Large arrowhead and Stone deerskin-dresser, found on the farm 



of F. M. Cutler, in a field south of Gore brook, Avon, bound 

 with bark cord of indian manufacture. 



31. Heavy ear of lead, stamp still visible ; knife point; fragment of a 



skull ; stone deerskin-dresser, and fragments of brazen imple- 

 ments, found in graves in a sidehill on the farm of Richard 

 Wilber, Avon. A bone cross, " lined and specked," was also 

 found, but subsequently either lost or stolen. Below the depth 

 penetrated by the ploughshare, ashes, charcoal, and charred 

 kernels of maize are discovered in this hill of burial. The cross 

 would indicate that it was formerly a Jesuit station. 



32. Beads of red pipe-stone ; bone elegantly polished ; glass ; variegated 



shell, and brass and copper, found at different points of indian 

 occupancy in the Genesee valley. 



33. A SECTION of a circle, perforated near the rim with holes ; fragment 



of some unknown implement of red pipe-stone, neatly cut and 

 polished ; and a large bead with a human head on one side of 

 it, delicately carved and exquisitely proportioned : found in the 

 old burial-place of Cannewangus. 



34. Stone of octagonal shape, hollowed out : supposed to have been used 



by indian jugglers. Paint-stone 1 Found on the Street farm (so 

 called), which is situated three miles from Avon, in af northwest 

 direction, on the west side of the river, in Livingston county. 



35. Stone chisel (in two pieces), used in excavating canoes. Found near 



Spanish hill, a few miles from Athens, Tioga county, which 

 has been occupied for purposes of fortification, and indian traces 



abound. 



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