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and of horn spoons illustrate the table service of the natives, while 

 masks, rattles of wood and of basket-work, neck and lip ornaments of 

 stone, a dressed doll with a head carved in stone, a human image, and a 

 bird of the same material, exhibit some of the occupations and amuse- 

 ments of this primitive people. Prom Mr. E. E. Smith, of the scientific 

 corps of the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Institution has 

 received a bow and arrows of the Smagamut Indians, for shooting wild 

 geese ; and from Dr. A. H. Hoff, United States Army, a very fine sample 

 of the membranous waterproof dresses used by the Alaskans, also a 

 pair of carved chop-sticks of whalebone. The latter articles were received 

 through the officers of the Army Medical Museum. 



Washington Territory. — From this quarter we have obtained collections 

 made by Dr. J. T. Ghiselin, United States Army, stationed in Washing- 

 ton Territory, consisting of bow, quiver and arrows in use among the 

 Flathead Indians ; also, a number of arrow-heads and a pair of mocca- 

 sins, collected among the Cascade Indians; we have also a riding whip, 

 wedding hat or bonnet, a berry basket, and specimens of food preserved 

 for winter, consisting of the eggs of the salmon, of the size and consist- 

 ence of dried peas. Dr. Whitehead, United States Army, also trans- 

 mits from the same region some bones exhumed from a shell mound, 

 and a metal spoon from an Indian grave. 



Idaho Territory. — From among the Nez Percys, Dr. E. Storror, United 

 States Army, has collected specimens of preserved food, consisting 

 of the bulbs of the camas, Scilla esculenta 1 and the kouse bread, an 

 unleavened mass, an inch thick, of the seeds of wild rice, Zezania aqua- 

 tica 7 pounded up with water, and baked. Accompanying these are spear- 

 heads of flint and iron, strong hair rope or lariat, a woman's saddle, 

 blanket, panniers, a drum, a carved pipe stick, and a handsome pipe of 

 red stone, a skull cap of woven grass, a comb, sewing awl, thread, an 

 ornamented belt worn by a woman, and a model of a cradle, affording 

 glimpses of domestic life. Dr. C. Wagner, United States Army, has for- 

 warded a bow, quiver, arrows, and arrow-heads, obtained from the Snake 

 Indians ; and Hospital Steward E. Lyons, a basket, woven scoop, and 

 bow and arrow from the same tribe. From Montana, Dr. E. B. Hitz 

 has transmitted a stone pestle. 



Utah Territory. — Dr. H. E. Waters, United States Army, stationed at 

 Fort Bridger, in Wyoming Territory, has collected and forwarded some of 

 the implements of war and the chase used by the Shoshone, Bannock, 

 Ute, and Navajo Indians, consisting of a bow and arrows, a bow case, 

 quiver, tomahawk, and war club. The arrows of the Eavajos are said 

 to be poisoned. From Dr. Meacham, United States Army, have been 

 received fragments of pottery found in the same Territory. 



Oregon Territory. — Dr. C. Moffat, United States Army, has presented 

 a small but interesting collection from Oregon, near the vicinity of" 

 Malheur Eiver and the Stein Mountain. In it we find the bow, quiver, 

 and arrows of the Malheur Biver Indians, a drinking cup, fire stick, painf 



