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County, lias given an Indian hatchet and a lot of arrow-heads. Major 

 H. C. Williams has presented arrow-heads from Fairfax County ; Mr. 

 Eobert Burford, arrow-heads from Isle of Wight County ; and from Mr. 

 C. R. Moore we have received a line lance-head, a pipe, pipe-stem, and 

 arrow-heads, found on the east shore of Virginia. 



From North Carolina, Rev. M. A. Curtis, of Edgecombe County, 

 has presented two stone axes, a collection of arrow-heads, and specimens 

 of pottery. 



District of Columbia. — From Mrs. M. H. Schoolcraft, of the District 

 of Columbia, to whose liberality we were previously indebted for large 

 collections, we have received additional specimens of stone hammers, a 

 stone disk, and other implements. From the Agricultural Department 

 we have received a very perfectly finished war mace with handle, its 

 locality being unknown. Contributions of specimens from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, were made this year by Joseph Saxton, esq., of 

 the United States Coast Survey. They include very numerous examples 

 of all the usual stone implements, such as axes, chisels, hatchets, gouges, 

 spear-heads of very great size, tomahawks, several perforated stone im- 

 plements, disks, a vessel carved out of soapstone, and a great num- 

 ber of arrow-heads collected on both sides of the Potomac River, and 

 of every variety of material accessible to the Indians, mostly of quartz 

 and quartzite, slate, jasper, &c, with a large quantity of pottery frag- 

 ments. 



From Maryland, Mr. F. B. McGuire, of Howard County, has pre- 

 ented numerous arrow-heads; a lot of the same collected at West 

 River has been given by Mr. W. Q. Force. Dr. C. Sutherland, United 

 States Army, has presented a stone battle ax and arrow-heads from 

 near Annapolis, and Mr. John Cameron, of Prince George's County, has 

 given us a collection of over a hundred arrow-heads, neatly arranged 

 for exhibition. From Charles County, we have received from Mr. 

 O. HT. Bryan, an industrious collector, many objects of this class, such as 

 stone knives, chisels, spear-points, pestles, hatchets, awls, and a variety 

 of Indian pottery. From the same vicinity, Mr. James Slagle has pre- 

 sented arrow-heads and a quantity of fragments of pottery. 



Pennsylvania. — Mr. J. H. Mcllvaine, an ardent inquirer into the man- 

 ners and customs of the aborigines, has presented a fine stone ax and 

 a stone tomahawk from Northumberland County, a flanged stone ring 

 or wheel ; a stone wrought into the form of a bird ; a slate chopping- 

 knife and a breastplate of shells and beads, with specimens of pottery. 

 From B. Smith, Upper Darby, we acknowledge the receipt of a stone 

 ax and some arrow-heads ; from R. Christ, at Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 

 two stone chisels and an ax ; from Harry Hoover, a flint knife and 

 arrow-heads, collected in Clearfield County ; and from Dr. E. Michener 

 a soapstone dish, a hoe, a number of axes, chisels, pestles, a lot of ar- 

 row-heads, a tomahawk, and a polished ornament for the neck. 



From New Jersey, at Shrewsbury, Mr. Samuel Wilson has sent ns a 



