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to by Mr. Lewis, and in all probability marked the resting-place 
of some distinguished man of the tribe. Unfortunately they 
were removed and carelessly thrown into the public road some 
time ago, where they probably remain to this day imbedded in 
the soil. The exact location of these interesting relics, however, 
can only be surmised, and in all probability they will never be 
recovered. Indian Hannah, the last of this branch of the Lenni 
Lenape, died in the neighborhood, at the Chester county alms- 
house, in the year 1803. The graves above described resemble, 
in many features, others opened near the Delaware Water Gap, 
a few years ago. The skeletons in the latter lay at a depth of 
two and a half to three feet and were extended from east to west, 
some of them being enclosed in rude stone coffins. The contents 
were also similar, consisting for the most part of objects of Euro- 
pean manufacture. In Venango county also, in the vicinity of 
Franklin, a number of Indian tombs have been opened, in which ' 
were found remnants of fire-arms and copper and iron implements. 
Skeletons —The bones found in grave number one were much 
decayed, and consisted of skull, one humerus, both ilia, femora, 
tibize and fibule, besides some of the vertebral joints and finger 
bones with decayed fragments of ribs. The femur, allowing for 
the decay of the extremities, measured eighteen and a half inches 
in length, from the upper edge of the head to the base of the 
inner condyle. Grave number two produced, besides the cranium, 
a few of the long bones, very much decayed. The third grave 
contained simply the skull and some small fragments of bones. 
The fourth grave had evidently been exhumed at some pre- 
vious time, as the few broken portions of bones it revealed were 
much displaced. About twenty-five years ago two of these tombs 
were opened in the night by a party of relic hunters, and in all 
probability this was one of those which had been disturbed. 
Crania—The following brief description of the skulls, taken 
from notes hastily jotted down in the field, will convey a general 
idea of their main characteristics, but I hope shortly to prepare a 
more exact description of them, as they are at the present moment 
not accessible to me. Skull number one is somewhat prognathous ; 
teeth normal and excellently preserved, but the crowns, especially 
of the molars, are much worn by the use, probably, of maize. The 
general appearance and massiveness of the cranium. would indi- 
~ Cate that the subject was an adult male. Skull number two ex- 
