1882.] 



European relics, such as glass beads, etc. It is difficult to deter- 

 mine what animal was intended, the wolf, ground-hog and prairie- 



Fig. n.— Howling Wolf (?) Pipe, 

 having been variously suggested. The "howling wolf" (?) 

 (Fig. ji) is from a sand hill in Rock Island county, Illinois. 



Fig. 12.— Lizard Pipe. 

 culptured lizard (Fig. 12) and the turtle (Fig. 13) are from 

 ds in Mercer county, 111. The last three are made of a 



Fig. 13.— Turtle Pipe. 



soft, dark slate-colored talc. The serpent pipe (Fig. 14) comes 

 from the same locality, and is formed of a sort of clay slate. In 

 close contiguity, in the same mound, a lump of galena, consider- 

 ably ground down, was discovered, and the pipe presented the 



