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with great ceremony. The following year, at the same season, 
such of these offerings as remained were removed and preserved 
as charms or talismans, while similar gifts were put in their places. 
The offerings consisted chiefly of beads and the flowers of the 
pearly everlasting (Immortelles), known botanically as Antennaria 
margaritacea R. Br. It is noteworthy that similar flowers, prob- 
ably from the same motive—their enduring character—are made 
use of by us to adorn the graves of our departed friends. The 
Indians buried their dead in the vicinity of the rock, which they 
regarded with the greatest veneration — Henry Gillman, Detroit, 
Michigan. 
STONE IMAGE FROM MIAMI county, On10o.—This object was 
found in Miami county, Ohio, near an ancient mound, in the 
spring of 1881. This mound is situated about two miles west of 
Stillwater river, at a point where the river hills gently melt away 
into a slightly rolling country. The mound presents the general 
appearance of most mounds in Western Ohio; the land having been 
cleared for some years, and the mound is now being farmed over ; 
as a result the plow turned to the surface the turtle here men- 
tioned. It is about four inches long and nearly two inches wide 
at the widest part of the body. The top part of the body ter- 
minates in a tolerably sharp ridge that extends from the center of 
the head to the tip of the tail. This ridge is slightly. curved up- 
ward along the back, the head is accurately cut, and the eyes are 
knob-like protuberances and extend from the head about one-sixth 
of.an inch. The tail is about three-quarters of an inch long, the 
bottom is flat and at either end is a hole drilled. One is bored 
turtle’s back. We also have in our collection a sculptured alli- 
gator and duck. 
Cup-SHAPED STONES IN PENNSYLVANIA.—Mr. William Kite, re- 
ferring to a collection of hollowed stones brought from California 
by Mr. R. E. C. Stearns, writes that he has two in his possession 
found in Chester, Penna., and one from the outskirts of German- 
town, Philadelphia. The latter is the more curious since it has 
€ saucer-like cavity worked on both sides of the stone. There 
was found near it a celt much worn. 
PHONETICS OF THE Kavowe LancuaGe—Mr. Albert S. Gat- 
et reproduces in the Avtiguarian, Vol. 1v, Part 4, his paper 
read at the Cincinnati meeting of the A. A. A. S., upon the pho- 
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