1875.] 331 [Putnam. 



state they were when dug out of the Mammoth Cave, about two 

 hundred yards from its mouth. Upon examination, it will be per- 

 ceived that they are fabricated out of different materials ; one is 

 supposed to be made of a species of flag, or lily, which grows in the 

 southern parts of Kentucky; the other, of the bark of some tree, 

 probably the pappaw. -1 



" ' There are, also, in this packet, a part of what is supposed to be a 

 kinniconecke pouch, two meshes of a fishing net, and a piece of what 

 we suppose to be the raw material, and of which the fishing net, the 

 pouch, and one of the mocasons are made. All of which were dug 

 out of the Mammoth Cave, nine or ten feet under ground; 1 that is 

 below the surface or floor of the cavern. You will find, likewise, two 

 Indian beads, discovered in a cave, situated in the vicinity of the 

 Mammoth Cave. 



" ' We have, also, an Indian bowl, or cup containing about a pint, 

 cut out of wood, 2 found also in the cave ; and lately, there has been 

 dug out of it the skeleton of a human body, enveloped in a matting 

 similar to that of the kinniconecke pouch/ 



" This matting is substantially like those of the plain fabrick, from 

 the copperas cave of Tennessee, and the saltpetrous cavern, near 

 Glasgow [Kentucky]. And, what is highly remarkable, and worthy, 

 the attention of every Antiquarian, is, that they all have a perfect 

 resemblance to the fabricks of the Sandwich, the Caroline, and the 

 Fegee islands." * * * ****** 



In a table of measurements of crania given by Squier and Davis 

 in "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" p. 291, the fol- 

 lowing are recorded of the " skull of the Mummy taken from the 

 great cave in Kentucky, now in the Museum of the American Anti- 

 quarian Society, Worcester, Mass." The skull here indicated is 

 unquestionably that of the female found in Short Cave. 



1 This is the only statement we have of articles of this character being found in 

 the Mammoth Cave, and it is very probable that they are some of the missing ar- 

 ticles belonging to the body found in Short Cave. 



2 This bowl is probably the one now in the collection of the Ant. Soc. at Wor- 

 cester, where it was received with the body from Short Cave, though the above 

 sentence does not make it very clear which cave is referred to. There is little 

 doubt that a " wooden bowl " was found in the Mammoth Cave but it is quite 

 probable that none of the human bodies were found there. 



