Annual Meeting.] 35S [1883- 



Mr. George C. Currier was elected an Associate Member. 



The report of the Walker Committee was read, awarding the first 

 prize to an essay on the development of Oecanthus and Teleas, 1 

 and asking for further time to consider the award of the second 

 prize. The report was accepted and the envelope containing the 

 author's name being opened, Mr. Howard Ayers, of Fort Smith, 

 Ark., was announced to be the winner of the first prize for 1883. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam occupied the rest of of the evening with an 

 account of a group of mounds enclosed by earthworks in the Lit- 

 tle Miami Valley, Ohio. This group was of particular interest 

 from the character of the mounds, several of which contained 

 altars. Upon two of the altars many burnt offerings were found, 

 among which were over 50,000 pearls, thousands of shell beads, 

 and hundreds of objects cut from mica and native cojmer. Orna- 

 ments made of copper overlaid with silver, gold, and native or me- 

 teoric iron were also found, and also several ornaments made en- 

 tirely of meteoric iron. This is the first time that native iron and 

 native gold have been found in the mounds. In addition to the 

 large collection of ornaments of various kinds, there were two 

 stone dishes very elaborately carved, and a number of small terra- 

 cotta figures representing men and women. Mr. Putnam illus- 

 trated his remarks by diagrams showing the structure of the 

 mounds and by numerous photographs of the specimens found on 

 the altars, as well as by exhibiting some of the most interesting 

 of the ornaments made of the native iron. 



General Meeting, May, 16, 1883. 



The President, Mr. Scudder, in the chair, Fifty-four persons 

 present. 



The President introduced Major Hotchkiss, of Virginia, who 

 read a memoir of the late Professor William B. Rogers. 

 The following paper was presented by title : — 



1 This essay appears in the Society's Memoirs, vol. ur, art. vni. 



