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66. Splint basket. Two varieties. 



67. A quantity of white corn. The New-York Indians cultivate this 



variety of corn principally ; which is known, I believe, as 

 the Tuscarora. They put it up and preserve it in bunches. 



From the Kev. Duncan Kennedy, D. D., Albany. 



1. Pequod stone hatchet. From New-England. 



2. Pequod stone hatchet. From New-England. This relic differs 



from No. 1 in its form, and in the material from which it is 

 constructed. 



3. Stone axe. From Westmoreland, Oneida county, New- York. 



4. Stone chisel. From Westmoreland, Oneida county, New-York. 



Additional articles constituting the Collection of Indian Relics purchased 

 from William H. C. Hosmer, of Avon, Livingston county, and as 

 described by him. 



34. Stone, of octagonal shape, hollowed out. Supposed to have been 



used by Indian jugglers. Paint stone ? Found on the Street 

 farm, (so called) which is situated three miles from Avon, 

 in a northwest direction, on the west side of the river-, in 

 Livingston county. 



35. Stone chisel, (in two pieces) used in excavating canoes. Found 



near Spanish hill, a few miles from Athens, in Tioga county 

 New-York. The place has been occupied, for purposes of 

 fortification, and Indian traces abound. 



36. Stone deerskin dresser ; and 



37. A Fragment of a pipe, (so supposed by Squier.) These imple- 



ments were found near Fowlerville bridge, in the town of 

 Avon, on a farm of W. W. Wads worth, (leased by Hamil- 

 ton, a Scotchman) after the first plowing of a new field, about 

 one mile from the river bed, and three and a half miles, in 

 a southwestern direction, from Avon Springs. They refute 

 the position of O. H. Marshall, that the valley was more 

 recently occupied by the Red man, than the higher ground, 

 or upper terrace. 



38. A bone fish spear. Found on the Hurlburt farm in Avon, four 



miles from the springs, in a northeast direction. The place 

 where it was found, is known to the inhabitants as Fort 

 Hill. It was unquestionably a Jesuit station. Corn, in a 

 charred state, is found commingled with the subsoil. This 

 place was destroyed by De Nonville, in 1687. Bone crosses 

 have been discovered, and rosaries ; also many articles used 

 by the French traders in Indian traffic. 



