﻿THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



11IAT1 III OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



VOL. VII. CINCINNATI, APRIL, 1884. No. 1. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Tuesday, January 8, 1884. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



President Hunt in the chair. Twelve members present. 



The name of Harvey Tilden, Esq., was proposed for membership. 



The minutes of the Executive Board for October, November and 

 December were read. 



Dr. W. A. Dun read a paper on "Recent Explorations of Mounds in 

 the Scioto Valley." The Doctor exhibited a series of specimens ob- 

 tained in excavating a mound on Deer Creek, in Ross county, Ohio, 

 including a skull, which, from its form and position in the mound, the 

 Doctor thought a mound-builder skull. A detailed description of the 

 cranium was given by the Doctor, who also read a minute account of 

 the jaws and teeth, by Dr. E. G. Betty. 



The paper was referred to the Publishing Committee. 



Mr. J. R. Skinner called the Society's attention to the fact that the 

 hieroglyphic upon the edge of the Richardson tablet at Wilmington, 

 Ohio, is the same as the symbol of the Aztec god, Ixcoatl. 



Mr. J. F. James said that the peculiar flattening of the skull men- 

 tioned by Dr. Dun, he had also observed in a specimen from near 

 Memphis, Tenn., which was said to be found associated with earthen pots, 

 bearing dates of 1654 and 1708. He also spoke of the flint arrow or 

 spear points from the Madisonville Cemetery being of a single type, 

 and almost uniformly without notches. 



Dr. 0. D. Norton read a poem entitled " Recollections of a Stray 

 Yankee; an unscientific jingle." 



