The Saginaw Valley Collection 5 
mounds, as well as that it shows something of their resources, in- 
dustries and customs. It is undoubtedly the largest archxological 
collection from the Saginaw valley, and was made and presented 
to the Museum by the writer, whose investigations of the region, 
although supplemented by later work, were chiefly accomplished 
during the period from 1883 to 1891. __ Practically all the objects 
to be found on the surface of the particular sites from which the 
W. Orchard, Photo. 
w Sha CELTS OR CHISELS. Adze Shaped 
edge ped ze Shaped. 
About 3 Natural Size. 
collection was obtained have been secured; but it is probable 
that further search, especially below the surface and in the 
neighboring fields, would bring to light other specimens of similar 
nature. 
The Saginaw valley, including the entire area draining into Sag- 
inaw Bay, occupies the east-central portion of the southern penin- 
sula of Michigan. It is a well-watered, level country, formerly 
covered by dense forests of pine, oak, elm, ash, maple, hickory 
and othertrees. The lowlands are occupied by swamps, which in 
places are largely grown up with wild rice, known to botanists as 
