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flakes, also, were abundant near the cache, and it is possible that 
this was a workshop, the raw material being piled in one place 
and the worked rock in another, beside it. The blanks found 
here included both forms described under Bay Port Cache. 
Andross Village Site.—This site is at Bridgeport, about 
six miles from Saginaw, and is one of the many which have been 
found on the Cass river. It is worthy of note, because it fur- 
nished the large pottery urn which is illustrated on page 20, and 
which is, perhaps, the most interesting specimen in the collec- 
tion. While a pioneer was plowing on the site, the foot of one 
of his oxen suddenly sank into a hole. On investigation, the 
farmer found that the ox had broken through the bottom of an 
urn which had been turned mouth downward over the head of a 
human skeleton. This urn is three feet nine inches in circum- 
ference and one foot eight inches in height, but before it was 
broken it must have been at least two feet high. It is reported 
that a number of similar urns have-been found near Detroit, and 
one was dug up at Point Lookout on the west side of Saginaw 
Bay; but unfortunately all these specimens have been broken or 
lost, so that the Andross urn is probably unique. 
Andrews Workshop.—On the Tittabawassee river, as on 
the other streams, we find a number of village sites and burial- 
places. One is on a sand ridge east of the river, near Paine’s 
Station, about five miles west of Saginaw. Here the wind had 
blown under some buildings and removed the light sand, leav- 
ing a deep hole of considerable area. Over the surface of the 
sand remaining in this hole were left wagon-loads of chips and 
flakes of chert, arrow-points in various stages of manufacture, 
small hammer-stones and a few other objects, all indicating that 
the place was once a workshop. The hammer-stones are merely 
pebbles that have been battered in pounding, or pebbles which 
have been provided with a pit on either side, so that the thumb 
and middle finger may grasp them more securely. These were 
used in breaking up the pieces of chert and bringing them some- 
what into the form of the chipped points for arrows and similar 
implements. It is probable that a bone implement was used for 
the finer flaking necessary to finish the object. 
Some copper beads which were found on this site are of particu- 
lar interest, since they show that the native copper from Lake 
