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flakes, also, were abundant near the cache, and it is possible that 

 this was 1 workshop, the raw material being piled in one place 

 and the worked roek 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 SO, 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 ex 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 jut 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 tor 

 the finer flaking necessary to finish the obi 



Some copper beads which were found on this site are of particu- 

 lar interest, since they show that the native COpper from Lake 



