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toner's address. 
The Smithsonian Listitution contains a wonderfully 
rich collection of archaeological specimens obtained 
from the mounds, including weapons, implements, and 
ornaments in stone, pottery, and to some small extent of 
wood and copper, and many articles the use of which 
is unknown. The specimens v/hich illustrate ancient 
American archaeology have been derived from all 
parts of the continent and contributed by a host of 
collectors. Major Powell, Professor Hayden, Lieuten- 
ant Wheeler, Mr Dall, and many others, have added 
largely to the collection which illustrates the habits of 
the North American Indians. The collection admir- 
ably exhibits the degree of art possessed by prehistoric 
as well as existing tribes."^ 
was prepared by Charles Rau. This work must prove to be of great 
value to those interested in the antiquities of America. In 1866 James 
G. Swan prepared for the Contributions to Knowledge a volume on 
the Indians of Cape Flattery, Washington Territory, bringing to 
light many hitherto unknown facts in relation to the Indians in the 
northwestern section of the United States. I will mention only one 
other of the many valuable Contributions to Knowledge on the subject 
of the antiquities of North America, issued by the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, a work prepared by L. H. Morgan, on " Systems of Consan- 
guinity and Affinity." Those interested in this study will also find in 
the miscellaneous publications of the Institution, and particularly in 
the annual reports, two or three articles each year relating to the 
antiquities of America. The bibliography of works treating upon 
this subject is extensive, and is yearly being added to by careful ob- 
servers and profound thinkers. A series of quarto volumes are now 
being published by Prof. J. W. Powell, entitled " Contributions to 
North American Ethnology," the first volume of which has appeared. 
I do but simple justice to state that this collection is open to the 
public, and every facility afforded investigators to examine and com- 
pare specimens and to consult the valuable libraries of the institution. 
All articles are named, and the locality whence obtained, as far as 
practicable, given. This is also true of the collection in the Army 
Medical Museum. 
