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Objects found in Mound No. i, Plate 2, "Ancient 
Monuments of the Mississippi Valley." 
In this mound a number of canine teeth of animals drilled 
for suspension were found. Such specimens can be seen upon 
Tablets 8 to 11, Case B 34, all of which were obtained from 
the mounds opened by Squier and Davis. Among them are 
teeth of the wild cat, wolf, and bear. 
Some modern necklaces of canine teeth are shown, in Cases 
D 4 and D 5, for illustration. 
In "Mound No. i, Plate 2," a number of shell and bone 
beads were also found, such as those upon Tablets 26 and 
28, Case B 34. 
Objects found in Mound No. 3, Plate 2, " Ancient 
Monuments Mississippi Valley." 
A 50. 
No. 6 is the only wedge-shaped stone hatchet, obtained by 
Squier and Davis from either of the mounds of Ohio, which 
the discoverers consider can be assigned to the period of 
the mound-builders. The present writer has expressed an 
opinion that No. 6 is probably not of the period of the mound- 
builders. 
Grave Creek Mound. 
A 50. 
Nos. 33 and 34 are casts of the upper and under surface of 
the celebrated " Grave Creek" Tablet, said to have been found 
under the circumstances already mentioned. 
Mr. Schoolcraft, who has especially studied this relic, finally 
concludes, after corresponding with many American and Euro- 
pean archaeologists, that of the twenty-two letters upon the 
tablet, four resemble ancient Greek characters, four are like 
Etruscan, five like the old Northern Runes, six like ancient 
* See page 105. 
