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remains from the caves with similar things used by the present 
Indians. Many of the things, however, which were found in the 
bundles were not like those used by the Indians of the present 
time, and from this fact and from the few inches of cave breccia 
which had formed over the human remains, and contained thou- 
sands of bones of bats and small fodents, Dr. Palmer thought 
there could be no doubt as to the bodies having been placed in 
the caves long before the Spanish conquest of the country, and 
he stated that not a thing derived from the Europeans had been 
found in the bundles, nor, so far as he could learn, in any of the 
burial caves. 
General Meeting. January 5, 1881. 
The President, Mr. S. H. Scudder, in the chair. Twenty- 
six persons present. 
After the reading of the records, Mr. T. T. Bouve, for the 
Trustees, announced the gift of $4000 from J. Huntington Wol- 
cott, Esq., to increase the “Wolcott Fund” to the sum of $10,000. 
Mr. Bouve read the letter from Mr. Wolcott conveying the gift, 
authorizing the use of the income of the fund for books, binding, 
and works of art, and suggesting that one-tenth the annual 
income be added to the principal. 
On motion of Professor Niles, it was voted that the Secretary 
be directed to express to Mr. Wolcott the Society’s gratitude for 
the gift. 
Messrs. Wm. Trelease, Roscoe Frohock, A. C. Anthony, Arthur 
Winslow, J. S. Kingsley, Edgar R. Hills, H. E. Davidson, M.D., 
and Henry Savage, were elected Associate Members. 
The following paper was read : 
