On the Lansing Man — Williston. 343 
had been preserved. Immediately thereafter there was 
widely published a newspaper account of the discovery in 
some detail, ascribing the bones to the glacial age. 
I had planned to visit the locality when the first notice 
was published, but, learning from Mr. Concannon that the 
bones had been taken to Kansas City, I did not make an 
examination of the place until the nineteenth of July, in 
Mr. Long's company and by his invitation. The results of 
my observations and my conclusions were published in 
Science foi August 1st. On August 9th a further and more 
careful study of the site and adjacent region was made by 
Professor N. H. Winchell, Mr. Warren Upham, Professor 
E. Haworth, Mr. Long and myself, an account of which 
was published by Mr. Upham in Science for August 21st 
and in the A?nerican Geologist for September, together with 
additional notes by Professor Winchell. On the 19th of 
September a still further examination was made by Pro- 
fessor T. C. Chamberlin, Professor R. D. Salisbury, Pro- 
fessor W. H. Holmes, Dr. G. A. Dorsey, Professor E. 
Haworth and Mr. Long. The conclusions reached by these 
observers do not agree wholly with those of the previous 
observers, though, I believe, there is no contention as to the 
authenticity of the discovery or of the fluviatile character 
of the deposits in which the bones were found. 
The bones of the skeleton, when examined, had at- 
tached to them considerable masses of the characteristic 
matrix, in some places of almost stony hardness. Sullfice it 
to say that the evidence of the genuineness of the bones is 
apparently beyond dispute. All the scientific men who have 
investigated the subject conclude, I believe, that the bones 
were actually found by the Concannons where and under 
the circumstances they describe. Fortunately, hence, what- 
ever conclusions are reached regarding the bones by compe- 
tent students, there will be no question as to the authen- 
ticity of the discovery. 
The skeleton was found irregularly disposed, accord- 
ing to the testimony of the discoverers. This statement is, 
in part at least, borne out by the evidence presented by the 
bones themselves. The right acetabulum has an indurated 
matrix within it showing the impression of the head of the 
