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THE NATURALISTS’ CO^iIPANION. 
ARCHAEOLOGY. 
This department is conducted by Joseph 
WiGGLESWORTH, Wiiiniiigtoii. Del., to 
■whom all articles pertaining to the subject 
should be addressed. 
BRIER HILI.; AN OLD BATTLE¬ 
FIELD. 
Brier Hill is situated about a quarter 
of a mile east of the village of Newport, 
in Newcastle County, Delaware. It is a 
slight elevation about twenty-five feet 
above the low-water level of the Chris¬ 
tian Creek, a broad stream Avhich flows 
at its base. By the number of relics 
found at this place it was a favorite re¬ 
sort of the Indians; undoubtedly being 
one of their best fishing grounds. A 
very large amount of fragmentary pot¬ 
tery has been found at this locality, all 
of it being found on the south-eastern 
side of the hill. This goes to prove 
that they remained there all winter, as 
well as the summer, because they pitch¬ 
ed their tepees on the south-eastern slope 
of the hill to shield them from the cold 
‘‘north-westers.” About two hundred 
yards west of Brier Hill is another small 
hill,leaving a plateau-like valley between. 
On the western slope of Brier Hill and 
the eastern slope of the other hill many 
war-points are found, a few also being 
found in the valley between them. Now 
to the young collector, the location of 
these war-points would show nothing, 
but he would simply return home exult¬ 
ant over his finds without ever giving 
their location a sipgle thought. The 
farmer also would merely pick them up, 
remark that it was curious how the Indi¬ 
ans made them, without suspecting the 
knowledge they conveyed to others. 
But the location of these war-points 
proves much to the old archaeologist. 
It tells him that, at one time, there was a 
battle fought at that locality between 
two tribes of the aborigines, and that 
one tribe commanded one hill and their 
enemies the other. The points found 
in the valley are those that fell short of 
their mark, while the ones found on the 
hillsides are those that dealt death and 
destruction to the ranks of the Indians. 
A Collecting Trip to Brinton’s 
Quarries. 
BY H. R. SHARPLES, WEST CHESTER, PA. 
About two days ago a friend of mine 
invited me to take a trip to Brinton’s 
quarries, situated three miles below 
West Chester, for the purpose of getting 
some pure specimens of serpentine,soap¬ 
stone, red flint and mica, and mixtuies 
of granite and limestone, mica and 
limestone, and limestone and rock 
crystals. On the way down we saw 
numbers of field sparrows, pewees, and 
a pair of turtle doves. We at last reach¬ 
ed the quarries, and after procuring all 
the specimens desired, we started for 
home much pleased with our trip. 
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