Viewing page 4 of 92

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[handwritten script text, black ink or white paper]
J.M. Roberts,Clinton,East Feliciana County,Louisiana
[above text underlined]
Collection from the vicinity of Clinton: Perforators, cutting tools, arrow and spear heads, 1 hammer-stone(?), 1 small paint-mortar of remarkable form, 1 pestle, 1 small boat-shaped article, 1 large bead of compact quartzite, 1 pebble showing a slight cavity, and 1 fragment of a polished celt.  Altogether a good collection.

Dr. H.C. Yarrow,Washington,D.C.
[above text underlined]
1 clay vessel with handles, from a child's grave in Caldwell County, North Carolina. The grave was half filled with ashes, intermixed with hair and teeth. On top of the vessel lay a round cover of native copper.

W.T. Knott, Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky
[above text underlined]
Collection of copper articles from a mound in Marion County: 1 celt, 1 breast plate (?), 4 spool-shaped objects and 2 concave-convex discs.  There were also found pieces of galena, one of which was sent by Mr. Knott. 

James S. Robinson, M.C. Kenton, Cardin County, Ohio
[above text underlined]
Collection of copper and stone implements and ornaments from a mound in Cardin County: 2 copper celts, 1 breast plate (?), 3 pieces, 1 fluted ornament with silver plating and 1 crescent-shaped ornament, 1 thin sheet of silver, 9 sheets of mica, 1 flint scraper, 1 arrow-