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[[symbol for paragraph]] [[underlined in red]] J.E. Gere, Riceville, Washington County, Wisconsin.--- ^[[1 m]] [[/underlined in red]]
Collection from the vicinity of Riceville: Rude amd leaf-shaped implements, cutting tools, scrapers, arrow and spear-heads, grooved axes, and 1 copper spear-head or knife. In this collection are some fine types of arrow and spear-heads, and the grooved axes exhibit unusual forms. The copper spear-head is a valuable addition to the series of objects of that metal thus far acquired.

[[underlined in red]] August Shmedtie, Washington, D.C.--- ^[[1 m]] [[/underlined in red]] [[encircled]] 1 [[/encircled]] stone sinker (notched), from a cave near Santo Domingo, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico.

[[underlined in red]] Dr. D.S. Kellogg, Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York.--- [[/underlined in red]]
Collections of rude scrapers, leaf-shaped implements, arrow-heads, fragments of pottery, and of bones of birds and quadrupeds, from old refuse heaps at Plattsburg.  The Implements and pottery show nearly the same degree of skill in workmanship as those from the shell-heaps on the northern Atlantic coast. The animal bones have been identified as belonging to the deer ([[underlined]] (Cervus virginianus [[/underlined]]), and of some carnivora, probably bear ([[underlined Ursus americanus [[/underlined]]).

[[underlined in red]] C.L. Herrick, Minneapolis, Minn[[strikethrough]] esota.[[/strikethrough]] --- [[/underlined in red]] ^[[1 m]] Collection of hammer-stones, chips and flakes of flint, chipped celts, arrow and spear-heads, shells and fragments of pottery, from a shell-heap on the Tennessee River, near Decatur, Ala[[strikethrough]]bama[[/strikethrough]].

[[underlined in red] G.S. Grisgsby, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee.--- [[/underlined in red]] The collections sent at different times during the past year comprise: Rude and leaf-shaped implements, scrapers, cutting tools, perforators, arrow and spear-heads, hammer-stones, pitted stones, chipped and polished celts, grooved axes, discoidal stones, gaming dis.[[strikethrough]] c.[[/strikethrough]] ^[[k]]s (?), 1 pierced ceremonial weapon, and pierced tablets, all