have been worn on various parts of the person,
as a defence against witchcraft sorcery, ot spells,
or to propitiate good l$i$; % su|^r^i^(^;jBaeads.
Medaeka Missouric (Fig. 6), with the illustration
of the manner, of its being worn on the
breast. This article varies moderately in length,
breadth and figure. It is generally the frustrum
of an acute pyramid, perforated in its length, to
admit being suspended from the neck, or ears*
The figure exhibited is three inches in length by
two-tenths in breadth at its superior, and ninetenths
at its inferior extremity. Sometimes, as
iiidhe figure given, it has a raised surface in the
direction of the perforation. If is formed of the
♦red pipe-stotie of the Coteau du Prairie, west of
the Mississippi; and its disinterment from Indian
graves in western New iTork, denotes an early
traffic or exchange office article, or rather the
material'of ils conStructibn, with the tribes in
that quarter. This stone is fissile, and easily
t cut or; ground by trituration with harder substances
to any figure. It bears a* dull gloss, not
a polish, which was produced by rubbing the
^ surface .with the equjsitum, or rush, which has
a1 Silicipus gritty‘surface. It,is of the period
anteriof to 4he‘ introduction of European arts.
The specimen figured is from Onondagacounty
(ƒ. V. HdClUrke). It-occurred also at Oswego,
in removing the election of the old fort (/.
McNiety - Also, at Lower Sandusky, Ohio (L.
Cuss),.
Medaska Dental (Figs. 1 8).—Fossil specimens
of the bear’s tooth* A power against charms or