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An Indian Pot, found in digging a well at the great Saline near St. Gennevieve

chinook hat

A hat manufactured by a C[l]atsop woman near the Pacific Ocian

1 Indian ornament for a Chief's head

Oval Block of wood, worn by the women of the N. W. Coast, in their under lip as an orniment

Mocossins from the Soue's

A great number of arrows from diferent Tribes of Saux. And a Bow

2 pipes from the Ioway's on the River Lamaine

A Pipe of the Sack [Sac or Sauk] nation of Indians who reside at the junction of the Tyger and Missouri Rivers

An arrow which was used against the Americans in the battle of the 4th November 1791, near the Miami towns

Moccosins, worn by the Otoe's

Hatchets found in the cave opposite the Navy yard

A quiver of arrows, presented by a Piankashaw indian to the donor (Mr. [blank] of Pottstown Pennsylvania.)

Indian Hatchet found in the bed of the Brandywine

A curious wrought tomahawk, of slate-stone, found in a bed of oyster-shells, four feet below the surface of the earth, and Swan-Point, on the Chesapeak Bay