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/ from time TO time These have either come to
| light accidentally, or they have been discovered
amidst the ruins Of old Wigw8ms ,aad IN places of
| burial. They consist Of implements Of which the
| Red Man made use OF in hunting and fishing, in
agriculture, perhaps also in q rude kind Of wse-
! wing or netting also Of weapons OF war, snd Of
| religious emblems. They are Of special interest
as indicating the degree Of advancement 70 which
/ the Aborigines had attsined
In the neighborhood referred TO, there are re-
mains Of two Indian burial-psces. These are Of
/ different ages. The first claiming cur notice is
situated about two miles below the Falls, on
sandy terrace Of considerable thickness, which
rests on underlying clay. It is near the Missis-
quoi River, and undoubtedly belonged to the ST
Francois tribe, a branch Of the great Algonquin
race, inhshitng that portion Of Northwestern
Vermont when It was FIRST settled by whites.
This burial-place was apparently connected with
sn old Indian village in the neiEhborhood, which
consisted at an early day Of about tfry hurs. snd
was called Missisqu0i, after the estuary or
stream, on the banks on which il stood II was
unquestionsbly used as q place for the interment
Of the dead AZ 2 comparatively recent date still
some circumstances have Tel me t1 suspect that
a portion Of IL served the same purpose at much
more ancient period, and long before it vas thus
employed by the 81. Francis tribe. Is mai1 Tea
lures however, clearly refer il 20 the last named
in ab1,ls,cs j7,-'er1s-,.. ,,,,ls ~ s,o,s h,,T
matches and axes, spear and srrow-heais, ,gJug-s
sud chisels; also rude specimens Of esrthern ware
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bes4s and ot,er srticlas of .,Iorr-,ert In fins
Of high water, when the river is -s0' sn, human
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.ueutlv discovered In connection with tne other
relics. aud what appear TO be pieces Of antique
cloth are occasionally met with
Shell beads and short tubes o. copper. which
we've probably once strung together. aui formed
either vsmp1m. a species Of necslsce. OF some
other such ornament. are Of very ord nary oc-
currence while no beads Ike those used by the
St Francis tribe. AZ g much later dsv. are ever
met with in this more ancient repository Of the
dead. Ii is accordingly my impression may
ssv. indeed that an examination Cf many
Of these relies has awakened in me IN,
conviction-that this ancient people, though
more aboririual. were in m4uv respects. es1e-
ciallv in cultivation ana refinement. much fur