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Oregon Arrow Points
OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES A SPECIALTY.

M NERALOGY,
PALEONTOLOGY,
ARCHÆOLOGY.
Excellent Stock.

OFFICE OF ...

L. W. STILWELL,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

Natural History Specimens,
LINCOLN AVENUE,

Beadwood, South Dakota, .................................... 189
Feb. 1893

Feb 18 '93

Prof.C.E.Beecher,

Dear Sir:-

Your 14th to hand, I wrote Prof.Marsh
the exact locality, but perhaps you have not seen that letter.

Please look on a county divide map of So Dak. and find the
Moreau river in Dewey Co/ and Schnasse Co.You will see Thunder Butte

in S.W part of Schnasse and following down the Moreau 10 to 20 mile
s from Thunder Butteon the north bank of the Moreau is the region
where these h orn cores were found,/They are scat cerd along with

large bones all along the banks of the Moreau for several miles.

I think $15.00 would be a fair

price for them:

I shall be glad to re bnder you any assistance at any time you
write me in any matter of localities or Fossils of this western regio
that is in my power

I wish you would give me a list of the fossil
you particularly want or those you can use at all from this region
ranging from any where in S.Dak west of the Mo river and into wyoming
and Montana,

I expect to send a man on to the Moreau in a short
time/and also into the heart of the Bad Lands east of here.

What do you wish?

Average form and size of the Oregon Arrow points.
A SPECIALTY.

Deadwood, S. D.,

March 7, 1898

[24057]

M. Prof. C. Marsh

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L. W. STILWELL,

Natural History Specimens,
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Deadwood, South Dakota, Oct 28 98 189

Prof O.C.Marsh

Dear sir

Prof Wieland was here a few days ago and selected out a lot of Fossils that he thought you would like and asked me to Freight them to you, and if any were not wanted you would retum then freight paid.

I bundled the Cycads for 25.00 for the lot and so I did the Belenmite but marked each one so that if you selected you would have the prices per piece.

Belenmite lot for 4.50. If selected first 3.50 each Next 4 at .25 each, next 7.10 ea h and the new one rounded off .50

These Belenmites came from near where the Cycads came from and the Cycads came from 3 or 4 miles S.W. Of Minnekahta.

The Belenmites are Jurassic but I do not know but the Cycads are perhaps Cretaceous.

I have wrapped labels with each roto so how as near as I canthe locality from whence each specimen came.

If you take the entire lot and return none I will call the entire bill $75.00

I trust these things will have the interest st to you that Prof Wieland hoped/ While you have some of the same kinds as for instance Baculites, he thought the young ones and those with heads would be an additional knowledge to you and Prof Beecher.

I wish you would tell me the exact names of the following:

The Cycad at 6.00

Shells with Baculite in, a roug porous spec/ with white shells/
Te Fishes Teeth in Jurassic sandstone/

Ammonits Cordifomis, is it right?

Inoceramus on dc Prionochyclus
Orthis.

The round piece of Belenmite /Did you ever see one from here/ Only one I ever saw.

Heteroceras/ full name.

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Deadwood, South Dakota, Jan 10 99 189

MINERALOGY,
PALEONTOLOGY,
ARCHÆOLOGY.
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Prof O.C.Marsh

Dear sir;

I have your remittance of $25.00 in you 4th inst
with thanks/ I enclose receipted bill for the two lots Cycads.

I have nothing new for you that I know of /I have a lower Jaw of a Brontotherium with 3 incisor teeth in place which I am offering for $75.00. But I donot suppose you want that as you have had some similar It is large size and the molars large with no rim at the lower edge of them. I think you call this rim the Cingulum, is that right?

I have an upper skull portion with it and an offered $125. for the two and both must go together. but I want $75.00 for the two / The skull The skull is a large female (?) probably but not a robust specimen, and has both zygomatic arches, full skull bone back to condyles with condyles well preserved, 5 molars one side and 4 molars the other side, all back or larges t molars/ 2 good horncors, a little crushed one side/ 3 alveolar cavities at front of molar lines empty, no canines./ In the lower jaw above mentioned the articulation processes are quite perfect at back topof jaws.

If you should want these specimens wire me as they are packed
and ready to go to two parties in Europe if either writes favorably.

Truly yours

L.W.Stilwell