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Show Last Sunday I had the pleasure of examining the fine collection of Indian arlicacls belonging to Mrs. E. A. Brush sent to her from her father's farm in Iowa. The Indians of the east make larger arrowheads and use stones seldom used here. Ours are much smaller. These she has from Iowa are made from flint; the arrowheads arrow-heads run about 2l. inches long; a fine knife is about 6 inches long. Scraper, flesher, and several celts, one of remarkable workman ship, neatly made, of green stone, and very pretty. The tommyhawks range from the smallest, about 2Vi inches long to a whopper weighing several pounds and about 9 inches in length. len-gth. These are exquisitely formed. The grove for the fastening thongs is deeply cut, regular, and very attractive. What may be a "net sinker" is among the collection. A large concretion used as a door step, 1V-- feet in diameter. It was found near Henrieville. Ejomeone said it was a dinosaur egg; no. It is half of a large sandstone sand-stone concretion, with a very smooth sm-ooth upper plane - -a formation usual in some counties of Utah. From here (local), Mrs. Brush has several arrowheads, two of which are very superior. One is very close to the "Btterfly" tail design, and is extremely nicely chipped. The other is of an almost al-most transparent obsidian, with moss marks in it, and very pretty. pret-ty. And I really think our own are more neatly and more nicely shaped. The two from here she! has are bird arrowpoints - - for small game, not elk or deer. I enjoyed the collection very much and thank Mr. and Mrs. Brush for inviting me to see it. |