Henry L. Ward, through whose courtesy the reporter was allowed to secure the dimensions of the mammoth, stated that it would require three months' time of five or six experienced workmen to complete the reconstruction and mounting of the skel eton. The total weight of the skeleton sent by Professor Ward to the World's Fair was 1,800 pounds, and this one being somewhat larger will probably weigh in the neighborhood of one ton. REMAINS OF MOUND BUILDERS. BROOKLYN, IND., Nov. 18.-On the farm of Joseph Newby, two miles north of this place, is a beautiful mound covered with large trees. The mound, it has always been supposed, was built by the Mound Builders, but an investigation was never made. Yesterday it was opened, and two skeletons were unearthed, the bones of which were mostly in a fair state of preservation. Anthropologically considered, what an enormous strain there must be on the man, as an animal, when exposed to the wild changes of temperature which he experiences in the twenty-four hours when living on the high Thibetan ranges. There is not a night in the year that water does not freeze, while at midday the heat is often 120°. We know about what is the increase or decrease of iron in length and bulk with every rising or falling degree of the thermometer. We are aware, too, that a certain disintegration must follow. After all, it is man that has the greatest power of initial resistance. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT. Exchange notices pertaining to Archæology, not exceeding 35 words, will be inserted free for all regular subscribers. Dealers are referred to our regular advertising rates. A large German serving tray of 1799, valued at $25. A fine Grandfather's clock, 8 feet high (made in 1765) in good condition and valued at $100 to exchange for Indian relics or cash. W. K. Moorehead, Box 502, Columbus, O. Some very valuable banner stones, ceremonials, gorgets, etc., for sale cheap. Warren Cowen, Elmville, Higland County, Ohio. Rare Indian relics from Connecticut and Rhode Island to exchange for Columbian stamps above two cents; also other desirable U. S. stamps. Mine are first-class goods and I expect the same in return. All letters answered. Lock Box 21. Stonington, Connecticut. Arrow points, scrapers, knives, large pieces of pottery, minerals, fossils, fresh water shells, quartz crystals, grape vines, bulbs, flower seeds, etc., for arrow points, spears, Minerals, etc. Arrow points especially desired from Alabama, Florida, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Delaware, Dakota, Utah. G. E. Wells, Manhattan, Kansas. I have 6th, 8th and 9th Annual Reports of Bureau of Ethnology; 9th U. S. Geological Survey; 1889 and 1890 Contributions to North Am. Eth.; 15th, 16th and 17th Indiana State Geological Reports; all cloth and new. Want in exchange Vol. I. of the ARCHEOLOGIST, State Geological reports, Geological and Ethnological literature. Charles Clickner, Tangier, Ind. A bargain in relics. 400 arrow-heads, S good celts, 1 good hammer-stone, 1 fine large size grooved ax, all for only $10.00 cash, or will exchange for clean U. S. Fractional currency. C. E. Tribbett, Thorntown, Ind. One breach-loading flint lock rifle; also one Prussian rifle cap, powder and ball. Want flint lock pocket pistols in good order or cash. Davis Bros., Diamond, Ohio. Wanneta, the Sioux; Primitive Man in Ohio; Fort Ancient; Cassino's Directory of Scientists; The Mound Builders; for Indian relics. All in good condition. W. K. Moorehead, Box 502, Columbus, O. THE ARCHÆOLOGIST. VOL. III. JANUARY, 1895. No. 1. AS ARCHEOLOGY OF THE ST. JOHN'S, FLORIDA. S no complete report upon prehistoric life in Florida has ever been presented in magazine form, the manågement of THE ARCHEOLOGIST takes pleasure in announcing a series of four papers for January, February, April and June of this year. These articles will be compiled from Mr. Clarence B. Moore's publications, and will cover the most thorough and extensive work ever done among the sand mounds and shell heaps of Florida. By special permission, the illustrations used in Mr. Moore's books are reproduced in THE ARCHEOLOGIST, and also a considerable portion of his most import ant text. FIG. 2.-Tobacco pipe. Dun's Creek Mound (full size). The field work of Mr. Moore was largely confined to St. John's, Putnam, Marion, Lake, Volusia, Orange, Brevard and Osceola Counties, a region something over one hundred and fifty miles in length, lying along the river. He found that both Professors Wyman and Lente had visited the region, but that neither of them had conducted more than a superficial examination of two or three mounds. "The sand mounds of the river, while having a general resemblance, vary so in detail that an accurate classification is impossible. Many are crowded with human remains, while in others considerable excavations along the base failed to reveal an indication of use for purposes of sepulture. Numerous mounds are variously stratified with sand of different shades, from the surrounding territory, with shell, with "muck" and with sand mingled with hematite in powder. Others again are composed of one homogeneous material. Some have a sprinkling of shell; in others not a single Ampullaria or Paludina can be found. It is probable that certain mounds were used as look-out stations, and possibly all in later times served for domiciliary purposes. In height and extent, also, there is a wide divergence. The great mound at Tick Island has an altitude of over 17 feet, while the famous Mt. Royal, with a circumference of 555 feet, is in area approached by no mound on the river. On the other hand, small sand mounds not exceeding three feet in height, are by no means uncommon. Almost without exception the shape is a truncated cone, the summit plateau in some showing an area doubtless more extensive than the original through the effects of the elements. "Even the form of burial varies. Intrusive interments are in anatomical order as are bodies originally buried in certain mounds; while in others, the long bones, denuded of flesh previous to burial, lie in a bundle with the crania; and again, both forms of interment are met with side by side, and evidently contemporary. Still another form of burial is that of disconnected bones where no effort has been made to keep in association the various portions of the skeleton. The "chieftain" mounds cited by the late Colonel Jones are not met with on the river, nor are bodies ever found in a sitting position." Mt. Royal, one of the largest mounds on the St. John, was 16 feet high and 555 in circumference at the base. "It is composed of the yellow sand of the surrounding fields, with pockets and local layers of white sand along and above the base. Wherever exposed, the sand at the bottom of the mound was found mingled with pieces of charcoal. Beginning at the margin of the base, a layer of sand colored by admixture of powdered hematite, covered the entire mound. This layer attained a maximum thickness of seven feet on the northeastern portion of the summit plateau and adjacent slope. The general tint of the layer was what is called crushed strawberry by dealers in ribbons, though at many points, and especially in the vicinity of relics, the sand in considerable quantity was dyed a brick-red, even reaching what is termed Indian red by vendors of colors. At times streaks and local layers of highly colored sand throughout the entire mound led to implements, pottery, etc., and while the discovery of objects in the yellow sand was not |