Archives of aboriginal knowledgeContaining all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States . s in their search after gold, and which may have forcedits way into the possession of some Indian, and been buried with him according to the custom of his tribe,—orpossibly it may have been buried with the trader himself. I hope this notice will attract the attention of the curious, in the vicinity where the piece was discovered,and that more distinct informa
Archives of aboriginal knowledgeContaining all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States . s in their search after gold, and which may have forcedits way into the possession of some Indian, and been buried with him according to the custom of his tribe,—orpossibly it may have been buried with the trader himself. I hope this notice will attract the attention of the curious, in the vicinity where the piece was discovered,and that more distinct information concerning its locality may be obtained, and forwarded to Dr. that the subject may attract the attention of the curious, I have prepared this notice, and made theabove request, somewhat hastily, on the eve of my leaving the United States for a year. I have caused plaster casts of the coin or weight to be prepared by Mr. Zeni, the Italian artist, residingnear the German Catholic Church, of whom specimens can be obtained, by all who are at all anxious toinvestigate this matter further. GEORGE DUFFIELD. The following are drawings of casts of this coin, forwarded to me by Dr. Zina Pitcher, of Detroit, Prof. Longfellow. J. F. Cooper. Prof. C. C. Kafn. *Scc M(5moires dc La Societu Royulc des Antiquaircs du Nord, 1838-39, pp. 361—385. ANTIQUITIES. 151 publications issued by the Eoyal Society of Antiquaries at Copenhagen—an institutionwhich numbers among its members some of the most learned men in Europe, andwhich stands pre-eminent for the extent and value of its historical explorations anddiscoveries, as well as for the judicious course it has adopted in archasological, philolo-gical, and, in its broadest sense, ethnological pursuits. In the course of a correspond-ence, originating from queries propounded by said society, the inquiry was made byme—If the Northmen ever visited this country, and here erected structures either aslook-outs or plac
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