Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . morial, though perhaps as an occasional curi-osity in many tribes rather than as a usual companion. During nine years explor-ation he found one dogs skull in an Aleutian shell heap, a prehistoric deposit, andonly one. The dog has never yet been found fossil in Florida, though the fossil fauna ofthe State would suggest its The late Colonel Jones,1 referring to the Florida Indians as represented by LeMoyne,4 speaks of u the flesh of fishes, deer, alligators, snakes, dogs and other ani-mals previously smoked and dried on a sc
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . morial, though perhaps as an occasional curi-osity in many tribes rather than as a usual companion. During nine years explor-ation he found one dogs skull in an Aleutian shell heap, a prehistoric deposit, andonly one. The dog has never yet been found fossil in Florida, though the fossil fauna ofthe State would suggest its The late Colonel Jones,1 referring to the Florida Indians as represented by LeMoyne,4 speaks of u the flesh of fishes, deer, alligators, snakes, dogs and other ani-mals previously smoked and dried on a scaffold. As we have stated, the dog is omitted from the list of animals seen by theFrench, nor is it referred to in any description of the plates. Colonel Jones state-ment, therefore, is based upon no authority beyond a resemblance noticed in cer-tain animals represented in the plates. It would be difficult in the work of LeMoyne to distinguish a dog from a grey wolf, or from some other quadrupeds ofFlorida, especially as the carcass represented is
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