. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . way was neverbroken. Having no use for the beads except in remembrance of my latewife, and as a momento of the old times, I freely donate them tothe Department of Education to be placed in the Provincial Museum,or any other place, as the Curator may think fit. F. Lamorandiere. 1904 ARCH/EOLOGiCAL REPORT. 49 Mr. Lamorandieres notes are quoted pretty fully, because theypresent an int^^resting little picture of life in Upper Canada aboutthe beo-inning of last century, illustratinf,^ to some extent, the rela-tion that existed between the traders and the
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . way was neverbroken. Having no use for the beads except in remembrance of my latewife, and as a momento of the old times, I freely donate them tothe Department of Education to be placed in the Provincial Museum,or any other place, as the Curator may think fit. F. Lamorandiere. 1904 ARCH/EOLOGiCAL REPORT. 49 Mr. Lamorandieres notes are quoted pretty fully, because theypresent an int^^resting little picture of life in Upper Canada aboutthe beo-inning of last century, illustratinf,^ to some extent, the rela-tion that existed between the traders and the Indians, as well asshowing- us tliat the aboriginal custom of confirming a promisewith some tangible pledge was yet in force. We are greatly indebted to Mr. Lamorandiere for his gift ofsuch a well attested document, and to Mr. Tucker, for his kindlyoffices in procuring the wampum for the Provincial Museum. BiKD Amulet. It has more than once been pointed out in our reports that byfar the greatest number of the bird amulets found in Ontario. Fig. 74, (27,001) full size. come from the peninsula lying west and south of a line drawn fromKingston to Goderich or Kincardine. What is the most easterlyexample is represented by figure 74, (27,001), which has recentlycome to us from Drummond township, Lanark county, in the valleyof the Rideau. The head of this specimen is missing, but in everyother respect the amulet is complete. It is made of tho standardmaterial, Huronian or striped slate, and was probably carried fromthe west to where it was found. It may do no harm to repeat thatno object of this kind has been found in Ontario associated withhuman remains, all have been taken from the surface, or were ex-posed by the plough, so that even in the latter event they were lyingat no great depth. Since the issue of last report, we have receivedcasts of two very fine specimens picked up in Manvers township, Dur-ham county, forty years ago. For these we are indebted to Mr. DOlier, now of
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