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Items from the General Museum's Archaeological Catalogue that were not transferred as Accession 212 nor marked with horizontal lines.
All numbers are from the General Museum’s original catalogue of archaeological materials.
1. Flint arrow point from near Bismarck. Presented by Col. C. A. Lounsbury.
2. Chert implement, unfinished; from near Bismarck. Presented by C. A. Lounsbury.
3. Quartz chippings (fine), Little Falls, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
4. Quartz chippings (coarser), Little Falls, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
6. Chert implement, "finished." Mouth of the Little Elk River, near Little Falls. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
7. Quartz implements, Little Falls, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
15. Red Catlinite pipe, from the upper Minnesota River, formerly owned by Mireall and Roberts. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
16. Indian pipe, of the "pipestone" at Fort Francis. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
19. Flint chips and shells, from the Atlantic coast near Salem, Mass. Collected by C. W. Hall.
30. Pottery, probably by recent Indians, E. side of Talcott Lake, 1-2 ft. below the surface. Land of Wm. Crapey, ne ¼ sec. 30, Southbrook, Cottonwood county. Collected by Warren Upham.
34. Water-worn pebble (supposed to be wrought by man), Green Lake, Kandiyohi county. Collected by C. M. Terry.
36. Arrow-head of flint, Rochester, Minn. Presented by W. D. Hurlbut.
39. Flint anow-head, Medicine Lake, Hennepin county?
41. Bones, pottery, chipped flints, Green Lake. Warren Upham.
42. Hatchet (recent) made of Catlinite.
44. Gunflints, Oxford Mills, Canon Falls, Goodhue county. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
59. Two chalcedony arrow points, from near Young Men's Butte. Dakota. Presented by D. P. Jones.
60. One chalcedony spear point, from near Young Men's Butte. Dakota. Presented by D. P. Jones.
61. Two chert arrow points, from near Young Men's Butte. Dakota. Presented by D. P. Jones.
68. Small. perfect arrow-point of quartzose, oolitic, or concretionary chert. Found on the University campus by Mr. Fisher, and by him presented to the University Museum.
73. Prehistoric Maize, from the old cemetery near Madisonville, Hamilton county, Ohio. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
84. Lance-head of gray chert. notched at base, unsymmetrical. Record lost.
85. Imperfect arrow-point of gray quartzyte. Record lost.
87. Spear-point of quartzyte. From Martha's Vineyard. Presented by Mrs. Maj. C. J. Allen.
88. Arrow-point of flint. small, triangular. From Martha's Vineyard. Presented by Mrs. Allen.
89. Low, conical disk of limonite, polished, with a thin edge. From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
90. Rose quartz arrow-point, with unnotched base. From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
91. Small, quartz arrow-point. From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
92. Arrow-points (six) of chert, with notched base. From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
93. Stone implements (five). with broad, notched base. From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
94. Implements (five) of chert, rudely chipped. From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
95. Chert clippings (twenty-three.) From Sherwood, Tennessee. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
96. Stone arrow-points (forty), notched at the base. From Waterloo, Alabama. Presented, Oct., 1882. by C. L. Herrick.
97. Stone arrow points (five), triangular, notched at base. From Waterloo, Ala. Presented, Oct., 1882, by C. L. Herrick.
98. Stone arrow-points (nineteen), unnotched. From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
99. Large arrow-point, of concretionary chert. From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
100. Unsymmetrical stone arrow-points (six). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
101. Stone lance-heads (nineteen). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
102. Fragmentary stone arrows and lance-points (seventy-seven). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented Oct., 1882, by C. L. Herrick.
103. Stone hatchets and fragments (fifteen). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
104. Elongated implements of stone (twenty). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
105. Implement of red chert. From :Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
106. Stock from which stone implements were made (twenty-eight pieces). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented, Oct. 1882, by C. L. Herrick.
107. Stone chippings (eighty-five). From Waterloo, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
108. Implement of dark, reddish-brown quartzyte. From Decatur, Alabama. Presented, Oct., 1882, by C. L. Herrick.
111. Shells (thirty-two gasteropods and three lamellibranchs) from shell-bed (pre-historic kitchen-midden?) in bank of the Tennessee river, Waterloo. Alabama. Presented, Oct.. 1882, by C. L. Herrick.
112. Flints (three) from about lake Minnewaska, Minn. Presented by Dan. F. Bartke, of Glenn wood, Minn., March 14,1884.
115. One piece of sonorous quartz from stratum, Little Falls, Minn. (they jingle with other quartz-like metal). Presented November 10, 1882, by Frances E. Babbitt.
116. Chipped implement (one), from river gravels at the ferry, Little Falls, Minn. Presented November 10, 1882, by Frances E. Babbitt.
117. Piece of nicked quartz, perhaps for cutting tendons, etc., from stratum, Little Falls, Minn. Presented November 10, 1882, by Frances E. Babbitt.
118. Piece of a bone. Little Falls, Minn. Presented, November 10, 1882, by Frances E. Babbitt.
119. A small dark chert arrow point, one and a half inches long, notched base. From Battle Creek, Mich. Presented by Mrs. C. H. Crosby, 1883.
120. Arrow point (one), light chert, three and a quarter inches long, notched base. From Battle Creek, Mich. Presented by Mrs. C. H. Crosby, 1883.
121. Gray flint implement (one), four and a half inches long, rounded base. From Battle Creek, Mich. Presented by Mrs. C. H. Crosby, 1883.
122. Stone hammer (one). Sample of those now in use among the Cheyenne Indians, near the Black Hills. Presented by the Rev. L. J. Hauge, Mankato, 1883.
123. Spear head (one), dark chert, four and three-quarter inches long, pointed at both ends. From section 30, township 45, range 28, west of Mille Lacs, Minn. Presented January 5, 1884, by O. E. Garrison.
125. Piece of flint (one) from Mille Lacs, Minn. Presented January 5, 1884, by O. E. Garrison.
126. Implement of brown chert (one), from Mille Lacs Minn. Presented January 5, 1884, by O. E. Garrison.
133. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
135. Stone implement from Austin, Scott county, Ind. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
136. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
137. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
139. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
143. Stone pestle from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
148. Chert spear-head from Charleston, Mo. By purchase from Powers in 1885.
151. Stone implements (three) from Doty's mill on Big creek, Jennings tp., Scott county, Ind. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
154. Fourteen chert implements out of a nest of 23 pieces, all standing edgewise, plowed up on the farm of Hon. Wm. H. English, Lexington, Scott county, Ind. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
155. Three scrapers from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
156. Three chert scrapers from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
157. Two chert knives from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
158. Fifteen chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
159. Fourteen chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, ] 885.
160. Fifteen chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase front Powers, 1885.
161. Ten chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
162. Eight chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
163. Eight rough chert implements from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
164. Twelve chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
165. Two chert knives from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
166. One chert knife from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
167. One chert knife from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
168. Five chert knives from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
169. Chert implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
170. Eight chert chisels from southern Indiana. near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
171. Eight chert drills from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
172. Fourteen chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
173. Eleven chert knives from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
174. Eight chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
175. Four chert knives from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
176. Nine chert arrow-heads from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
177. Eleven chert knives from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers,'1885.
178. Two chert implements from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
179. Eight chert implements from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
180. Catlinite goblet. Pipestone City. Minn. By purchase, 1885.
181. Catlinite goblet. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
182. Catlinite paper-weight. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
183. Catlinite pipe, with spear-head bowl and wooden stem. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
184. Catlinite pipe, with "dog's-head bowl" and wooden stem. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
185. Catlinite pipe, with "horse-head" bowl and wooden stem. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
186. Catlinite pipe, with tomahawk bowl and stone stem. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
187. Catlinite pipe. with hand holding the bowl and wooden stem. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
188. Catlinite pipe, with tomahawk head. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
189. Catlinite pipe. Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
190. Catlinite pipe, with tomahawk bowl and stone handle, (all one piece.) Pipestone City, Minn. By purchase, 1885.
202. Wooden doll.
203. Copper spear-head. Found from the caving in banks of the river at McCauleyville, Wilkens Co., Minn – Presented by Jas. Nolan – Feb. 11 – 1890
205. Skin-skraper: Four-and a half by two inches. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890
209. Knife of chert. By Exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890
210. Two chert implements (scrapers). By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890 –
211. Four spear-heads. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890 –
212. Five arrow-heads. From Mississippi. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. - Aug. 1890 –
213. Nineteen (19) arrow-heads of various forms. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. - Aug. 1890 –
214. Glass ornament (prism) from a lamp belonging to a church destroyed in the Johnstown flood of 1889. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. –
217. Stone scraper. New Galilee, Beaver Co., Penna. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
218. Stone scraper, same locality. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
219. Stone scraper, same locality. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
222. Stone pestle, same locality. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
225. Two Indian arrows with metal iron points.
226. Large stone supposed to represent a turtle. Wisconsin. Presented 1890.
227. Copper knife (soft) Presented by Peter Johnson Dassel Mines.
228. Copper knife (hard) “ “ [Presented by Peter Johnson Dassel Mines]
229. Bell of pure copper with brass handle. “ “ [Presented by Peter Johnson Dassel Mines]
The following were human remains or burial items:
17. Burnt clay pipe, from the mounds opened near Lanesboro. Presented by B. A. Man, Esq.
40. Pottery, bones, piece of skull, etc. In black soil 1½-2 ½ feet below the surface, Green Lake, Kandiyohi county. Collected by Warren Upham.
46. Human ulna, from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston.
52. String of thirty, small, white china beads, from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston.
55. One sewing needle, from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston.
57. Quartz, arrow point (opaque white), from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston.
76. Arrow-point of chert; narrow. From a mound at Dresbach, Winona county. Presented by George B. Dresbach, Jr.
77. Copper chisel, 1½ to 2 inches broad, 6 inches long. From the same mound at Dresbach. Presented by George B. Dresbach. Jr.
79. Piece of pottery, also from the same mound at Dresbach. Presented by John H. Mosse.
81. Piece or pottery. from the largest (nine feet in height) in a group of sixteen mounds, N. E. ¼ of sec. 31, Greenwood, Hennepin Co. (at junction of creek, outlet from Lake Sarah, with the Crow river.) Presented by H. Ellington.
128. Specimen of tattooing taken from the arm of a cadaver. Presented by Dr. Arthur Eastman.
146. Two stone disks dug from a mound in Charleston, Mo. Found with a skeleton. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
147. Chert implement dug from a mound at Charleston, Mo. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
192. Fragments (three) of Indian pottery. From mounds at the mouth of Cannon river, on land of C. Spates, sec. 22, Burnside, Goodhue county, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
194. Implements of bone from mounds at the mouth of Cannon river, on land of C. Spates, sec. 22, Burnside; Goodhue county, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
195. Implements of bone from mounds at the mouth of Cannon river, on land of C. Spates, sec. 22, Burnside, Goodhue county, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
196. One knife, highly finished, of granular quartzyte, 9 inches long by 2½, from mounds at the mouth of Cannon river, on land of C. Spates, sec. 22, Burnside, Goodhue county, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
197. Stone implement from mounds at the mouth of Cannon river, on land of C. Spates, sec. 22, Burnside, Goodhue county, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
198. Unfinished stone pipe from mounds at the mouth of Cannon river, on land of C. Spates, sec. 22, Burnside, Goodhue county, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell. This funerary item was found among the Minnesota Historical Society's Fort Snelling Collection in 2005 and is not in the process of being returned for reinternment.