The Lenape Stone; or, The Indian and the Mammoth
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Fig. 1.—The Lenape Stone—(actual size)—Aboriginal picture representing Indians fighting the Hairy Mammoth—discovered in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1872 and 1881.
THE INDIAN AND THE MAMMOTH
H. C. MERCER
NEW YORK & LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press 1885
COPYRIGHT BY
H. C. MERCER 1885
Press of
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York
Henry C. Mercer
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THE LENAPE STONE
STATEMENT OF BERNARD Z. HANSELL.
STATEMENT OF MR. HENRY D. PAXON.
STATEMENT OF MR. ALBERT PAXON.
STATEMENT OF MR. JOHN S. ASH, OF GREENVILLE,
STATEMENT OF CAPT. J. S. BAILEY.
EVIDENCE OF AN HONEST DISCOVERY.
OBJECTIONS OF ARCHÆOLOGISTS.
TREATMENT OF THE SUN IN INDIAN PICTOGRAPHY.
LIGHTNING IN INDIAN PICTOGRAPHY.
LINES CUT BY STEEL AND FLINT INSTRUMENTS.
NEWLY DISCOVERED INDIAN CARVINGS FROM THE HANSELL FARM.
OPINION OF INDIANS.
INDIAN PIPE-FORMS.
INDIAN PICTURE-WRITING.
TRADITION OF THE GREAT BUFFALO.
THE CHEROKEES AND CHOCTAWS DESCENDANTS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS.
CARVED "GORGET" FOUND ON THE HANSELL FARM,
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