17. Wailesboro, Bartholomew County.—In 1902 (Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1901, p. 247), J. J. Edwards, a physician, reported a tooth of Elephas primigenius found in a gravel-pit 0.5 mile south of Wailesboro at a depth of 7 feet. The tooth weighed 9 pounds. It was afterwards destroyed in a fire. Although this was quite certainly the tooth of an elephant, the identification of the species may be doubted.
5. Brookville, Franklin County.—Dr. R. Haymond (Amer. Jour. Sci., ser. 1, vol. XLVI, p. 294), under the name Megatherium, described a tooth, evidently of an elephant. In 1869 (1st Ann. Rep. Indiana Geol. Surv., p. 200) Haymond stated that he had the tooth in his possession; but the family does not now (1910) know what became of it. It measured 13 inches in length, 6 inches in height, and 4 inches in thickness. It probably belonged to E. columbi. No statement was made as to the exact place of discovery.
John T. Plummer, in 1843 (Amer. Jour. Sci., ser. 1, vol. XIV, p. 302), described a tusk found in digging a ditch near Brookville, 15 feet from the surface. It was nearly 6 feet long, had a diameter of 4 inches, and was strongly curved. This might have belonged to a mastodon.
On Area Between the Shelbyville and the Bloomington Moraines.
6. Parke, Vermillion, and Putnam Counties.—John Collett, State geologist in 1881 (2d Ann. Rep. Bur. Statist. and Geol., p. 385) made the bare statement that mammoth remains had been found in these counties. The southern portions of Parke and Putnam Counties are occupied by Illinoian drift; the northern portion of each by Wisconsin. Collett’s statement is not of great value for us. Some remains might have been buried on the area covered by the Illinoian drift.
In Area North of the Bloomington Moraine and South of the Wabash River and the Mississinawa Moraine.
7. Montgomery County.—W. H. Thompson, in 1886 (15th Ann. Rep. Indiana Geol. Surv., p. 159), reported the lower jaw of a mammoth found in the bed of Black Creek, on the land of Milton N. Waugh, who was not willing to part with it. Thompson thought that a lake had formerly occupied parts of Sugar Creek and Madison Townships. The jaw contained two teeth; besides this jaw, there were two tusks nearly 11 feet long.
The writer was informed by the late Professor Donaldson Bodine that the locality was on section 12, township 20 north, range 3 west. The teeth and bones were unearthed by a Mr. Parish and afterwards sold by him; but it has been found impossible to trace their history. The locality is on or very near a portion of the Bloomington morainic system, so that it is evident that the animal lived during the latter portion of the Wisconsin stage.
16. Connersville, Fayette County.—M. G. Mock has shown the writer a sketch of an elephant tooth found some years ago 3 miles southwest of Connersville. The tooth was 9 inches long, 7 inches high, and weighed 8 pounds. Whether it belonged to E. primigenius or to E. columbi is not known.
8. Wayne County.—John Collett, as mentioned under No. 6, stated that mammoth remains had been found in this county, but he did not enter into details.