Pipes have not been found in great numbers, but some of the specimens are very interesting. They are made of greenstone, steatite and sometimes were fashioned of clay. They represent birds, or the heads of birds, turtles and various animals, the beaver more frequently than others. Ceremonial stones were the most finely wrought of all the Indian's stone-work. They were carried as evidences of rank, or to excite a superstitious reverence. They were wrought from serpentine

PIERCED RECORD TABLET.'

CEREMONIAL STONE OF GREEN.

or a fine and beautiful striped slate, and were drilled so that they could be carried upon a rod or handle. This striped slate, so far as is known, was nowhere found nearer than Canada. The few specimens of obsidian found here must have come from the Rocky Mountain region. Three or four spear-heads, hammered from native copper, that have been found here must have been brought from the shoi'es of Lake Superior, while the flints and jaspers, from which so many arrow-heads w'ere made, must have been brought a considerable distance. These facts prove that the Mohegans carried on commerce of exchange with other tribes, and thus obtained articles that liad been brought from very remote localities.

Holes were drilled through stones for ornament or use by a drill ot flint, or a reed with water and sand. These were worked by a bow-string. The bow was an important article of the Indian's outfit, and was his chief weapon in war and in the chase. It was skillfully foshioned from ash or hickory-wood, and was strung with the sinews of the deer.