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340 340 ACCESSIONS. daughter, a Mrs. Robinson, who lived in Mississippi in 1895, and she gave it to Mrs. Annie Lorenz. The latter brought it to Cove, Oregon, in 1895. Loaned by Mrs. Lorenz. Powderhorn, brought across the plains to Oregon in 1852 from Danville, 111., by David Roland. Iron work of a coffee mill. Brought by David Roland to Oregon in 1852 from Danville, 111. (The two last relics donated by Mrs. M. Worrick. ) Iron skillet. Owned a great many years by "Old John," supposed to be the last of the tribe of Multnomah Indians, who died in 1893; and was believed by all who knew him, to have been more than one hun- dred years old. He always claimed that this skillet was given him by white men long before Doctor McLoughlin's arrival in Vancouver, which was in 1824. Hence it is possible that he received it from Lewis and Clark's exploring expedition. Placed in custody of society by Mrs. C. A. Benson, Cleone, Oregon. Hudson Bay Company's Bowl. Secured from an Indian at mouth of the Columbia River, near Port Stevens, in 1900. Indian claimed that he had owned it more than fifty years, and that he got it from the wreck of a vessel. Donated by G. Tufty, Cathlamet, Wash. Crowbar used by Peter H. Hatch about 1844 in building a road along the bluff between Oregon City and Canemah. Used by Mr. Hatch up to the close of v his life in 1898. Steelyards. Bought at the Allan, McKinley & Co. Store, Oregon City, in 1847 by "Doc" N. K. Sitton, a pioneer of 1843, and used by him more than fifty years on his farm near McMinnville, Yamhill County. Donated by Mr. Sitton. . Hudson Bay Company's plow. Very peculiarly shaped. It is a cast plow, nearly three feet long, and cuts a furrow eight inches wide. The words "Wedlake Patent" are moulded on parts of the plow. It was probably sent to Fort Vancouver from England, between 1830 and 1840. Secured in May, 1905, by Ezra Meeker, on the Cowlitz Farms, near Winlock, Wash. Three brick tile, twelve inches square by two inches thick. Brought to Fort Vancouver by the Hudson Bay Company, and sold to Guy Hayden about 1850-1851, to be used by him in a new house he was then building. Placed in the custody of the society by Mrs. Hayden. Cannon ball, 12-pound, brought in ballast from Manila to Portland late in 1898 in a vessel which came to load with lumber. The ballast was taken from the ruins of an old fortification which was destroyed by Admiral Dewey's guns. Sheath knife, picked up on the Custer battlefield, Wyoming, in 1882. (Both articles loaned by R. Mills, Portland.)