Excerpt from Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. 1: A Series of Publications Relating to the American Aborigines; No; 2 A large shellheap on the Cristobal Colon sugar plantation situated on Higuamo river (also known as Macoris river), about three miles above the coast town of San Pedro de Macoris. He was fortunate, therefore, in meeting Mr E. Despaigne, administrator Of the Cristobal colon es tate, and in receiving from this gentleman an invitation to visit the property and to conduct the necessary excavations. Thanks are due to Mrs De Mola and Miss Narino, Of Paris, owners of the estate, to Mr Despaigne, Mr W. Gowrie, assistant administrator, and Mr W. Gow rie jr., civil engineer Of Cristobal colon, for facilities accorded in the work and for their whole-hearted hospitality. In ad dition, a large number of specimens were presented to the writer for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Founda tion, by Mr Despaigne and by various other Officials Of the estate. By reason of the cordiality of those mentioned the writer regards his sojourn on Cristobal colon as one of his most pleasant and profitable experiences in the Antilles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.