F. G. Galbraith

“ The center, 38 feet in length, was blasted away many years ago, and the stone used in the construction of a shad-fishery, by which many carvings were undoubtedly destroyed, traces of which I discovered upon fragments of rock lying scattered over the upper end of the island. The rock was evidently a continued mass of sculpturing, and hundreds of these may yet be traced with a little care. A large portion of the east end is becoming detached from the main body, and will in the course of a few years topple over, face foremost, into the river. ”

“ French informed me, however, that the rock and island were accessible in very dry seasons, so that it does not appear necessary that boats should have been brought into requisition by the natives, or if so, only in case of high water, while at work upon the rock. The outer rock can only be reached by boat. ”

“ I am unable to say whether the spring and fall floods rise sufficiently high to cover the large projecting rocks below the small island so as to change the course of the stream at that point, but do not think so, as the fall of water is about 8 feet to the mile. ”