I remember Hansell telling me of his Indian relics at my
father's office. I went to see him on a Sunday, and he showed
me, in the wood-shed, a tobacco-box half full of relics, among
them the large piece of the Lenape Stone. At the time I never
realized what it was. It was covered with dirt, as were all the
relics. There must have been about two hundred arrow-heads,
broken and perfect, besides a broken axe and fragments of a
banner stone, and one or two large spears and so-called "gigs."
The stone struck me as an extraordinary Indian relic. Buying
the relics, I brought them home that Sunday afternoon, and at
once showed them to my father. He saw the elephant. Whether I
had noticed it before I cannot remember. Mr. John S. Ash saw
this first piece--the large piece--before Capt. Bailey saw it. I
showed it to any and everybody that came to my father's office,
but can only be sure now of Mr. Ash. Capt. Bailey saw it and
borrowed it while preparing his article. I had it at the Bucks
County Bi-Centennial Exhibition, August 31, September 1 and 2,
1882. I did not particularly value the stone until I read Capt.
Bailey's article. I cleaned out the soil which clung to the
stone with a toothbrush, and may also have used a stick--but I
think not a nail.
[Signed] HENRY D. PAXON.
Sworn to before
ELIAS EASTBURN, J. P., Nov. 8, 1884.