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Maize was found in quantities. 1 The account published in the 

 Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History is worth 

 quoting : "On Tuesday, August 26, one of the most interest- 

 ing discoveries in this cemetery was made. In excavating an 

 ash-pit a large deposit of several bushels of carbonized maize 

 was found." Leaf mold, gravel and clay covered the hole to 

 the depth of thirty-nine inches, and contained animal remains, 

 implements of flint, stone and bone, and an unfinished pipe. 



A. 



B. 



The second clearly defined stratum, in pit B, contained 

 deer, elk, raccoon, opossum, mink, woodchuck, beaver and 

 turkey bones, shells of Unio mixed with ashes, and potsherds, 

 to the depth of ten inches. The third layer was made up of 

 coarse matting, twigs, corn-stalks and bark, completely car- 

 bonized. The fourth contained shelled corn, probably three 

 or four bushels, and immediately below ear corn, completely 

 carbonized. The maize was turned over to Dr. Wittmack for 

 study. He describes 2 the ears as eight-rowed (in four double 

 rows). 



1 Verhandl. Gesellsch. Anthr. Ethn. Urg., 1881, 226; Wittmack, Zeitschrift fiir Eth- 

 nologie, xn,iiS8o, 851; Journal Scientific Society, Madisonville, Ohio : Cincinnati Society 

 Nat. Hist.. 111,66. 



J Wittmack, Verhandl. Gesellsch. Anthr. Ethn. Urg., 1SS1, 226. Monatschrift f. Gar- 

 tenbaues, 1879, "541. 



