Mounds Nos. 19, 20, 21, 2 95 



the base of the right humerus. The head of the skeleton was toward 

 the north. The bones were much decayed and could not be saved." 



Large bear's teeth, plated with copper, were found on either side of 

 the lower jaw of skeleton No. 177. 



Excavation of Mound No. 21. — This mound was examined on 

 September 17. It was small, and had been previously opened. Nothing 

 was found. 



Excavation of Mound No. 2. — According to Squier and Davis, 

 this mound was about 80 feet in diameter and 6 to 7 feet high. Its 

 diameter had been greatly increased by ploughing; and, at the time of 

 our exploration, I should say, it was about 100 feet wide and 4 feet high. 

 Mr. Poole, the oldest resident in the vicinity, informed me that he was 

 there when Squier and Davis opened it in 1845-46, and that they took 

 out about two bushels of disks. In their account (p. 158) they estimate 

 that there were about four thousand of the disks deposited. They 

 removed six hundred. The survey worked from September 17 to 21, 

 removing these disks. In Plate XLII they are shown stacked by 

 headquarters' tent. In Plate XLIII a large, shouldered spear and 

 several disks are shown. This shouldered spear-head, which was given 

 to Mr. Hopewell, was the only specialized implement in the entire 

 mound. 



Dr. Thomas Wilson of the Smithsonian Institution visited the Hope- 

 well Group in October, 1891, and January, 1892. At that time I had 

 written out a description of the finding of the disks. Dr. Holmes, as 

 stated above in this report, loaned to me Dr. Wilson's notes, which 

 were compiled by him immediately on his return to Washington, but 

 were never published. The following description is taken from Dr. 

 Wilson's report: — 



The present or modern height was scarcely two feet above the sur- 

 rounding level. 1 The ground surrounding it was in Indian corn which 

 had to be purchased and cleared off before operations could be com- 

 menced. This being done, the teams, ploughs, and scrapers were 

 turned in on Thursday morning. Before noon, they had scraped away 

 all the surplus earth, and began to find flint disks. The description of 

 Squier and Davis, and what they had found, was soon verified, together 

 with their prophecy as to what would be found. Flint disks were found 

 as they had said; the teams were stopped, and the digging began by 

 hand, when the disks were thrown out on the ground around the mound 

 They were found piled, a half dozen, more or less, in each pile or handful 



! He means it was 2 feet high, after our exploration was completed. 



