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been laid with so much regularity that it was impossible not to remark 

 its intentional shape. It seems evident that mosaics of many definite 

 shapes were built at the base of these mounds, although hitherto these 

 have been generally overlooked by archaeologists. 

 Other skeletons found in this section were : — 



No. 245. This lay beside No. 246, the heads of both being toward 

 the west. A flint knife lay under its head, many beads around the 

 neck, and a few on the wrist. A beautiful bone awl and some polished 

 bone piercers lay beneath the hand. With No. 246 were two spool- 

 shaped copper ornaments and many beads. Both skeletons lay in soft 

 earth, on the base line. 



No. 247 (Cat. No. 40167) lay with the head toward the west. With 

 it were found a copper spool, cut and polished bear's teeth, many large 

 beads, peculiar bark, and some other objects of interest. 



No. 248 (Cat. No. 4015 1) lay with the head southeast. Another 

 skeleton, with the head in the same direction, lay to the west of it. 

 The skeleton, which was badly decayed, was 5 feet, 11 inches long. 

 Associated with it were some very remarkable objects. At the right 

 shoulder lay a large platform pipe and a beautiful agate spear-head. 

 A copper plate lay on the breast, and another on the abdomen, while 

 a third lay under the hips. These plates, when lifted, were found to 

 have preserved not only cloth and sinews, but portions of the muscles 

 of the individual. Cut, sawed and split bears' teeth covered the chest 

 and abdomen, and several spool-shaped ornaments and buttons of 

 copper were found among the ribs. The body had apparently been 

 dressed in a cloth garment, extending from the neck to the knees, upon 

 which had been sewn several thousand beads, some of pearl and others 

 of shell. Upon the skirt of the garment had been sewn some of the 

 largest and most beautiful pearl beads found in any of the mounds, 

 together with bears' teeth, etc. 



The head had been decorated with a remarkable head-dress of 

 wood and copper (Plates XLIX and L, and Fig. 11). The mass of 

 copper in the centre was originally in the form of a semi-circle reaching 

 from the lower jaw to the crown of the head. It had been crushed flat 

 by the weight of the earth, but part of the original contour was still 

 apparent. The antler-shaped ornaments were made of wood encased 

 in sheets of copper, one-sixteenth of an inch thick. They originally had 

 four prongs of nearly equal length. Willoughby says with reference to 

 this object : — 



"The carved head-plate had been flattened and broken, and the 



