Mound No. 25 in 



"Above and below the perforations is a crescent-shaped mark 

 caused by the contact of some substance other than mica. To the 

 inner edge of one of the perforations a cord of sinew still adheres, and 

 near the corresponding edge of the other hole the marks of a similar 

 cord appear. This cord of sinew may have attached the plate to the 

 person, or may have served to fasten the small ornaments to the copper 

 plate. Upon the reverse side of this plate pieces of leather adhere, and 

 the impressions of cloth are to be seen in the copper salts. This speci- 

 men shows very clearly the laminations caused by hammering." 



Other burials were : 



No. 269 (Cat. No. 40179). Head west. Shell, copper plate, and 

 beads near head. 



No. 270. Head west. Around the skull a copper axe, two hundred 

 beads, cut mica ornaments, bear's teeth with pearls inserted in them, 

 decayed bark, and a copper plate. 



No. 271. Head west. A few beads and a piece of mica. 



Partially cremated. No objects. 

 No objects. 

 Two copper ear-bobs and a stone celt. 

 No finds, but pieces of coal, sheets of mica, 

 and a small pipe were found in an ash pit near it. 



No. 277. Head north. Copper plate under head. 



No. 278. Head east. The remarkable incised portion of a human 

 femur, shown in Plate LXXXII, No. 1, was taken from beside the head 

 of this skeleton. A pair of shell ear-pendants was found near the neck. 

 It is interesting to note that a similar ornament is represented in the 

 lobe of the ear of the carved human figure illustrated in Fig. 68. A 

 number of small pearl beads, two copper ear-ornaments of the usual 

 form, several perforated bear's teeth, two of which were inlaid with 

 pearls, and the large, finely executed imitation bear's tooth of antler 

 (Fig. 58, on p. 159) were also obtained with this skeleton. There was 

 also a remarkable human effigy of cannel coal. 



Five additional skeletons were found in the banks of Section 3 on 

 the base line. The banks had to be considerably undermined to get 

 them out ; and for this reason one of these burials is shown in the edge 

 of Section 6, three in the edge of Section 5, and one in the north end of 

 Section 3. No. 279 lay with the head west. Three sheets of mica were 

 under the skull, three lumps of galena on the shoulders, and a small 

 pyrula shell near the hips. No. 280 lay with the head south. The 

 skeleton had almost disappeared, but was evidently that of an adult. 

 A number of beads were around the neck. No. 281 lay on the edge of 



