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tended position, irregularly disposed, and so much deca3'ed that none 

 of the bones or crania could be preserved entire ; measurements 

 were made by Dr. Metz before attempting to remove the skele- 

 tons, which were remarkable for their small size, averaging, as neaily 

 as could be ascertained, but 5 feet 2 inches in length. The first skele- 

 ton was found at the base of the mound, quite near the natural sur- 

 face; the second and third were about three feet higher on the slope, 

 and covered with about 18 inches of earth; the fourth a short distance 

 above and east of the third, the feet [)rojecting into the trench referred 

 to, and were followed out on the slope by a side trench about 18 inches 

 deep. This skeleton was lying at an angle of 45°, with its head to- 

 ward the base of the mound, and the lower limbs extended under a 

 small dead tree. On removing this tree another skeleton was dis- 

 covered and exhumed, and two small fragments of potteiy were found 

 near the cranium. Continuing the trench to the center, about three 

 feet from the top of the mound, and imbedded in the grayish, mortar- 

 like earth above referred to, a detached cranium was found. All the 

 skeletons were undoubtedly intrusive burials, and appear to have been 

 thrown upon the original mound irregularlx', and covered with from 

 12 to 18 inches of earth taken from the immediate vicinit}'. Quite a 

 number of fragments of burned limestone and broken boulders were 

 scattered through the mound, and a few flint chips occasionally found. 



Fig. 2. Section of Mound No. 6, Group A. 



On Nov. 28, another mound (No. 6, Group A), was opened, and the 

 following account is quoted from the American Naturalist^ for May, 

 1879, p. 328 : "The mound, which was opened under the direction of 

 Dr. Charles L. Metz, of Madisonville, was composed of a light, sand3- 

 loam, like the surrounding soil, but had received an additional layer 

 of yellow clay, ranging from six to twelve inches in thickness. Its 

 measurements are approximately as follows: Circumference, 200 feet; 

 height, 7 feet. It is situated on the ' second bottom,' or plateau, of the 

 Little Miami River, about 150 feet above' the water-line, and distant 

 about one third of a mils from the river. A trench, four feet in width, 

 and as deep apparently as the original surface, was carried to its center 

 from opposite sides, but without at first finding anything to indicate 



