Archaeological Explorations near Madisonville, Ohio. 



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group, as shown in the followiDg sketch (fig. 20.) On the following 

 day six skeletons of children and one adult were found. With the 

 latter a vessel was discovered, which contained a shell ornament (fig. 21.) 



From August 4 to August 19, six ash pits and fourteen skeletons, 

 disposed in groups, were found, and with each group one or more chil- 

 dren. 



On August 20, another singular group (fig. 22) of skeletons was ex- 





Fig. 22. Group of Skeletons. 



huraed, at a depth of three feet. One adult lay with head south, and 

 the lower extremities were overlaid by the extremities of another adult, 

 who lay with head east. The third skeleton was a child, with its head 

 south, its lower extremities extending over the chest of the second 

 skeleton. On the chest of the first skeleton a vessel was found, and 

 another on the chest of the child, while with the second skeleton the 



