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vessel had been placed at the top of the head. A finely-polished stone 

 implement was also found with the group. Three feet east of the 

 second skeleton in the above group, at a depth of twenty-one inches, 

 the skeleton of a very large adult, evidently female, measuring six 

 feet in length, was found. The head was directed south, and a large 

 vessel was deposited at the feet. 



On Thursday and Friday, a group of six skeletons was found. Five 

 were adults, and one a child about six years of age. All of these skel- 

 etons were in horizontal positions, heads directed east and with each 



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Fig. 23. Diagram of Double Corn Pit- 



was a vessel placed at the left of the cranium. Beneath the head 

 of the last one was found a polished flint celt and a stone implement. 



On Tuesda3', August 26th, one of the most interesting discoveries in 

 this cemetery was made. In excavating an ash pit, a large deposit of 

 several bushels of carbonized maize was found. Newspaper accounts of 

 this remarkable discovery were published at the time, which were more 

 or less erroneous. A correct diagram of the pit is here given, with a 

 brief description of its contents. 



Layer No. 1 consists of about two feet of rich black earth and leaf 



