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male (No. ,405) and three immature skeletons was found, all in hori- 

 zontal positions, with heads east; a vessel la}^ at the top of the head of 

 the adult skeleton. 



No. 409 was an adult male; position horizontal, head southeast, length 

 5 feet 7 inches, depth 24 inches. About two feet distant No. 410 was 

 found, also an adult male, 5 feet 8 inches in length, position horizontal, 

 with head south. A vessel was found at the left of the cranium. 



Thursda}^ February 26th, skeleton No. 411, immature, probably 12 

 years of age, was exhumed; position horizontal, head east, with vessel 

 at top of the head. 



Skeleton No. 412 was an adult male, 5 feet 7 inches in length, in 

 horizontal position, head northeast, depth 25 inches. 



On Frida3^ February 27th, a group of four skeletons (Nos. 413-16) 

 was found, the remains of three adults and one infant, deposited in an 

 irregular heap, depth 27 inches. A small, perfect vessel was found 

 with the group. 



Monday, March 1st, two adult male skeletons were uncovered. No. 

 417 lay in horizontal position, head northwest, length 5 feet 6 inches, 

 depth 20 inches. No. 418 in same position, with head directed west, 

 length 5 feet 2 inches, depth 18 inches. 



March 2d, two skeletons were found in the kitchen-midden. No. 419 

 was an adult male, in horizontal position, head east, length 5 feet 4 

 inches, depth 12 inches. About six feet west of these remains, the 

 skeleton of a child (No. 420), with head directed south, was found at a 

 depth of 21 inches. 



Skeleton No. 421 was found on Friday, March 5th, about seven feet 

 north of the kitchen -midden. This was an adult female, 4 feet 5 

 inches in length; position horizontal, head east, dqpth 20 inches. A 

 broken vessel at the right side. 



Near the lower extremities, between this skeleton and the edge of 

 the kitchen-midden, four ash pits were found, from which a number of 

 fine relics were taken, and among other things,' a quantity of charred 

 corn-cobs. 



On Monda}^, March 8th, five skeletons were exhumed (Nos. 422-26) 

 one adult and four children, all in horizontal position, and about 20 

 inches deep. 



Two children, probable age six 3'ears, la}' with their heads to the west; 

 immediately west of these remains was an adult male with head south, 

 and two feet further west were two other children, with heads south. 



From this date until April 1st, the work of excavation was continued 

 in the kitchen midden, and havino- reached the head of the ravine, on 



