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Another pipe was found on the surface to-day. (See fig. 37.) 

 Ma}' 12th to 14th, several ash pits were opened, which differed from 

 any heretofore explored, each having a circular excavation in the bot- 

 tom about 10 inches in diameter and from 6 to 9 inches in depth. 

 These depressions were directly in the center of each pit, and were 

 filled with a pure white ashes, and were covered with a layer of burnt 

 limestone or boulders. It is also remarked that these pits contained a 



Fig. 37. Limestone Pipe. 



greater number of implements and relics than others recently opened. 



Skeleton No. 456 was exhamed on the 14th, an adult female, in 

 horizontal position, head northwest, depth 16 inches. 



Rev. Stephen Bowers, of Kansas, a well-known archaeologist, and 

 Dr. H. H. Hill visited the grounds, and spent the da}^ in excavating 

 and examining the relics exhumed. Mr. Bowers' opinion that there 

 are many indications of a high antiquity for these remains, and that 

 the ash pits maj^ have been temporary burial places, is entitled to great 

 weight, and coincides with the writer's views as expressed on a previous 

 page. 



May 15th, skeleton No. 457, an adult female, 5 feet 3 inches in length, 

 was exhumed; position horizontal, head east, depth 22 inches. Skeleton 

 No. 458 was also an adult female, in same position, head south, length 

 4 feet 10 inches, depth 24 inches. A small vessel was taken from near 

 the top of the cranium. 



Parallel with this skeleton, and one foot ten inches west, lay 

 skeleton No. 459, an adult male, length 5 feet 8 inches, depth 14 inches. 

 At the left side of the head was found the fragments of a very large 

 vessel. 



