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Skeleton No. 480 was a veiy small child, lying parallel with the head 

 of the preceding- skeleton. No. 481, a child, about two years of age, 

 lying parallel with the femur of the adult female. An inverted broken 

 vessel was found with these remains. 



Skeleton No. 482 was also an adult female, 4 feet 6 inches in length, 

 in horizontal position, head south, depth 14 inches: a broken vessel at 

 the right of the head. Lying along the inside of the right leg of this 

 skeleton was the remains of an infant, not exceeding one year old. 



May 26th, skeleton No. 484 was^ an adult male, 5 feet 6 inches in 

 length, in horizontal position, head south, depth 25 inches; a vessel at 

 the left side of the head. Skeleton No. 485, an adult female, in hori- 

 zontal position, head east, depth 21 inches, and overlying the lower ex- 

 tremities of the preceding skeleton. 



No. 486 was also an adult female, in horizontal position, head south, 

 depth 19 inches. 



May 28th, the skeleton of a child (No. 487) was exhumed; position 

 horizontal, head south, depth 19 inches. A broken vessel at the left 

 of the cranium. 



Monday, May 31st, three skeletons exhumed. No. 488 was an adult 

 female, 5 feet 5 inches in length, in horizontal position, head south, 

 depth 25 inches; vessel at the right of the cranium. Lying along the 

 right arm, the remains of a child, about two years of age, were found. 

 Skeleton No. 490 was an adult male, 5 feet 4 inches in length, in hori- 

 zontal position, head east, lying with the hips over the lower extremi- 

 ties of No. 488; the left hand was placed over the pelvis, while the 

 other arm was parallel with the trunk. A perfect vessel was found at 

 the right of the head, and fragments of another were at the left side. 



Skeleton No. 491 was discovered on Tuesday, June 1st, an adult 

 female, 4 feet 11 inches in length; position horizontal, head east, depth 

 21 inches. Vessel at the right, of the head. No. 492 was a child, 

 probabl}^ 4 years of age, lying parallel with the above, at a depth of 19 

 inches. 



June 2d, No. 493, a small child; bones so much deca^^ed that neither 

 length nor position could be satisfactorily determined. A vessel and 

 three deerhorn arrow-flakers were found with these remains. 



June 4th, three skeletons exhumed. No. 494 was an adult female, 4 

 feet 7 inches in length, in horizontal position, head north, depth 12 

 inches. With these remains was found two bone beads at the neck, 

 and along the spinal column, extending to the lower extremities, and 

 on the chest, a large number of copper beads; sixty-seven were picked 

 up at first, and on further search about the skeleton and in the earth 



