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INDIAN MOUNDS IN GENESEE COUNTY. 



The mound which is the subject of this paper, is in the town 

 of Argentine, on tlie farm of L. C. Fletcher. It is a low mound 

 twenty feet across, on the edge of a hill which overlooks a. marsh. 

 The descent to the marsh is gradual. The soil of the ridge is a 

 coarse gravel resting on a substratum of clay and gravel, much 

 harder than the superstratum. 



The bottom of the mound rests on this stratum of clay and 

 gravel, three feet below the surrounding level. The earth was 

 piled above this level to form the mound, which had worn down 

 to about three when discovered. 



An oak tree, about one foot in diameter, had been growing 

 on the center of the mound, but is now entirely gone. The 

 mound was first opened in the center, when an entire cranium 

 was found with its under jaw. This skull had double teeth in 

 full set, and when closed on the under jaw left a space as if worn 

 out by a pipe-stem. These bones were very much decayed, easily 

 broken, and were the color of the soil. 



Subsequently an examination of the mound was made, 

 which resulted in the discovery of the remaining bones of the 

 skeleton, a small urn, splinters of bone, some pieces of flint, in- 

 cluding one perfect arrow-head, and three more craniums. The 

 urn, flints, etc., were found under the first opening, evidently 

 belonging to the first skull dug up. There seemed to have been 

 but one entire body deposited, as the bones to the last three 

 craniums were missing. 



