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elbows, the hands resting a little more than a foot from the head on 

 each side. Around each wrist was a bracelet, composed of copper 

 and shell beads, alternating. Tiie copper beads presented the ap- 

 pearance of having been hammered into thin sheets and rolled 

 around the string, a part of which had been preserved by the oxi- 

 dation of the copper. The copper beads were from one to two 

 inches in length, and showed no appearance of having been cut, re 

 sembling the lead sinkers used by a small boy on his tishing tackle. 



In close proximity to the bones of the right hand, which I think 

 had grasped the handle, was an iron implement about five inches in 

 length, and three-eighths to one-half inch in diameter, not sharp 

 pointed, but smaller at the end away from the handle. The handle 

 had been a piece of elk or deer horn, part of which had been pre- 

 served by the oxidation or rusting of the iron. 



The left hand was resting on the convex surface of a sea shell, five 

 inches in diameter, which contained in the concave surface about 

 one hundred small beads of various sizes. The shell was beauti- 

 fully carved with hieroglyphics. 



Under the breast was a gorget shaped implement composed of 

 some substance resembling horn, about two and one-half inches in 

 diameter, perforated with holes, which I suppose had been used as 

 some kind of an ornament. 



Near his head, on each side, were crescent shaped copper pieces, 

 one and three-quarter inches at their greatest diameter, which were 

 probably used as ear ornaments. 



Resting on the skull were three, and near the bones of the body 

 were two, funnel shaped copper ornaments or arrow points with 

 trimmed edges, and showing superior workmanship to anything else 

 found in the mound, except the carvings of the sea shells. Two of 

 them had locks of the old warrior's hair fastened securely by the 

 oxidation of the copper. 



On each side of this ''Chief," lying parallel with his body, were 

 two skeletons, with heads resting in the concave surface of large sea 

 shells marked with hieroglyphics, the heads lying on the side, the faces 

 toward the " Chief " and near the extended hands of the " Chief." 



Around and over the "Chief" were the bones of a number of 

 skeletons. Seven skulls could be traced distinctly, and it is proba- 

 ble there were many others, but the bones had been disturbed, prob- 

 ably by the plow, as the ground has been in cultivation for a long 

 while, and the others could not be traced if there were any. 



Over and around these skeletons, but in close proximity, were 

 thirty-two finely polished celts, thirty-two rubbing stones, eleven 



