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tons ("doublecl-up'') this mound resembles those described above. 

 The bones were generally soft from decay. The small shells were 

 found in bunches under two skulls; they are of the same kind (Mar- 

 ginella roscida, Redfield) as those from Mound No. 1, and their ends 

 were ground off in the same way. No bones were found below the 

 surface level, and there was no evidence of excavations having been 

 made below this point. No stone in plements of any kind were 

 found in the mound. One-half this mound was examined. 



In Robeson and Cumberland counties several mounds have be- n 

 examined; and for information concerning these, lam indebted to 

 Mr. Hamilton McMillan, of Dora, Robeson county. Five mounds 

 are reported as having been examined in Robeson county, averaging 

 60 feet in circumference, and 2 feet high, all located on elevat. d, 

 dry ridges, near swamps or water-courses ; and all contained bones 

 of human skeletons. One of these mounds, located about two miles 

 east of Red Springs, examined by Mr. McMillan, in 1882, contained 

 about 50 skeletons. Many of these bones near the surface of the 

 mound, in Mr. McMillan's opinion, had been partly burned— those 

 nearer the bottom were in a better state of preservation. There was an 

 "entire absence of skulls and teeth" from this mound — a somewhat 

 remarkable fact. A broken stone "celt" was found among the re- 

 mains ; bu' with this one unimportant exception, no mention has 

 been made of implements having be#n found. 



In addition to the above, Mr. D. Sinclair, of Plain View, Robeson 

 county, has informed me that he has seen four mounds in the south- 

 ern portion of this county — two near Brooklyn P. O., and two be- 

 tween Leesville and Fair Bluff, about five miles from the latter 

 ^ lace. 



In Cumberland county, two mounds are reported by Mr. McMil- 

 lan as having been examined. One of these loccated about ten miles 

 south of Fayette ville, was found to contain the crumbled bones of 

 a single person, lying in an east and west direction. There vvas also 

 found in this mound a fragment rock rich in silver ore. The other 

 mound, located ten miles southwest from Fayetteville, near Rock- 

 fish Creek, was examined by Mr. McMillan in 1860, and found to 

 contain a "large number of skeletons," — "bones were well preserved 

 and, without exception, those of adults. ' The mound was located 

 on a high sandy ridge, its base about 20 feet in diameter; height 2A^ 



feet. 



In Wake county one mound has been reported as being located 

 on the northeast and several on the southwest side of the Neuse 

 River, about seven miles east from Raleigh ; and from the foi-mer it 



