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tlie surface, and an arrow-head of very peculiar form, which was lying 

 among the bones. 



Fig. 2. 



In November, several members of the academy visited the locality 

 for the purpose of further exploration. On this occasion three more 

 mounds were opened under the direction of Mr. A. S. Tiffany, who spent 

 the previous day in making preparatory excavations, so that considera- 

 ble search could be made in a few hours. He opened the mounds 

 marked 2, 3, and 4 on the plan. Nos. 2 and 3 were similar in all respects 

 to No. 1. 



In No. 2 nothing was found except a few bones, the remains i:>robably 

 of only two or three bodies, very much decomposed, and a few teeth, of 

 which only the crown remained. In No. 3, at the depth of six feet from 

 the surface, were found the skeletons of four adults, lying stretched out, 

 face upward, two with heads toward the east and two toward the west. 

 The four occupied a space of about four feet in width. Two children had 

 also been buried there, perhaps at a later date, but their position could 

 not be well ascertained. One of the skulls (skull No. 5) from this mound 

 was obtained in a very perfect condition, except that most of the teeth 

 are wanting. In this mound were discovered, lying immediately above 

 the skeletons, several relics of considerable interest, viz, a plate of mica, 

 about three by four inches and one-eighth of an inch thick, with several 

 notches in the edges ; a small lump of galena, surface much carbonized, 

 and the corners worn, apparently by handling; a dove-colored flint 

 arrow-head, very finely wrought, sharp, and smooth, (No. 2 ;) several 

 flakes of white flint; and a strangely-formed bone implement, charm, 

 nasal ornament, or whatever it may have been, (No. 3.) It is a frag- 

 ment of a marrow bone, four and a half inches long, and one and a 

 quarter wide at the middle, tapering nearly to a point at the ends, one 

 of which is more pointed than the other, and much curved edgewise. 

 Close to the edge, at the convex side, at the widest part of the bone, 



