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PAPEKS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



the north side, about oue-tbird the distance up the mound is a large 

 maple 2^ feet iu diameter. On the east side are large beech, maple, aud 

 iron-wood trees. At the edge of the mound and ou the south side is a 

 stump of a large majile, very much decayed. There are five distinct 

 strata (see vertical section) : No. 2 is 5 feet thick and of compact clay ; 

 No. 3 is 11 feet thick aud is composed of ashes and clay ; No. 4 is 8 

 inches, and consists of ashes and coal ; No. 5 is 2i feet thick, and. made 

 of burnt clay ; No. 6 is 2| feet deep, aud composed of clay aud burnt 

 stones. Between the strata Nos. 4 and 5 were three hearths made of 

 sand and limestone, one in the center, one iu the northeast, and the 

 third in the northwest part of the mound. (See foregoing sketch. A.) 



In June, 1879, in company with Mr. T. L. Dickerson and Thomas Glid- 

 well, the writer sunk a shaft 12 feet deep into the center, and in the 



course of the work removed one skeleton 

 with several fragments of pottery and 

 one fine copper bracelet (Fig. 1). The 

 copper had been pounded into a thin 

 sheet and then rolled. A similar one, 

 but smaller, was found some time after- 

 wards by Mrs. A. Crist iu the same 

 mouud, and is now in Mr. A. W. Butler's 

 collection (Fig. 2). The above-men- 

 tioned skeleton was 6 feet 3 inches be- 

 low the slabs or rock covering (base 

 section, center figure, head to the east.) 

 In July, 18S(», the writer visited the 

 mound in company with Mr. C. W. 



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Fig. 3.— liuUv^ a^, 1 f.v.u. G LJ a ^U. Mound. Fig. 4. — Arro-w point from Glidwell Mound. 



Euse, aud commenced a trench 5 feet wide in the southeast side, about 

 5 feet from the base (base section, dotted line), and treuched to the 

 center. "When within 3 feet of center shaft we came upon and re- 



