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small stone hearth was discoveretl, made of small round stones, princi- 

 pally sandstone. August 29, 1881, Mr. A. W. Butler and Rev. D. R. 

 Moore commenced near the center and trenched to the west side, follow- 

 ing the old trench made by the writer and Mr. J. E. Snider. lu doing 

 so they removed three skeletons or parts, one lying with the head to the 

 north, one northwest, and one northeast. (See base section.) 



September 5, 1881, with the aid of Mr. A. W. Butler, digging was 

 commenced again at the place where Mr. Butler and Moore left off, 



Fig. 10.— Slate "gorget" from Glidwell Mound. 



and continued to the north and east; two skeletons were removed 

 one with the head to the northeast, one with the head to the east, and 

 one overlapping across the middle the one whose head pointed to the 

 east. A tine gorget (Fig. 10), about one-fourth of a large celt, some 

 fragments of pottery, and animal bones were found. 



September 12, 1881, the same party again visited this mound and 

 continued investigations. Two skeletons were removed, one with the 

 head to the north, one with the head to the east. (See base section.) A 

 stone hearth was found in the northwest part of the mound. This hearth 

 was made of small bowlders. A little north of the covering of the infant 

 was removed a skeleton of an adult, protected similarly to that of the 

 infant, the head pointing to the south. Tlie skeletons removed by Mr. 

 Butler and the writer were from 5i to G feet below the rock covering. 

 The fragments of pottery removed from this mound bore, no ornamental 

 etchings or moldings upon them. They were unglazed, both externally 

 and internally, and were made of line quartz sand or pulverized quartz, 

 pulverized shell, and fine, compact clay. The bone bodkin is evidently 

 made from the bone of the deer. Tlie only parts of the above-named 



