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with the heads to the east, lu almost all cases, the limbs were 

 flexed. Two skeletons I found had evidently been buried in a sitting 

 position. In these the lower limbs had been flexed so that the knees 

 were drawn up nearly as high as and in front of the chin. The bodies had 

 been placed on a layer of soil ; above this was a layer of sand, and above 

 the sand a layer of ashes. Very few pieces of charcoal were observed, 

 and it is fair to suppose from this that cremation had not been practiced 

 here. Aside from this there were no bones found that showed any evi- 

 dence of the action of the fire. In the northern half of the mound I 

 discovered what had formerly been posts or timbers placed on end. 

 These were very much decayed ; upon close examination they proved 

 to be of black walnut, Juglans nigra^ which is common in this locality. 

 They did not occupy a perpendicular ix)sition, but had been placed 

 about 12 feet apart at an angle of perhaps 60 degrees to the north. I 

 examined carefully around these for anything that might have been 

 placed there, but nothing was found. I very much regret that inclem- 

 ent weather and other unavoidable circumstances prevented auy further 

 investigation of the mound at that time. At some time in the near 

 future I hope to resume the work of a more thorough and minute ex- 

 amination of the mound and its contents. 



