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ANTHROPOLOGY. 



unctuous appearance. Tlie skeletons of four Indians were found 2 feet 

 below the top of the mound (Fig. 3). 



^^rrrn?iTfTTTT>>. ^ u tue v i cm ity, blocks of limestone or sand- 



^xfltfljllJnJ^ stone furnished the material for the sculptured 



| ^ttli , ; ' ,*&m&Sto*: ' xi lUllW slabs found in the mound. 

 \ tt \& \ ■ a About one-half of the mounds with which I 



i am acquainted have been explored. I m \ sel 1 

 I have found in thirty mounds two entire skele- 

 | tons, five more or less decayed, fragments of 

 1 bones, a part of a broken pot, spear-heads, 

 lead ore, and shells. 



In seven mounds I found all the bodies 



buried with the knees drawn up to the chin, 



and laid on their right side, with the head to 



the west and face to the south, excepting 



one that had the face directed to the north. 



Fig. 3. The bodies were two feet below the surface. 



In two cases the lower jaws were lying near the feet, while another had 



the bones of his feet between his teeth. 



Shell-heaps near the banks of the Mississippi and the Eock Eiver are 



teitsissippi Rttf^j. 



"Wa&on. Road 



in i uinm'.nwrTiTTTi-rt 



W-UU-tt 



Rail Hoa.(L. 



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MOUNDS 



on 



Hon. John Deere 



P| 1 railo E. of Moline 



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Fig. 4. 



very plentiful, and extend for miles without interruption. They are coin- 

 monly located in the neighborhood of mounds. They are composed of 

 recent shells and contain few implements. 



