744 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



the northwest corner, near the north section line of the northwest 

 quarter section, on the third terrace formation of the river. It is situ- 

 ated north of a small stream that runs through Mr. James Logan's farm. 

 Mr. James Rucker, in company with Mr. Logan, some years ago, excavated 

 them, but in doing so only found a few fragments of decayed bones. 

 Mr. Logan also states that the field in which these graves are located 

 was formerly covered with arrow-points, but the process of plowing, 

 rolling, and harrowing has broken them into fragments ; yet a great 

 many are still picked up by the children from time to time. 



Number 55 is also a stone grave iu Sec, 16, T. 10 N., R. 2 W., about 

 midway between the north section line and the south quarter- section line, 

 and iu the northeast quarter section. It stands about 4 rods from the 

 east section line, on the brow of a very high hill that is covered by heavy 

 timber. In digging into this grave a few fragments of bone were found, 

 a portion of the humerus, ulna, radius, and femur, the outer plates of 

 the cranium, which was as thin as paper, the inner being entirely de- 

 cayed. 



Number 04 is a cemetery in part Sec. 29, T. 11 N., R. 2 W., on the 

 highest terrace formation, and on a prominent ridge that projects out 

 to Bond's Creek, on the west side, on Mr. Jackson Leeche's farm. 

 Five years ago, in the neighborhood in which this cemetery is located, the 

 road supervisor, in his t>earch for gravel, by chance stumbled upon the 

 point of this ridge, which he commenced to remove. After digging and 

 caving down the ridge about 8 feet from the i)oint of commencement, 

 the workmen came ui)on and removed four skeletons with a few stone- 

 axes, one of which, 8 pounds in weight, is in the author's cabinet, and one 

 of about the same weight is in the cabitiet of the Natural Historical So- 

 ciety of Cincinnati. At that time also a few celts were found with these 

 skeletons. A great portion of the skeletons c^pmbled to pieces upon 

 exposure to the air. One cranium w^as nicely put together by Mr. Stan- 

 ton, who has it yet in his cabinet. The depth of the interment was 7 

 feet. 



Number 65 is a cemetery in Sec. 4, T. 9 N., R. 2 W., in the southwest 

 corner of the southeast quarter section, on a ridge that projects out 

 to a small stream which empties into the river. It is situated on 

 the east side of the river, on the second terrace, a little southeast of 

 the river bridge, on Mrs. K. Templeton's farm. Over it has grown a 

 small forest, which obscured the fact that it was a resting-place of the 

 dead. There are only four places within a range of 11 miles — these 

 two cemeteries and the stone graves — where the dead were buried in 

 this manner. 



Number 56 is an open-air workshop in Sec. 3, T. 9 N., R. 2 W., in the 

 southeast corner of the southwest quarter section, on the second terrace 

 formation of the river, iu a field on the north side, through which runs 

 a small stream fed by numerous fine springs. This workshop is but a 

 short distance southwest of the grouj) of stone graves. 



