872 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



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 eral mounds on the top of this mountain yielding- bones, pyrites (cubo- 

 octohedral, crystal), arrow-heads, and fragments of pottery. In contra- 

 diction, however, to the above, one grave, opened by Mr. Joseph Pan- 

 cake on his farm in the river bottom, about 2 miles above Romney, in 

 this county, contained a celt, a pipe, and some arrow-heads. 



On the front of this pipe, at the upper rim of the bowl, there was 

 carved an eagle in a neat and tasteful manner. Some years ago the 

 party from whom were procured the above specimens opened a large 

 mound in Mineral County, West Virginia, near the town of Eidgeville. 

 In external appearances, according to report, it was similar to those 

 described, but, instead of in a coffin-shaped repository, the body was 

 buried in a sitting posture. The skeleton was nearly whole at the time 

 of exhumation ; the feet rested upon the floor ; the legs against a wall, 

 above which in the seat were the thigh bones ; and against a second 

 wall leaned the bones of the back and chest. The arms seemed to have 

 been placed in a careless position at the side, with the hands open and 

 lying upon the shelf with the thigh* bones. The head rested in a re- 

 cumbent position on a third shelf. A fragment of pyrites was found 

 near by, which is supposed to have been placed in one hand. Among 

 the bones and debris there was discovered a brass button of continental 

 style. 



For the authenticity of his description the narrator referred to sev- 

 eral gentlemen residing near the locality, who were present and assisted 

 in the work, and in whose possession the bones were when last heard of. 



Other mounds and remains were found in abundance as the coun- 

 try was cleared and the land cultivated. The specimens of pyrites 

 and pottery found on the South Branch Mountain have been added to 

 the collection of archaeological remains from the district, deposited at 

 Georgetown University. 



REMAINS IN BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 



By John A. Ruth, IUegelsville, Pa. 



Durham, the most northeastern township of Bucks County, Pennsyl- 

 vania, is situated on the banks of the Delaware Biver, 9 miles south of 

 Easton, and by railroa/1 76 miles north of Philadelphia. The township 

 covers an area of about 9 square miles, and the greater part of it is 

 drained by the Durham Creek and its tributaries. The surface is hilly, 

 the soil fertile and in a high state of cultivation. To its original occu- 

 pants it presented many natural advantages, and the remains of their 

 workmanship found buried in the soil show that they saw these advan- 

 tages and made use of them. The southeastern part of the township 

 was their favorite re sort. This part of the Delaware Valley is about 

 1£ miles long, and about one-half mile in width at the widest part. It 

 is bounded on the east by the Delaware River, and on the west and 

 south by a range of bluffs extending from the village of Monroe to the 



