ABOKIGINAL BURIAL MOUNDS. 



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MTnoii^' tlx' ;isli«'s and otlicr stones of <li<' size of a list in i^rcjit abun- 

 (laiK'o. 



A foot or two of earth was spread over all this cliarcoal and ash 

 layer. The soil oftlie, stnictiire was even, liuht, ami easily woiked. 

 The liard unin()leste<l ehiy was 4 feet or so below the top, as tlie 

 mound existed after the field had been under modern <'ultivation. A 

 slisi'ht excavation was made in this hard soil to receive the remains. 



I'lc. :i.— Excavations of lar<i(?stIiiioiin(l. (Sec iiiaji.) 

 Atiout (!0 feet in (liaiiietcr, 4i in heiglil. 



Tlie heads were laid to tlie northeast and the bodies Mat and strai.yht 

 on their l)aeks, at least so w ith the largest and what may be calle<l the 

 principal skeleton. Tliis l)()dy lay furthest to the nortlnvest and a 

 few .stei)s from the center. ISTothin^ whatever of a durable nature in- 

 <'losed the remains. A few ])ieces of charcoal were fouiul under tlu' 

 bones of the princi]>al corpse. These, an elegant pi])e (Fig. 4), and a 

 few canine Jaw fragments ami fragments of the Jaws of some small 

 carnivor(»us animal, were the only (»biects found with the skeleton. A 

 l)one tnrkey call. .» inches long, and aitilicially gnxtved on both sides 

 at the end, was found on the ground about on<' of the skeletons. The 

 jaw fragments Avere laying beside the right shoulder; the l>ii)e was on 

 the same side next to tlu^ necdc vertebra'. The condition of the bones 

 of the i»iincii)al individual gave no exidence of violence Inning been 

 inllicted ui)on his body. 



At the tim(M>fthe cxcaNat ions, Ihe charcoal laNcr was met from a 

 foot or two feet beneath the suilace. The iragnu'iits of animal bones 



