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etou. It had been buried with the head toward the east; had evidently 

 been placed upon its right side, the face toward the north. The thigh 

 bones were to some extent flexed upon the body, and the arms had been 

 placed in front of the body and were somewhat extended. The cranium, 

 teeth, tarsal, and metatarsal, carpal and metacarpal bones were in a 

 fair state of preservation. No relics were found with this individual. 

 Further exploration led to the discovery of five other skeletons during 

 the day. These were found with their heads towards the east. Beads 

 were found, and from their position it is evident they had been worn 

 around the neck. During the day a skeleton was discovered near the 

 apex of the angle formed by the south and west trenches. 



On the second day the first skeleton observed was that of a child, 

 evidently less than two years old. It had not passed the period of first 

 dentition. The cranium was broken down and decayed to such an ex- 

 tent as to render any measurement of it utterly impossible. Of the long 

 bones, the following linear measurements were taken at the time: Fe- 

 mur, 8.12 inches; tibias, (J.62 inches; humerus, 6 inches; radius, 4.55 

 inches. The others were in a very bad state of preservation and accu- 

 rate measurement was impossible. Another skeleton, that of a large 

 sized individual, presented some interesting peculiarities. The skull of 

 this skeleton was the first part met with in the process of unearthing. 

 The bones of the cranium were in a fair state of preservation, as were 

 those comprising the vertebral column and those of the upper extremity. 

 The pelvic bones, also, were almost entire ; but on searching for the 

 bone of the thigh I was somewhat surprised when, after a careful search, 

 only a small portion of the right femur was discovered. The remaining 

 bones of both the lower limbs were eutnely missing. That portion of 

 the right femur exhumed presented all the characteristic signs of dis- 

 eased bone, and the individual to whom it belonged had evidently been 

 the subject of necrosis. It is not unfair, neither is it unreasonable, to 

 assert that this disease prevailed among the mound builders as well as 

 among races of mankind at the present day. But what was most per- 

 plexing was the absence of the other bones belonging to the lower ex- 

 tremities. 



Of the remaining fifteen skeletons that were removed from the mound 

 during the three days of my exploration, there was not one that pre- 

 sented this peculiarity. In all of them the bones of the lower extremi- 

 ties, or at least some portions, were found. Six skeletons were taken 

 from the mound during the second day. Among this number were 

 several in which some of the bones were in a good state of preserva- 

 tion. One of these gave the following measurements : Cranium, ver- 

 tical height inside, 4.90 inches; occipitofrontal arch, 13.50 inches; pari- 

 etal diameter, 6 inches; horizontal circumference, 20 inches; length, 7 

 inches; length of femur, 18.50 inches; length of tibias, 15 inches; tibial 

 circumference in middle, 3.75 inches; tibias, least circumference, 3.25 

 inches; humerus, 12.85 inches; radius, 10.12 inches; clavicle, 6.25 inches. 



