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])eculiar, imperfect skull, apparently that of a dog, was found, facing- the 

 southwest. [Near tins skull, and 7 inches below, were found quite closely 

 a.ssociated five bundles of leg and arm bones similar to those found in 

 other mounds of this series already described. In three cases a skull 

 (crushed) had been placed on the west end of the bundles of bones, 

 and in one instance a skull had been placed between two of these bun- 

 dles. TJiuleri^eath the west end of the north bundle was one-half of a 

 lower jaw still retaining the teeth. The skull between the bundles had 

 been placed on its right side, with mouth wide open, facing the north- 

 west; scattered in the soil near it were numbers of its teeth, indicating 

 that they had dropped out before being covered with earth. All the 

 bundles of bones lay directed in an east, northeast, or southeast direc- 

 tion, none of them outside of the radius of the rising sun at some period 

 of the year. In all but two instances the bones occupied a horizontal 

 position ; but in two cases they sloped upward in an easterly direction 

 at an angle of several degrees. Seven inches below the dog skull, nu- 

 merous pieces of ribs and other small bones were found, which had been 

 thrown in {(romiscuously. All the skulls were rather thick, jaws and 

 tee'ih large and strong. Some of the bones were those of ver^^ old in- 

 dividuals, while the majority were those of young ajdult persons. As- 

 sociated with the human remains, and scattered through the mound, 

 were numerous pieces of burned clay and charcoal which had been 

 brought in. This charcoal was of oak of the same species as now 

 grows in the region. Six inches below the surface of the mound two 

 large slabs of water-worn (Devonian) limestone were found. These 

 were obtained from the Cedar Eiver, near by. 



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Fig. 3. — Diagram of mound No. 14. Huiuau bones aud crania. (1) Scattered frag- 

 ments of rib and otbor small bones; {2) skull of a dog 10 inches below the siirfacn 

 pf tUe mound; (8) scattered fragmeata of cl|4rcoal ^iq(l Uurqed (ilay, 



