606 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



P is an earthen mound, on tlie farm of J. A. Shuttle worth. It is 4 

 feet high and 50 feet in circumference, and was opened in 1807 or 1811 

 and later. From an old man, who was a boy when it was first opened, 

 I learn that a number of bodies had been buried in it, and that an ax 

 or two were found. On the night of the day on which it was opened 

 occurred the earthquake of that year, and the whole neighborhood 

 thought that the Indians had come after them for disturbing their bones. 

 Q was one or two graves, now obliterated, on the farm of Achilles 

 Davis. 



R is a point on the farm of Dr. Walter Davis, where some relics were 

 found in digging the foundation of a house. A lot of bones were near 

 these relics. 



S is the site of three graves covered with stones placed on edge, and 

 is on the farm of George Davis, sr. The two near each other have been 

 opeued, and a number of human remains were exhumed from each. 

 They had, seemingly, been buried with their heads together and their feet 

 radiating from this center. Plates of mica were found with the crushed 

 skulls, as if they had been placed over their eyes. Only one implement 

 was obtained here. A bone had apparently been buried with one of the 



bodies, and, when discovered, 

 it was lying upon the arm, at 

 the elbow, and parallel to it. 

 The third grave has not yet 

 been examined, but will prob- 

 ably be exi>lored in the spring. 

 T is a group of four earthen 

 mounds on the farm of Thomas 

 Coleman. They have all been 

 excavated at some time. The 

 last examination took place 

 in July past, and yielded one 

 skeleton, and a copper bead 

 almost destroyed by oxidiza- 

 tion. Their relative positions 

 as to streams and to each 

 other is shown in diagram T. 

 (See also the accompanying 

 plan.) 



U is the site of two mounds 8 feet high, and GO or 70 feet in circum- 

 ference, on land owned by Mr. Hugely, upon the bluffs of Dick's Eiver. 

 The mounds seem to be composed of gravel, earth, and limestone. Sev- 

 eral persons have examined them, and pronounced them mounds. Par- 

 tial excavations have been made, but without success. Poplar trees 

 (Liriodendron) 2 feet in diameter are growing upon them. I am disposed 

 to think that the mounds are the remains of lime-kilns made in the first 

 settlement of the State; at any rate the limestone in them has been 

 burned. 



