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Chickasaw County — Contiiiued. 



of yellow earth; then 3^ feet of very hard earth and ashes, below 

 which were the skeletons ; scattered pieces of oak charcoal were 

 found and patches of ashes; under the latter were thin, deeply- 

 stained layers of earth and ashes. 



No. g. Four sitting skeletons at about ij^ feet above the 

 original surface. The lower jaw of one was large, strong, with 

 squared angles ; the teeth were well preserved, but worn down ; 

 one molar had a decayed cavity. Another lower jaw measured 

 12^ cm. from outer angle to outer angle, but had been fractured 

 during life; the angles were low and much straightened; the 

 teeth, except incisors and canines, were gone and the cavities 

 absorbed. One skull appears to have been subjected to action of 

 fire before it was buried. The skeletons appear to have belonged 



to two aged, one middle-aged, and one younger individual. 



In structure this mound showed, first, \y^ feet soft, yellow earth; 

 then i^ feet mixed earth and ashes of great hardness, with a 

 small amount of scattered charcoal. The skeletons were at 

 centre, upon a hillock of ashes and earth i^ feet high. 



No. 10 yielded three well-preserved skeletons. The bodies 

 had been placed sitting with feet drawn under. One lower jaw, 

 in fine preservation, was particularly massive and broad, with 



large, sound but much worn teeth. The mound was 45 feet 



in tliameter and 3 feet high. The material was as in the others, 

 but not packed hard. The skeletons were upon a little hillock 

 about I foot in height. 



Bradford. Webster '^^ describes Winnebago graves on the 

 brow of the hills overlooking the Little Iowa River. More than 

 twelve individuals, wrapped in blankets and with provisions and 

 possessions, were buried here. They were covered over by stakes 

 driven obliquely into the ground on each side and meeting above; 



clods of earth covered these. On the west of the stream are 



many graves ; these were enclosed by a tight crib. (cf. Charles 

 City, Floyd County, Iowa.) 



Clayton County. 



Davis and McDonald ^^^ describe "lookout" mounds, yield- 

 ing no relics, at localities as follows: On high bluff overlooking 

 the Mississippi River opposite Prairie dii Chien, the land belonging 

 to the Girard Land Company ; on bluff one-fourth mile south of 



