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ufltrd on tln> \\i-t vii|,. of ( Velar rivrr. In tin- largest of tin-*- mounds 

 I circular in form and alnuit :io frrt in diamrtrr. but only '_' fi-rt high) 

 \M-IV found, at a drpth of a littlr moiv than 5 feet from the surf 

 tin- \\rll-piVMT\rd remain^ of I'm- Unlit-. This mound showed 

 ral piM-idiaritu-, among which \VMV a layer of '. % arth mixed with 

 :i-lir-. -nun- di>taii<v above the bodies, and a halting of the remaining 

 earth above tln-e allies. One of the skeletons was that of an 

 "a\erage -i/.ed woman in mi. I. lie life," one of an infant, one of a 

 larirt- aged man. and two of young adults, sex undetermined. The 

 bone- of the woman (?) "indicated a person of low grade, the 

 evidence- of unusual muscular development being strongly marked.* 

 The skull of this personage was a wonder to behold, equaling, if 

 not rivaling in some resjH'cts, in inferiority of grade, the famous 

 'Neanderthal skull.' The forehead (if forehead it could IK? called) 

 is very low. lower and more animal-like than in the A Neanderthal ' 

 specimen. This skull is quite small for an adult individual." 



I^ater in the same year and in the same journal ( pages (J50-('55) Mr. 

 Webster reports on excavations in the mounds near Old Chickasaw, 

 Iowa, on the west side of Little Cedar river. All these mounds were 

 "circular, with oval tops, and with a diameter varying from i2 to 

 51 feet, and a height of from 1] to "> feet." In the center of the 

 first mound examined three human skeletons were found. Alxive 

 them were li feet of mixture of earth and ashes, made very hard, 

 with a few small pieces of charcoal scattered through it. The 

 remaining 31 feet of material composing the mound was a yellow, 

 clayey soil, unlike anything found on the surface in the vicinity. 

 "The crania of all three individuals showed an extremely low grade 

 of mental development; the foreheads Ix'ing, in one case, even lower 

 than in the specimen found in the Floyd mound." " The upjxr 

 anterior portion (back of the eyes) of one of the crania under con- 

 sideration was quite narrow, but expanded rather rapidly postero- 

 laterally." The frontal l>one " sloped abruptly backward, forming 

 a slightly concave area back of and al>ove the eyes." The largest of 

 the three skulls measured fij by 5 inches (15.8 by 12.7 cm.). 5 "No 

 relics of any description were found with the bodies exhumed," 

 including those from neighlx)ring mounds/ 



Another group of low-browed, inferior-type crania was dealt with 

 in a previous chapter of this paper. They are the specimens from 

 along Illinois river, including the Rock Hluff skull (plate n, a), the 



It ! quite evident that an error has been made In the aex Identification, and that the 

 keleton was that of a man. 



k Nothing IB atated a* to how theae meaxurementa were taken. 



'The Illustrations accompanying the two accounts of Mr. Webater can scarcely be 

 regarded otherwise than as overdrawn, but the description points clearly to low-type 

 crania. The specimens are still In the possession of Mr. Webster, at Charles City. Iowa, 

 but a personal request that they be sent to the writer for examination, or that they be 

 photographed for his use, brought no answer. 



