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ten were male and nine female. Parts of another skull were found, 

 but the sex could not be determined. 



Over the ossuary was a glacial boulder about 18 by 18 inches 

 and a covering of shale and fossiliferous Chemung rock. 



Four craniums from the ossuary were in good condition and four 

 others in condition for measurements. All are interesting for the 

 characters they exhibit. 



Burial 10. At 50 feet on the west side of trench i was an empty 

 grave 24 inches deep. Over it had been cast a quantity of broken 

 stone. From the north wall of the ossuary, running north for a 

 foot, was a top layer of burned stone. The earth here had not been 

 disturbed. 



Trench I was temporarily abandoned at 54 feet and a parallel and 

 adjacent trench run on the west side. 



Burial n. At 5 feet in the middle of trench 2 burial n was dis- 

 covered. The grave area was 4 by 4 feet and the depth 2 feet. The 

 skeleton was that of a female. The skull was crushed. The arms 

 were flexed to face, the left hand being under the left cheek. 



Orientation: head, east; face, south; left side flexed. Head 

 thrown back. 



Burial 12. Burial 12 was at 10 feet in the middle west side of 

 trench 2. It was an empty grave with disturbed earth to the depth 

 of 48 inches. 



Burial 13. Grave 13 was on the east side of trench 2 at 31 feet. 

 It was 28 inches deep and contained the decayed root-eaten skeleton 

 of an adult female. Area of grave, 3 by 4 feet. Orientation : head, 

 east ; face, north ; flexed. There was a small ash pit at the head of 

 the grave. 



Burial 14. Found at 43 feet in the middle of trench 2. This 

 grave was 28 inches deep and 3 by 3 feet in area and contained a male 

 skeleton in a poor state of preservation. The tibiae were noticeably 

 platycnemic. 



Trench 3 ran parallel with 2 on the west. 



Burial 15. Grave 15 at 4 feet on the west side of trench 3 was 

 19 inches deep, 19 inches wide and 30 inches long. There were no 

 bones except the broken skull and the neck vertebrae. 



Orientation: head, east-southeast; face, south-southwest. 



Burial 16. Burial 1 6 at 44 feet on the east side of trench 2 was 

 36 inches deep and contained the pelvic bones and sacrum of a young 

 adult. No other bones were in the grave. This fact seems to point 

 to a removal of the skull and larger bones for reburial. 



