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most careful manner, to remove the earth, which consisted 

 of a sandy loam, for a considerable space, above and to 

 the north and west of the first skeleton. The result was 

 the discovery of four skeletons, in the condition and posi- 

 tion shown in the photographs.* So carefully was the 

 work performed, that not a bone or fragment was dis- 

 placed. One of the skeletons was removed entire, by 

 forcing a thin board, under it, horizontally, then placing 

 a frame around it, and pouring in plaster of Paris until 

 it was firmly held in place. Much credit is due to Dr. 

 Johnson, and to Rev. Messrs. Atwood and Bolles, and es- 

 pecially to Mr. Cooke, for the skill and care with which the 

 earth immediately about the skeletons was removed. The 

 last named gentleman found, with a fifth skeleton which 

 is not shown in the photograph, as it was badly broken 

 and decayed the pieces of pottery, the broken pot or 

 vase, a brass toy bell and two beads of European make, 

 which were exhibited at the meeting. 



Mr. WILLIAM P. UPHAM spoke of some references to 

 Indian localities in that neighborhood, found in early 

 deeds preserved among the records at the Court House. 

 He called attention to a passage in Mourt's Relation, 

 narrating the particulars of a voyage of ten men sent out 

 from Plymouth in 1621, with Tisquantum and two other 

 Indian interpreters, to visit the Massachusetts Indians, 

 partly to see the country, partly to make peace with them, 

 and partly to procure their truck. Mourt describes very 

 minutely their passage along the coast for some miles, and 

 then striking across the Bay and coming over to this 

 shore, where they landed, and marched into the country. 

 About four miles from the landing they came to where 

 Nanepashemet, the Indian King-, had lived. Not far from 



* These, prepared by J. W. and J. S. Moulton, may be had at the rooms of the 

 Essex Institute, and at the Naturalists' Agency. 



