FOWKE] ANTIQUITIES OF MISSOURI 15 
brought in from the outside. Beneath this burned layer were 
remains of a closely folded skeleton; the tibiw lay against the north 
wall, while the feet lay toward the east and the head toward the 
southwest. East of these bones, at the same level, were small 
fragments of skull. Along the south wall, beyond the limits of the 
burned earth, a body or skeleton, evidently that of a child, or at least 
of a young person, had been placed, with the head toward the west 
and the other bones, even those of the feet, almost in contact with it; 
the skull was quite thin. East of the skull were found other bones, 
but whether these belonged to the above or to some other human 
skeleton is uncertain, as only small fragments of any of them re- 
mained. 
On the original surface three or more bodies, extended, had been 
covered with a foot of earth, upon which in turn at least two others 
had been placed and similarly covered. One skeleton of each burial 
lay so close to the north wall that fragments of bone were forced into 
the crevices. The only evidences of these interments were a number 
of fragments of long bones. 
In the northeast corner, under the edge of the wall, was a clavicle, 
one end of which had decayed and disappeared; this, no doubt, was 
an accidental deposit, as its position indicated that it did not belong 
with any other bones discovered. 
In line with the outer face of the supplementary wall along the 
south side of the vault, midway between its ends, and a foot lower 
than the bottom rock, a skull lay in close contact with a thick flat 
stone; the vertex was turned toward the south, both maxillaries were 
absent, and no other bone was found near it except a single humerus, 
which lay on the other side of the stone and obviously had no con- 
nection with the cranium. 
South of this skull, entirely outside of the inclosure, were a large 
slab and two small ones, evidently intentionally placed, but nothing 
remained to indicate their purpose. 
Under the southeast corner of the stone wall circumscribing the 
vault lay a crushed skull, on the lower part of the face of which 
rested a thick rock.. The teeth were sound, but much worn. From 
the position and condition of bones near by, it was inferred that only 
part of a skeleton had been interred here. 
All bones of adults discovered indicated persons of medium size. 
The interior faces of the vault were held in place by from two to 
four stones set at each corner, as if for markers, the intervening 
spaces being filled with stones laid up in a rough wall; these in turn 
were held up by earth piled against them. A clear idea of both the 
interior and the exterior arrangement of the vault may be had from 
plates 2 and 3. On the completion of the funeral ceremonies, the 
vault was filled with earth, on which stones were piled, the whole 
