FOWKE] ANTIQUITIES OF MISSOURI Bik: 
were turned toward the west, and the skull, having teeth much 
worn, was in its proper place. Fragments‘of the pelvis were traced, 
but no additional bones of either skeleton remained. 
Two feet above the bottom, 5 feet southeast of the center, was a 
pile of bones which included ribs, arms, legs, and skull of a child. 
The lower jaw lay teeth upward, with the chin against the back of 
the skull, which rested on its left side, with the face toward the east. 
Only a few of the second teeth were through the bone. 
On the bottom, 8 feet east of the center, was a decayed skull; no 
traces of bone were found near by. 
Nine feet southeast of the center, on the natural surface, were a 
few teeth not at all worn. Eleven feet south of west from the center, 
18 inches above the bottom, was a flat rock 12 by 18 inches. Under 
this lay the fragments of an inverted pot, and close to it, but not under 
the stone, was a ‘“‘cocoanut pot’’® of a pint and a half capacity. 
Twelve and a half feet east of the center was the end of a grave 
cover extending 6 feet toward the southeast; its width was 2 feet 
4 inches. This was composed of 17 large slabs, which had sunk in 
along the middle line, as the result of the decay of supporting tim- 
bers. Under these were 5 other slabs or blocks of stone, one at the 
top of the head, one against the right shoulder and the side of the 
head, and the others by the side, of a skeleton which lay on its back 
on the natural surface, with the head toward the southeast. The 
right hand was at the breast, the left hand on the neck; the legs were 
slightly flexed and lying to the left. This skeleton was the largest 
and best preserved yet found; from crown to ankle, as nearly as 
could be determined, it measured 5 feet. 9 inches. The shoulders 
appeared to be of unusual breadth, but displacement prevented 
accurate measurement. Between the right elbow and hip lay the 
shoulder blade of a deer and fragments of a thin, dressed bone 
apparently from the same animal. Most of the skull was crushed 
and decayed, though a portion of the front part, and the lower jaw, 
were fairly solid. In the upper jaw were 16 teeth, all sound except 
1 bicuspid; in the lower jaw, 15 of the regular set, besides 2 super- 
numeraries, one of which has its crown on the same level with the 
others, the remaining one being embedded in the bone (see fig. 20). 
Fourteen feet south of the center were 42 stones, the bottom rock 
resting on the natural surface; these varied in weight from a pound 
to 50 pounds. They were rudely piled to a height of 18 inches over 
a space extending 4 feet 6 inches northeast and southwest with a 
breadth of 2 feet 6 inches; the pile may have been higher originally, 
as the upper stones had been disturbed by the plow. The interspaces 
a By “cocoanut pot” is meant one having a pointed bottom, resembling in shape a cocoanut with one 
end cut off. In some specimens the top is more or less flaring. Many of the pots or vessels found in this 
region are of approximately the size above mentioned, and most of them, whatever the size, are of the 
shape described. 
