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were closely packed with earth. Under the stones were a few frag- 
ments of a child’s bones; not all the teeth were cut; about the head 
were beads made of small sea-shells. 
In a few places in this mound, as in other mounds along the river, 
were dark lines or streaks resembling old sod, indicating that these 
mounds were built intermittently; certain burials were made, and 
afterward other interments were made above these. This feature is 
not unusual, some tumuli containing evidence of several periods of 
building. 
MOUND NO. 7 
This mound was 133 feet southeast of no. 6. 
From the apex to the bottom of the slope measured 20 feet; the 
height was 44 feet. Several large rocks were scattered over the 
slope. 
Seven feet west of south from the center, a foot above the original 
soil, were small leg bones; a foot nearer the center were larger ones. 
Five feet from the extremities of these, or about south of the center, 
were fragments of two skulls. The teeth of the one in line with the 
larger bones were much worn, while those of the other were worn but 
slightly. In each skull at least one tooth was not worn at all, indi- 
cating early loss of the tooth opposite. Close to the smaller skull 
was a small pot. Stones were found at various points near the top 
of the structure. Removal of all the earth over and about these 
stones disclosed part of a vault, constructed by setting large flat 
rocks on end around three sides of a space nearly square, about 6 feet 
each way, the southwest side, that toward the river, being left open. 
All except the southeast wall and a portion of the northeast wall 
had been destroyed by relic hunters. The portion left is shown in 
plate 4. The southeast wall was braced at the bottom on the 
outside by earth on which were placed flat stones, as seen in the 
figure. Nine feet west of the center, a pavement of two large and 
two small slabs constituted the remaining bracers of the northwest 
wall. The vault seems to have been made for the two bodies men- 
tioned, as no other burials were found in it. Whether by accident 
or design, the vault was not properly ‘‘centered,”’ being situated 
entirely in the southwest half of the mound, on the verge of the 
steep slope, with the earth covering mostly to the northeast. 
When all the stones were removed and the earth was leveled, the 
east corner of a grave was found 2 feet 8 inches south of the center. 
This grave was somewhat irregular in outline, but rudely rectangular 
along the top, measuring 6 feet 10 inches northwest and southeast 
by 3 feet 4 inches across. It had been dug through the surface earth 
and 16 inches into the hard sandy subsoil. The lower part was 
more regular in form than the upper, the sides and ends being nearly 
