38 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL, 37 
This was the last object found above the vault walls; below it 
lay only soil, filling the vault to the top. All the remains thus far 
discovered bear no relation to the original character of the structure, 
but pertain to a subsequent ceremony. 
At the bottom of the vault were remains of a number of bodies and 
skeletons, which had been placed on the bare ground after several 
inches of the upper soil had been scraped away. At least six of the 
bodies were cremated; the others showed no signs of burning. The 
funeral rites for some of the former remains were conducted outside, 
and such portions of bone as were not destroyed by fire were gathered 
up and thrown in piles, each lot to itself. Near the northeast side 
three bodies had been laid extended, in close contact, on the back, 
with the heads toward the southeast; then a fire had been kept 
burning over them until -all the bones were converted to charcoal. 
One of these bodies was that of a young person; three bone beads 
were found at the neck. Beside another of these skulls was a pot. 
While all three skulls were broken into many small pieces, they still 
held their shape fairly well. They were filled, or nearly filled, with 
earth which had worked its way into them, and as the material 
above was burned so hard that it had maintained its position, the 
fragments had not fallen apart. 
In the north and south corners were unburned bones, which had 
almost disintegrated from the effects of decay. Those to the south 
were mingled with partially cremated bones. There was likewise a 
little heap of burned bones, in small pieces, in the west corner, pre- 
senting the appearance of having been swept or scraped together, 
as, indeed, was the case with nearly all such bones except those 
partially cremated where found. Among the bones were one whole 
pot and fragments of several others. An unburned frontal bone 
bore indications of artificial flattening, but the specimen was so small 
as to make this inference uncertain. 
The entire space between the side walls at the southwest end of 
the vault had been left free for entrance and exit until the burial 
ceremonies came to an end. It was then closed with mingled earth, 
ashes, and charcoal, piled as high as the walls and just within them, 
so as to leave the ends slightly projecting. On the outer side this 
material was held in place by stones placed slantingly against it. 
On the south side of the doorway, leaning against the wall, was a 
slab 62 inches long, 12 to 17 inches wide, and 7 inches thick. The 
lower end was sunk 10 inches below the natural surface (see pl. 6). 
On the opposite side of the doorway another rock, wider but shorter 
and thinner than that just described, had been set with its edge 
against the northwest wall. The open space between: these two 
rocks, in their undisturbed position, measured 5 feet 6 inches. 
