80 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BuLy. 185 
Feature 3 (fig. 7; pl. 15, 6) —The second floor to be uncovered at 
the site was in the southwest part of the village, and is identifiable as 
that marked “67” on the Stout map and one for which that investigator 
failed to obtain the owner’s name. Like the first, its presence was in- 
dicated by a low but distinct ring-mound which, in this case, measured 
46 feet in diameter. ‘The fill was somewhat deeper than at Feature 1, 
averaging slightly over 8 inches in depth. The floor plan was similar 
to that of the first excavated; circular, with central fireplace, a four- 
post central foundation surrounded by an outer row of support posts 
and with a vestibulelike entranceway. 
The butts of four central foundation posts were found at a radius of 
7.5 to 8.0 feet from the fireplace and formed the corners of a square 
measuring 10 feet between the southwest and southeast posts and 
11.25 feet on the other three sides. Beyond these was a circle of 17 ir- 
regularly spaced molds indicating the positions of the secondary posts 
which stood at a radius of from 17 to 19 feet from the center of the 
fireplace. ‘This floor plan indicates a lodge which is somewhat out of 
pattern, and I am inclined to believe that molds of two closely planted 
posts in the outer circle at the back of the lodge indicate braces or per- 
haps some such feature as a shrine. There is a wide gap between the 
first and second molds to the left as one enters the lodge, and a mold 
may have been missed by the excavators. ‘The posts forming the outer 
circle stood at distances of from 17 to slightly over 19 feet from the 
center of the fireplace, those on the northeast being closer than those 
on the southwest side. ‘Traces of leaner butts were found only on the 
north and northwest, where they stood at a distance of from 15 to 18 
inches from the outer post ring and slightly inside the highest point of 
the ring-mound. This gives the lodge an inside diameter of approxi- 
mately 39 feet. 
Post butts or fragments of decayed wood were present in all but the 
northeast center posthole, which may mean that this post had been 
pulled. All of these butts indicated surprisingly small posts for a 
structure with a diameter of nearly 40 feet. As was the case at Feature 
1, many small holes were present in the floor. A large group of them 
were present behind the fireplace in the area enclosed by the central 
foundation posts. Many larger molds were also present, some of them 
as large as those for the foundation posts. 
The centrally located fireplace (Feature 4) was a shallow basin, 
circular in outline, 26 inches in diameter and 5 inches in depth. The 
sides and bottom were brick-red from burning, and it was filled to 
floor level with soft white ash in which were three fragments of glass, 
a gun-flint, and a small brass ring. 
