GANS] CONTENTS OF MOUND 2 681 
and one immediately above it. They vary in length from 5$ to 64 
inches. The bodies of two of them are colored red throughout, the 
other three are unpainted. The eyes of all are colored black, the eye- 
brows light blue outlined in black, and the nose red. At the fore- 
part of the body on either side are two human hands and arms, 
the former tightly closed. The mouth is widely open, and from it 
protrudes a human head, which the animal is apparently in the act 
of swallowing. The face belonging to this head is colored light blue, 
the mouth and lips red, and the eyes and eyebrows black (see pists 
xxxy, 1). In the ears are large round earrings, which, having c: wught 
in the angle to the turtle’s mouth on either side, are ¢ appar’ enue giving 
him some difficulty in swallowing the head. The turtles are all hol- 
low and are perforated in the center of the back by a round hole, 1 
inch in diameter, which communicates with the interior. When the 
animals were found, this hole was covered with a small, pyramidal, 
earthenware stopper, which in plate XXXII, 6, is seen in situ. The 
last animal (see plate xxx, 5) is 74 inches in length, and has two 
heads, one at either end. The specimen shown in the plate was dug 
up in mound 6, presently to he described, but it is so like the one from 
mound 2, both in shape and in coloring, that one illustration serves 
for both. One head is certainly that of an alligator, as is apparent 
from the huge mouth, formidable teeth, and double row of projections 
running down the back. Within the widely opened jaws of the animal 
is seen a human face, the mouth, chin, and forehead of whic h, as well 
as the inside of the alligator’s mouth, are irregularly smear aa with 
red paint, evidently meant to represent blood. The body of this dou- 
ble-headed animal is unpainted, but is covered with small red spots 
sharply outlined in black. The other head possesses two eves and a 
snout, together an a single row of large curved teeth running from 
the snout to the neck. There is no sign of a lower-jaw. Placed on 
either side of each head is a human hand and arm having the wrists 
ornamented with a circle of small, round disks of pottery, colored 
red. The body is hollow, and midway between the two heads, on its 
dorsal surface, is a small round hole, communic ating with the interior, 
and covered with a pyramidal stopper, seen in situ in the figure. 
Within the cavity of the body were found three small oval beads, two 
of jade and one of some orange-red stone, all nicely polished; a very 
small obsidian core, 14 ine ches in length and about the thickness of a 
pencil; and a small flat chip of grayish chert. This animal, together 
with one of the turtles, was placed above the urn. The two spear- 
heads are leaf-shape and are 4 and 3 inches in length, respectively. 
Both are nicely chipped from yellowish flint, the smaller of the two 
being grooved on either side at the base, probably for greater security 
in hafting. 
