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over it to the clay lying against its lower part, or into the ashes on the 

 clay. 



Near the west wall were four holes in an almost straight north-and- 

 soLith line. The first (1) , was 29 feet north of the doorway, 18 inches 

 deep and 7 inches in diameter. In it was the clay pipe shown in fig- 

 ure 14. Number (2), 5 feet from (1), was 24 by 9 inches; No. (3) 

 2 feet from (2), was 26 by 7 inches; No. (4), 4^ feet from (3), was 

 30 by 5 inches. P'ourteen inches northwest of No. (1) was another 

 hole, 15 by 3 inches. The description on a previous page as to char- 

 acter, appearance, and contents applies to all these holes; the ashes 

 extended above all of them in continuous layers. 



A little to the west of No. (1) was a small pile of crumbling frag- 

 ments of sandstone and limestone used in boiling food. 



Near No. (4), a foot under the surface, on the slope, 15 feet from 

 the water, was a small pile of charcoal on which lay a human scapula, 

 some vertebrae, fragments of ribs, most of a humerus, and most of a 

 femur of a person not fully matured ; they were of good size but the 

 cap fell away from the humerus when it was moved. Some of them 

 were without marks of fire, others were charred, while a few pieces 

 were burned to cinder. As the mass was surrounded by clean ashes, 

 it could not be determined whether the charcoal had been burned 

 where found, or had been carried here. Whichever it was, the bones 

 had been thrown on the pile. 



Thirteen feet just north from the corner of the west wall was a 

 hole 19 by 7 inches which differed from the others in that the bottom 

 instead of being rounded was irregular, and deeper at one side ; the 

 top, however, showed the usual hemispherical contour. 



Two feet from corner of west wall, almost under a point projecting 

 from it, 4 feet below surface, was a cranium from which the upper 

 jaw, one orbit, and part of the right parietal were missing; with it 

 were a lower jaw, a clavicle, a sternum, the bones of the left arm. and 

 some phalanges, all in good condition, except the ulna, which was 

 broken. No other bones were present. The skull lay on right side, 

 face toward the wall ; the arm bones were on it, and the other bones 

 by it. With and around them were some deer bones. The entire lot 

 had the appearance of being thrown together here at one time, and it 

 would seem that the flesh of all of them had been eaten. 



Fourteen feet north from the corner, halfway down to the water, 

 in the wet earth at the bottom, were human bones evidently placed 

 here entire, but so decayed and broken that nothing could be ascer- 

 tained except that it seemed a closely folded body or skeleton had 

 been deposited. The teeth were worn down to the gums. 



The refuse behind the corner of the west wall was cleared away 

 as far as the conditions would permit. The amount of water at the 



