28 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 65 
It was here that the burials were found. They lay in jar-shaped 
cavities dug in the hardpan, which was so solid that there had been 
no need of strengthening or lining the cists beyond the introduction 
of a few stone slabs along their lower sides. The digging had been 
done with sharp-pointed implements that had left their marks on the © 
sides of the holes. 
Cist A (fig. 9), the nearest to the front of the cave, was 3 feet 
6 inches deep, 3 feet wide, 4 feet long, and had a flat bottom. In it 
were seven skeletons—four adults and three children. Skeleton 1 
was the topmost, an adult female, flexed on the left side and covered 
with rotted textile fabric, a bit of which we preserved in paraffin. 
About the neck was a string of hemispherical stone beads. No. 2, a 
Fic. 9.—Plan of cave, Sayodneechee. Scale: 3 inch=5 feet. 
very large adult male, lay close under No. 1, flexed on the right side. 
On the left pelvic bone there was a part of a twined bag that had 
formed a portion of the wrapping; this also was preserved in paraffin. 
The skeleton itself was too much decayed for removal. No. 3, an 
adult of doubtful sex, was flexed on the left side partly underlying 
No. 2. A bowl-shaped basket, greatly decayed, was inverted over the 
head, and a string of dark beads with a few green beads as a pend- 
ant (see pl. 70,7) was about the neck. At the hips wasa deposit of five 
chipped points, and at the side of the head were small plates of shell 
perforated for suspension. The skeleton was badly rotted, but the 
skull, which was not in contact with the bones of other skeletons, was 
in good condition. In front of the face of skeleton 2, and therefore 
just below the hips of No. 1 and over the elbows of No. 3, were the 
