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that could not liavebeon possible liad tliey over been orderly arranged. 

 For exam})le, tlic leg bone of a child had half its length in the skull of 

 an adult; 3 skulls were in contact among a mass of long bones, ribs 

 and vertebra^, that occui)ied a very small spacte; a patella and some 

 bones of a foot were lying against the face of askull which had its vertex 

 upward, there being no leg bones within (5 inches. This pit was nowhere 

 more than 3 feet deep, and the uppermost bones were only G inches 

 beneath the surface. No art relics were found among them. 



South of this pit, separated from it by not more than a foot of inter- 

 vening earth, was the second, somewhat larger, containing from 20 to 

 25 skeletons; as the stratum of bones had l)een continuous for several 

 feet and at about the same depth as those found near the to]) of the 

 pit, the exact number could ]u>t be ascertained; several had been taken 

 out before the character of the deposit became apparent. This |)it was 

 somewhat deeper than the first; the lowest skeletons being 4 feet below 

 the surface. In a hole barely large enough to contain them, 2 bodies 

 were closely doubled up and laid in with heads at oiiposite ends — one 

 at the northern, the other at the southern end of the hole. The skulls 

 were so Hattened and broken by pressure of the earth, and the other 

 bones so intermingled, that it was impossible to ascertain their original 

 position. Above these skeletons was a foot of earth, aiul then the other 

 bodies were found JUvSt as in the lirst pit — mingled in every way and 

 extending nearly to the surface. 



No bones were found north of the first pit opened, but south of the 

 second and west of both were a number of skeletons, usually buried 

 singly, but occasionally 3 or 4 together. Where more than one was 

 thus found there was at least one child or infant; sometimes only a single 

 adult, the other 2 or 3 being young persons. None was more than 10 

 inches below the surface; some not more than C inches. All were 

 doubled, resting on either side, with the heads toward no particular 

 direction. Each grave had been made only long and wide enough to 

 hold one skeleton. If another was placed in it the bones were laid 

 directly upon those first deposited. Sometimes 3 bodies had been thus 

 buried, one above the other, the bones being in close contact. 



With one adult iu the second pit was a single shell bead; with one 

 west of the first pit were 2 pieces of worked Columella shell; with an 

 infant west of the second pit was a part of a small conch, the whorls 

 mostly decayed. South of the second pit were many fragments of a 

 large pot, and west of it were 2 bone awls or perforators. 



In some of the pits 5 or (5 skulls were found in a space not over 2 feet 

 square. The leg bones or the vertebne of one skeleton were sometimes 

 forced into the fragmentary skull of another lying just beneath, or a 

 skull^vould be wedged between the bones of several individuals. 



Although the ground was very dry and hard the bones were quite 

 brittle, most of them having been much broken by the i)ressure of the 

 earth. The soil, varyiug from a foot to 30 inches in depth, rests on a 



