"^"kowke'"'] human remains IN WITHROW MOUNDS 29 



Most of the boues were in the southwestern ([uarter of the mound, a 

 solid mass inelies thick, all in confusion, as if they hail been tlirown 

 in promiscuously. On the southern side of the mound they extended 

 to the edge of the earth that had been plowed down, while on the 

 northern side they did not reach more than half way from the top to 

 the margin of the base. For the tirst 8 or 10 feet from its western 

 edge the bone stratum was continuous; after this there were intervals 

 of to 12 inches from which it was absent; then jierhaps 5 or G skele- 

 tons would be found mingled in a heap; and so they continued until 

 some distance past the center. Wherever single skeletons, or not 

 more than 2 together, occurred, large stones had been piled on them; 

 this was not the case where several were buried in a small area. Per- 

 haps the remains covered with stones had been interred in the fl"sli 

 and this was a preventive against wild animals digging after them. 

 Four single skeletons lay directly on small masses of human bones 

 burned until nearly destroyed, only small calcined pieces remaining. 

 Many of these burned pieces, especially the fragments of skull, were 

 bright bluish-green on one or both sides, the stain resembling that 

 produced by copper; but a careful analysis shows iio trace of that 

 metal. A similar dei)Osit was at the bottom of one of the graves under 

 the mound. aS"o burial accompaniments of any kind were found; the 

 teeth of one child only were seen, though many of the bones unearthed 

 were snmll enough to pertain to children. It was not i)Ossible to 

 recover any of the bones entire. 



The second mound on the Withrow tract is 25 feet across ami 2.'> 

 high, made of earth and stone in eipial quantities. It is surrounded 

 by a shallow ditch about 3 feet wide, containing from to 12 inches of 

 black muck. 



In the construction of this mound a hole had been dug to a de])th of 

 18 inches and the bottom covered with a layer of burned human bones 

 about 15 by 20 inches, an inch thick at the middle and running to a 

 feather edge all around, in which were 3 black flint arrowheads. On 

 this charred bone a body had been laid. No trace of bones remained, 

 but the "grave earth" previously described was distinct in an area 2 

 by 5i feet, with a thickness of 2 inches. Stones, some fully 100 pounds 

 in weight, had been placed over the body until they reached a thick- 

 ness of 4 feet and extended about 10 feet on every side; then earth had 

 been piled on w^hich tilled in the spaces between the rocks. Some frag- 

 ments of the burned bones were of the same bluish-green color as those 

 from the first mound. 



KLEEK .'MOUND. 



On the farm of A. G. Kleek, 12 miles north of Millboro depot, is a 

 mound not more than a foot in height and 10 feet in diameter, near 

 the edge oi a slate bluff about 100 feet high. A trench was cut 

 through it, but neither human remains nor art relics of any description 

 were found. 



