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feet southwest of the center in a space not more than 4 feet square were 

 4 deposits of relics, all on the original surface, with only one of which 

 were any traces of bone. These consisted of a striped slate gorget 

 (figure 10), a rectangular slate gorget with 2 holes, some red ocher, 

 several jjieces of quartz crystal, some small, smooth quartz i)ebbles, 

 a very large Hint flake, a flint knife, C arrow- 

 heads, and a gorget-form piece of slate roughly 

 finished ; finally, a large triangular knife, several 

 l)ieces of quartz, 2 rough celt scrapers of basaltic 

 rock, and an unfinished ])ipe of micaceous sand- 

 stone (figure 11). The mound was composed en- 

 tirely of earth. . 



In the second mound, 13 feet west of the cen- 

 ter, were some fragments of bones with which 

 were a sandstone platform pipe (figure 12), 8 

 arrowpoiiits and spearheads of flint and crystal, 

 a small gorget of shale, another of sandstone, a 

 small plate of mica, and pieces of crystal. 



The third mound contained about the center 

 several wagon loads of stones which had all been 

 taken out and thrown back by a previous inves- 

 tigator. It is reported they formed a vault in 

 which was a skeleton with a few relics. Eight 

 feet west of the center were fragments of bone, 

 Phihp Long mound, Page ^i^}^ g, siuglc tooth woru to tlic ucck ; aiid the 

 same distance south of the center were a broken 

 gorget with one hole, another with two holes, a third unfinished, and 

 2 arrowheads. Four feet northwest of the center were some soft frag- 

 ments of the skull of a body that extended toward the west. 



In the river bottom under the spur on which these mounds are 

 built some human bones were exposed a few years ago by a freshet, 



Fig. 11.— Unfinished pipe from 



Fio 12 — l*ip( from I'liilip Lon,^ mound Page county, Virginia. 



and a great many si)alls, chips, and implements in various stages of 

 manufacture have been picked up. 



BUUI5AKER FARM. 



On the farm of A. D. Brubaker, near the mouth of Massanutten 

 creek, is a small spot on the bank of a level terrace where a mound is 



