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GRAVES ON ALGP:R FARM 



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placed across to protect the bodies and had decayed, thus allowing the 

 stones to fall in. This feature was observed in nearly every mound in 

 the valley in which slabs were found. 



HILEYVILLE. 



On tlie farm of F. M. Huflfmaii, a mile southwest of Kileyville, is a 

 narrow ridge soii>ewhat lower at the middle than at either end. In this 

 slight depression is a mouud (50 feet long, liO to 24 feet wide, and li to o 

 feet high, being lower and narrower at the middle than near the ends. 

 The longer axis is nearly east and west or at a right angle to the ridge, 

 extending across the latter to the slope on either side. There is a 

 shallow ditch along each side of the mound and a stratum of bowlders 

 ranging from 10 to r»0 pounds in weight covers the top. It will be 

 observed that tlie method of construction is exactly the same as that 

 of the Alger mound. 



At the extreme western end was a grave feet by 18 inches, dug 

 nearly to the subsoil, partially refilled with earth, and then covered 

 with a pile of bowlders. This is unusual iu such graves, as no others 

 have been found in the valley iu which the rocks did not extend to the 

 bottom. A foot from the eastern end of the grave, just below the stones, 



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Fui. 15. — Copper crescent from ¥. M. Hufl'maii mound, Pago county, Virginia. 



was a crescent of copper inches across the horns, 

 punclied near the convex edge (ligure 15). Directly 

 inches of earth intervening, were 8 triangular black 

 feet from these, at a slightly lower level, was a 

 quartzite chips and spalls. 



At 14 feet from tlie end began a mass of stones 

 feet in diameter at thett>p of the mound and tilling 

 that reached a few inches into the soil. On the 



with 3 small holes 



under this, with (> 



tiint knives. Two 



double handful of 



covering a space 8 

 a grave G by 4 feet 

 bottom, a few feet 



