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f^"^'] GRAVES ON HUFFMAN FARM 57 



'J'wo leet t'iist of the liist of tlicse i^raves, almost at the edge of the 

 mound, was one 3 feet in diameter, reachiuj^' to the subsoil; and at the 

 extreme easteru end of the mound was another uot quite so deep, 

 4 feet in diameter. 



In all eases the measurements given apply to the bottom of the 

 grave, the top being larger, owing to the outward inclination of the 

 sides, whose slope was not at all even or regular. No traces of bone were 

 found in any of them. The longer graves lay parallel with the main axis 

 of the uiound, and the position of the relics indicates that the bodies 

 had been placed in them with the heads toward the east. The clay 

 below the thin coating of soil was of the consistency of putty. 



Manifestly there were three i)eriods of construction. At the easteru 

 end 7 graves were covered by a mound about 24 feet in diameter ; a 

 few feet west of this a similar mound was made over 2 graves; then 

 two additional graves were made in the narrow space between, suffi- 

 cient stone and earth being piled above to give the appearance of a 

 single mound, but not enough to make it symmetric in form. Each of 

 the larger graves may have contained more than one body. 



Fragments of mica, quantities of quartzite chips and sjialls, and 

 occasionally a knife or arrowhead were scattered through the earth of 

 the mound. A piece of clay pipe was found near the top. 



On the adjoining farm of J. It. Huffman, on a, knoll somewhat higher 

 than the ridge, is a small cairn now nearly destroyed. 



KEYSER FARM. 



On the farm of J. W. Keyser, three-fourths of a mile northwest of 

 Rileyville, is a cave from which several human skulls have been ob- 

 tained. In the debris near the mouth many fragmentary bones occur, 

 and in a room about 30 feet farther back bones are resting on and 

 imbedded in the stalagmite. Some entire skulls have been found in 

 this room. 



Systematic investigation is impossible until the opening to the cave 

 is greatly enlarged and the accunuilated matter cleaned out. 



M. L()N(; FAim. 



On the farm of Mrs Michael I^ong, 2^ miles north of Rileyville, on a 

 spur locally known as " Indian Grave ridge," are 2 stone mounds, 

 both of which ha^'ebeen ravaged to siu-h an extent as to render further 

 examination useless. One is 70 feet in length with a breadth of 15 

 to 20 feet; the other is about 30 feet in diameter; each probably 3 or 4 

 feet high originally. 



On the farm of A. Shii)e, near Ida, are 2 small mounds or bowlder 

 piles which have long been known as Indian graves; but they are on 



