444 ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS—II [PTH. ANN. 44 
At 85 feet, 19 feet from wall, a foot above bottom, was the skele- 
ton, in small fragments, of a child 7 or 8 years old. At the neck were 
a burned clay bead 1%4 inches long, a jasper bead 1 inch long, and 
47 small disk-shell beads; there may have been more of the latter, 
as it is easy to overlook shell objects, unless large, in such conditions. 
(ed barely es) 
At 95 feet, 18 feet from west wall, were fragments of bones of 
an infant. The head was entirely enclosed in a mass of small 
mussel shells. With it were 2 long cylindrical, 1 barrel-shaped and 4 
disk-form shell beads. (PI. 71, d.) 
At 99 feet, in the west bank, 4 feet from the top of the mound, 
were fragmentary pelvic and leg bones scattered among the shells 
as if thrown in at random. This also probably indicates a feast 
on human flesh. 
At 100 feet, 15 feet from west bank, in a shallow hole in the 
natural soil barely large enough to contain it, was the closely folded 
skeleton of an old person; the few teeth remaining were worn down 
to the gums. It lay on the right side, head north. The skull was 
saved, in small pieces; the other bones were too decayed to bear 
handling. 
It is scarcely necessary to state that all burials in the earth below 
the shells antedate the beginning of the construction of the mound. 
Near the grave just described was a hole of irregular form, about 
2 by 3 feet, longest east and west, and 18 inches deep. It was filled 
with shells and earth which had apparently settled in from the 
mound above it. There was no indication of fire in or around it, 
no trace of bone, no artificial object of any kind. It had every 
appearance of a grave, but if a body had ever been put here every 
vestige of it had disappeared. 
At 103 feet, in the middle of the trench, 18 inches above the bottom, 
was the closely folded skeleton of an old person, on left side, head 
east. The bones were very fragile, but the skull was almost intact, 
though only some fragments of the lower jaw remained. 
Close to the last grave was a hole 2 feet across, extending 18 
inches into the natural earth. There was nothing in it except five 
flints, all of which were broken before being deposited. 
At 110 feet, 3 feet from west wall, 18 inches below the top of the 
mound, were fragments of arm and leg bones, a skull, and a few 
other pieces of a skeleton. None of it except the parts found had 
been placed here. 
At 118 feet, in the center of the trench, 2 feet beneath the mound 
surface, were small pieces of skull, parts of the upper and the lower 
jaw, with teeth much worn, and pieces of arm bones. The last two 
items can only mean cannibalism. 
