448 ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS—II [BTH, ANN. 44 
In the lower jaw of one skeleton all the molars and much of the 
bone had disappeared from pyorrhea or similar disease; lying on 
the bone remaining was a single copper bead which must have been 
placed in the mouth after death, as it could not well have fallen to 
the spot where found; the bone with which it was in contact was 
much stained. 
On the east side, mostly in the trench but extending a short dis- 
tance under the outside wall, was a grave 814 feet long, 4 feet wide, 
and dug 2 feet deep into the natural soil. In this were four skeletons, 
two lying side by side on the bottom, the other two directly on these. 
The bodies were extended, heads to the northeast. One of those on 
the bottom was about 6 feet 4 inches long, the bones very large; the 
tibiz had a very pronounced anterior curvature (pl. 77, ¢), while 
the processes for attachment of muscles on the femurs were large 
and rugged. With this skeleton, near the neck or breast, were several 
copper beads (pl. 78, ¢) ; on the right side of the pelvis was a double- 
crescent of sheet copper. (PI. 78, d.) The skeleton immediately 
under it had a similar object of the same pattern, similarly placed. 
(Pl. 78, a.) 
There was a coating on each of these plates which it was thought 
might be remains of fabric or skin. A careful microscopic examina- 
tion was made by Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., and Mr. Frederick 
L. Lewton, curators in the United States National Museum, both of 
whom report that they can find no trace of fabric, hair, or hide; but 
that there are faint impressions which may be due to feathers, al- 
though these traces are too indistinct for a definite statement to be 
made. 
Between this grave and the central portion of the mound was an- 
other grave, a foot deep, containing a single skeleton of ordinary 
size, extended, head northeast. Under the head lay a large spade, 
showing evidence of much use; it was 14 inches long and 4 inches 
wide (pl. 74, @); under the head was another 1414 by 514 inches; 
while under the pelvis lay one 18 by 5 inches, the thinnest and most 
carefully finished large “agricultural implement” of this character 
ever found about here (pl. 74, 6). On the breast were a few disk 
shell beads and three made from a large shell; the last were convex on 
one side, concave on the other, and drilled lengthwise. The femur 
of this skeleton measured 171% inches. The skull was much flattened 
front and back, apparently by being deformed in childhood. It is 
shown in Plate 87, a, 0, ¢. 
On the south side, 2 feet from bottom, was the skeleton of a young 
person, the bones not yet “knit”; with it were one cylindrical bead, 
and two short beads, of copper. 
At center, a foot above bottom, was the skeleton of an infant, 
the teeth not through the gums, unless perhaps the front ones. 
