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Three feet east of this, 2 feet up, was the folded skeleton of a child 
about 8 years old. Most of the first teeth were still present, though 
some of the second set had been cut. 
Four feet in, 2 feet up, were the remains of two individuals. The 
bones were piled in promiscuously, in such a way as to show they 
were entirely disarticulated before being placed there. A foot east 
of these, on the same level, similarly thrown in, were the bones of one 
individual. 
Three feet east from these, a foot lower, was a similar pile; and 
beneath this, another. The last two each contained the bones of only 
one person. 
Four feet in, 2 feet up, were the bunched bones of two skeletons, as 
shown by the fragments of two skulls, with the teeth. They had 
been laid or thrown on the ground when the mound had attained this 
height, and the building-up continued over them. Just to the north 
of this deposit, a foot up, were the similarly bunched bones of a young 
person. Although all the other bones remaining were in confusion— 
one femur being exactly reversed yet with the head placed in the 
socket where it belonged—the bones of one foot were in their proper 
order as if that member had still retained the flesh when it was placed 
here. Such conditions probably mean that “bone pickers” had been 
employed. 
Just above the last was another pile of bunched bones; and con- 
tinuous with these, extending to the west, on the same level, were 
parts of two other skeletons. 
Ten feet in, 3 feet up, were pieces of skull with traces of other bones 
of a folded skeleton, on left side, head south. 
Fourteen feet in, some bones of a child fell out of a large clod 
which came down when the bank caved. No other bones could be 
found in the bank or in the loose earth that had fallen. 
SOUTH SECTOR 
On the bottom, 4 feet in, was a mass of much broken, burned 
human bones, lying in confusion as if dumped from a basket. That 
they were carried in from outside, and were not burned and raked 
together where they lay, is proven by the fact that the earth about 
them showed no signs of fire. Among them was part of the bowl of a 
large pottery pipe. By the skull was a piece of galena weighing 
about half a pound. The teeth were worn to the roots. A tubular 
bead of copper three-fourths of an inch long was probably in the 
mouth, as the teeth and jawbone were stained on the inner as well 
as on the outer surfaces. 
Three feet west of the last, 18 inches up, was the skeleton of an 
old person. The position could not be ascertained, except that it 
