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were the remains of a child not more than 2 or 38 years old. On its 
breast was a slate gorget with two perforations. 
The bodies were covered with clay, on which was a layer of gravel, 
both probably that which was removed in digging the grave, but 
with their relative positions reversed in putting them back. The 
gravel extended beyond the margin of the pit, reaching a diameter 
of 12 to 14 feet. Over all, clay from the field was piled. 
Movunp 3.—After long cultivation this measured 4 feet high and 
45 feet in diameter. It was composed principally of yellow clay, 
mixed at one side with a little sand. Six feet east of the center, 2 to 
3 feet down, was a large mass of burnt bone. Two feet west of 
center, 18 inches down, was a similar mass, in which were found two 
pieces of hammered copper half the size of a slate pencil, one of them 
2, the other 4 inches long. There were also two gorgets, one of shale, 
unperforated, the other of banded slate with one perforation. Four 
feet west of center, 2 feet down, were traces of an adult skeleton, 
extended, head north; there was nothing with it, 
NEAR JASPER 
Mounp 4.—On top of a hill 250 feet high, the first one north of 
Jasper, is a mound 50 feet across and 4 feet high. A trench was 
run in from the northwest. Almost at once charcoal appeared; 
the layer varied from half an inch to 3 inches thick, extended be- 
yond both sides of the trench, and ran out near the center of the 
mound. In this charcoal were several pieces of charred cloth, be- 
tween flakes of shellbark hickory bark, all being protected by flat 
stones lying above it. It did not appear to be an intentional deposit. 
Tn the central part of the mound there was more rock than earth; the 
stones were not arranged in any sort of order, but were thrown in as 
a part of the structure. Most of the earth was a very tough and 
compact clay, extremely hard to remove. The top of the mound was 
covered with soil. The ground beneath was burned red to a depth 
of 2 or 3 inches in places. Except the cloth, nothing was found that 
bore evidence of handiwork. 
The construction was apparently as follows: A large fire had 
been made where the northern half of the mound stands. While 
this was still burning, rocks, some of them weighing 150 pounds, 
and clay had been thrown on. The mound was then extended 
toward the south with earth, rocks piled over this, and the mound 
then completed with surface soil. 
Mowunp 5.—This is on the same hill as the last. It is on slightly 
sloping ground, the summit being on the same level as the surface 
50 feet to the south. On this side is a “causeway” or raised path 
