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very tliiu layers of 1>lack eartli, hut tliese wei-e of limitod extent, 

 not reachiug across the mound, and not exceeding 2 inches in thickness. 

 Beneath- the central portion was an excavation in the natural soil, 

 about 12 feet in diameter and extending ilown to the yellow sand, a 

 dei)th of something over a foot. On the bottom of this excavation 

 were three skeletons, all lying in a horizontal position. No. 1, on the 

 back, head east, elbows out and hands turned towards the Lead; near 

 each hand was a fine, large obsidian spearhead, one of which is !t 

 inches long. Near the head, on each side, were two spool-shaped arti- 

 cles of copper. From the position iii which these were found, relative 

 to the head, it is presumed they had been used as ear ornaments. 

 Skeleton 2 was lying close to and on the north side of No. 1, the bones 

 much decayed; noreli<!Swith it. No. 3 lay with the head northeast. The 

 bones were partially burnt and charred from the head to the hips and 

 more or less covered throughout with charcoal and ashes. The skull 

 was crushed to pieces and charred until it was black; near it were sev- 

 eral large copper beads, or perhaps ear pendants, made of sheet cop- 

 per rolled into the form of long cones, varying in length from three- 

 fourths of an inch to an inch and a half. 



Mound 2 stands on the same elevation as No. 1. It measured about 

 00 feet in diameter, and a little less than 6 feet high. This, like the 

 other, had beneath it a slight excavation in the natural soil. In this 

 were the bones (except the skull) of au adult, in a close, compact bun- 

 dle; with them were some of the teeth, but no ])art of the skull. The 

 flesh had evidently been removed befor*^ burial here. Near by was a 

 single arrowhead, the only article found in the mound. 



Mounds .'3 and 4, ea<;li 3 feet liigh, and respectively 42 and 30 feet iu 

 diameter, were similar in constructian to 1 and 2, with the usual exca- 

 vation beneath, but without any evidences of Imrial in them. 



No. 5, a beautiful mound measuring 08 feet in diameter and 7 feet 

 high, stands on the same elevsition as 1 and 2. In the center was a 

 circular or inverted conical mass of yellow sand and gravel, extending 

 from the top of the mound to the depth of 3 feet. In this mass were 

 the much decayed bones of a child. One side of the skull was colored 

 by copper; a small copper bracelet inatle of two pieces of slender copper 

 wire twisted together and a coil of copper wire were found with the 

 bones. As these are evidently of European manufacture this may 

 have been an intrusive burial. At tlie bottom of the mound, in an 

 excavation in the original surface, were other human bones, but so 

 decayed that it was impossible to tell whether they belonged to one or 

 two bodies. 



THE ARMSTRONti (iROUP. 



This group, which is situated near the Mississippi, one-fourth of a 

 mile below Lynxville, at the mouth of a deep and narrow ravine, and 

 <-onsists of eleven round mounds and one effigy, is represented iu 

 Fig. 32. 



