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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



No. 11, touching No. 10 at tlie uortUeast, 50 feet in dianietei' and 4 

 feet high, was composed chiefly of a dark, sandy soil, about 10 feet of the 

 central portion being of yellow clay and sand mixed. In the southern 

 portion, at the depth of 2 feet, were two very soft, folded skeletons, 

 heads west. A little southwest of the center, at the depth of 3 feet, a 

 few human bones were found incased in hard, black muck or mortar- 

 like substance, and immediately under them some copper beads. Near 

 the center, at about the same depth, was a folded skeleton, \vith the 



-Obsidian implemeut from Mound No. 10. White's grou]i. 



head northeast, also incased in the hard, black muck. By the skull was 

 a broken earthen pot and a bottle-shaped vase, short neck and flat bot- 

 tom. The broken pot, which has been partially restored and is repre- 

 sented in Fig. 40, is equal, if not superior in the quality of the ware, to 

 any mound pottery discovered in the Mississippi valley. A jasper 

 lance head was discovered a little north of the center near the base. 

 The other mounds of the group, which are small, simple tumuli of the 

 conical type, were not opened. Their sizes are as follows: 



