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and 23 feet wide. The construction the same as the preceeding. There 

 had been five original and five intrusive burials, the latter in the cen- 

 ter at the depth of 3 feet, the others at the bottom of the mound, 

 in the north end. All of the skeletons were bundled, those near the 

 surface being in. a better state of preservation than those in the bot 

 torn. A large pine stump was standing over the latter, the roots of 

 which had broken them up to a considerable extent. 



Mound 42, standing in the ravine, measured 27 feet in diameter and 

 4 feet high. The construction was found to be similar to that of ITo. 

 1; first, the thin layer of vegetable mold; then sandy loam and the 

 clay core; but here was a pit in the original soil, rectangular in 

 form, 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 1 in depth, the sides and ends flar- 

 ing. In this mound there had been three intrusive and two original 

 burials. Two skeletons of the former were in the southwest part, at the 

 depth of 2 feet; the third in the center at the depth of 4 feet, a cut 

 having been made in the top of the core to receive it. The material of 

 the layer over it had a disturbed appearance; indicating that these 

 were intrusive burials. 



Two other skeletons were found on the bottom of the pit, bundled as 

 usual. The bones of these two are larger than those of any of the 

 other skeletons of this group. Mounds numbered 41, 47, and 48 were 

 so similar in every respect to 42 as to need no further notice. 



Mound 49 stands on the lower margin of the gravelly ridge south of 

 the gully, 20 or 25 feet above the water level of the lake; its diameter 

 being 2G feet and height 5 feet. It was found to consist, except the top 

 layer, of an uustratifled mass of dark brown loam with a considerable 

 mixture of sand and gravel, having the same appearance as the soil of 

 the ridge on which it stands; an occasional lump of clay, similar to the 

 load masses heretofore spoken of, was observed. Under this main layer 

 or body of the mound, near the center, was an oval pit, diameters 2 and 

 2^ feet, and 1 foot in depth. This mound furnished evidence as usual 

 of both Intrusive and original burials. The original burials were two 

 adults in the pit; these, as also the skeletons of the intrusive burials, 

 being bundled, an indication that the two peoples who buried here be- 

 longed to the same race. Mounds 28 and 36 were similar throughout 

 to JSo. 49. 



GEOtrp ON SEC. 10, T. 35 N., E. 11 W. 



These mounds, which are on the opposite side of the lake from the 

 preceding, are all of the round or conical type and are located on a 

 point of land some 25 feet above and overlooking the lake and the other 

 village just described. No. 8, one of the largest of the group, meas- 

 ured 45 feet in diameter and 5 feet high. Commencing at the top, the 

 first 3 feet was a layer of sandy loam ; the remainder was a hard core 

 of clay mixed with sand, made up of small masses, like those heretofore 

 described. The latter rested on a layer, about an inch thick, of what 



