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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



At the depth of 3 feet, and lyiugby a skeletou, were the spool-shaped 

 copper ornameuts shown in Fig. I'.i. At the depth of 5J feet, imme- 

 diately under a root about 2 inches in diameter, a small earthen pot 

 was discovered near a skeleton. At the same depth, near the feet of 



Fig. 72. — Vogel group, Jackson county. Illinois. 



another skeleton, were the skull and teeth of some large animal. 

 At the depth of 6 feet, by the knee of a large skeleton, was a lozeuge- 

 .shaped gorget of slatestone 4 inches long and IJ inches wide in the 

 middle. Under the head of this skeleton was a whole shell and some 

 pieces; also a small curiously- wrought stone which was probably an 

 ear ornament, as it was at the side of the head. The skuU of the skele- 

 ton, though damaged, was saved. 



