150 MOXJND EXPLORATIONS. 



No. .5, above and just west of No. 4, and near the surface, measured 

 but 2 feet and 10 inches in length. It had been disturbed and, besides 

 the dirt, contained nothing but some small bones. 



No. G lay obliquely across the trench ; the feet of the skeleton toward 

 the southeast at the surface of the ground and imcovered. The bones 

 were much decayed. Length of the grave, Ca feet. 



No. 7, just west of No. G, parallel to it, and less than G inches from it, 

 was 7 feet long; width, from 12 to 10 inches. 



No. S lay with head resting below the feet of Nos. 6 and 7; h^ngth, 6 

 feet 9 inches. It was covered with several layers of thin flat stones, 

 the lowest of which rested directly on the bones; skeleton at full length 

 lying on the back. The skull was crushed by the weight of the stones 

 that lay upon it. A fewwaterworn pebbles were noticed in this grave 

 and also in No. 7. Signs of lire were observed immediately under the 

 layer of stones forming the bottom, indicating that a Are had been 

 kindled here and the stones afterward laid on the ashes. Some bits of 

 chaicoal were mixed with the dirt in nearly all the graves. 



No. 9, immediately north of the east end of No. 8, formed in pai-t by 

 the same side stones and covered by the same slabs, was evidently the 

 grave of an infant, being but 2J feet long by 14 inches wide. The bones 

 were mostly decaye<l. Near the head in a triangular cavity between 

 two stones was a quantity of peculiar pinkish material which contained 

 bits of lead ore. At the foot were four or five roughly worked flints 

 and as many smaller ones at the head. 



No. 10 was 071 the north side of No. 9, and very near it, and measured 

 2^ feet in length by 9 in width. A few infant bones were found in it, 

 but mostly decayed. Under these were two rough flints. 



No. 11, near the surface, contained the bones of a child that had not 

 lost its first teeth. 



No. 12, also near the surface, contained an adult skeleton lying on 

 the back with feet to the south; the skull was broken. A small pot, 

 with handle on one side, stood near the back of the head. 



No. 13 was the grave of an infjiiit, being 2J feet long and S inches 

 wide. This was under No. 5 and on the same level as No. 14. 



No. 14. — This was immediately below No. 8, the sides almost corre- 

 sponding with the latter, and on the same level as No. 13, that is to 

 say, 3 feet below the surface. Length, ."> feet 8 inclies. Two fragments 

 of fossil wood, placed near the neck of the skeleton, were the only ob- 

 jects found. 



Below this grave was black soil several inches thick, and then yellow 

 clay. The latter lay 4 feet below the surface of the mound. The size 

 of this grave and the small rounded skull render it probable that this 

 was the resting place of a woman. 



Nos. 15 and IG. — No IG was on the same level as No. 14, l)ut lay with 

 its foot toward the head of the latter. It contained the remains of an 

 adult. No. 15 lay in the same direction as and immediately above No. 



