STONE GRAVES ON HALe's PLACE. 



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worn arouiul tlie waist. A skull and some other bones were found in 

 the same grave at the feet of this skeleton. 



No. 4 lay direetly below No. .S. From this was obtained a nearly 

 perfect sknll. It is small and the front narrow. (See Figs. 77 and 78.) 

 This grave was one of the lowest tier, as it rested ou the iiatnral clay. 



No. 5 was also in the bottom layer. Near the head of the skeleton 

 which this contained were two wooden trinkets in the form of elongate 

 beads jjerforatcd lengthwise. They are abont 1 inch long and half an 

 inch thick and bear copper stains, rendering it probable they were 

 originally covered with a thin plate of this metal. Their position near 

 the head probably justifies the belief that they were used as ear pend- 

 ants. 



No. G was on the same level as No. 5, and close by the side of it. 

 There were no indications that this grave had been disturbed, yet the 

 skull was standing upright facing the feet, and 

 directly in front of it, lying across the skeleton, 

 were the femora and shin-bones. The lower 

 jaw had been dislocated, and placed at the left 

 side of the skull. The other bones were in their 

 proper position. A long bone needle was stick- 

 ing up above the jaw, and some flakes of copper 

 marked with fintiugs or ridges, like a piece taken 

 from this mound by Mr. IJaukstone, were found 

 scattered through the dirt. On the bottom of 

 the grave, to the left of the skull and under the 

 lower jaw, were the remains of some woven bark 

 matting stained with copper, and near the elbow 

 of the right arm was an oblong bead of wood 

 coated with oxide of copper similar to those 

 heretofore mentioned. 



No. 7 was near the suiface of the mound. From it was obtained a 

 very perfect skull and other bones; one femur is curiously deformed. 

 No implements or ornaments accompanied the skeletoii. 



No. S was iibout 1 foot below the surface with to]) open. This small 

 grave, which was only IS in<'hes long aiul ll! inches wnde, contained the 

 bones of a single skeleton closely packed. The lower jaw, however, 

 was missing. The skull was marked on both sides with copper stains. 



Trench No. -1 was run from near the sctutheast end of the mound, 

 revealing two or three disturbed graves. In one of these was a skull 

 with jaws open; in anoth<^r the feet were lying in the wrong direction, 

 the only <'ase of the kind noticed. Near the head stood a small mug in 

 the shape of some animal. Some thin plates of bone or turtle shell, 

 each about iJ inches long, 1^ inches wide, very thin, a little cup-shaped, 

 and drilled with four or more holes (see Fig. 79), were found lying 

 closely packed together in a separate stone grave or box hardlj- a foot 

 long. There was nothing else in the box. 



I''iri. 79.— liono plnte from 

 mouiifl on Hale's plucc. 



