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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



In a grave a little to the west of tliis trencli, near the surface, lay 

 a skeleton stretched at full length. The skull was small and curiously 

 flattened at the back and lying face down. 



The northwestern end of this mound is its highest point, l)ut there 

 were no burials in this portion. From the dirt thrown out of one of 

 these graves was obtained the Catholic medal shown in Fig. 80. 



Subsequently to the exam- 

 ination of the works on the Hale 

 place above referred to, some 

 further explorations were made 

 in the large mound, which was 

 not completely worked over by 

 the agent who first visited it. 

 Two additional trenches were 

 carried through it, running 

 north and south. These re- 

 vealed the fact that the south 



Fig. 80.-C=.tholic medal fr.„n,no,m,l on nah-'splac. ^j^^^ ^^^^ COmpOSCd Of rcfuSC 



matter, mostly flint chips, with some fragments of pottery, bones, deer 



horns, etc. In this part there were no stone graves. 



In a child's grave in the upper tier near the center of the mound was 



a small pot placed by the head of the skel- 

 eton. In the same part of the mound, 3 

 feet below the surface and immediately 

 beneath a small walnut tree, was a stone 

 coffin 7 feet long, of the usual width, which 

 contained three skeletons. The heads of 

 two of the skeletons had been separated 

 from the bodies to which they l>elonged 

 and laid side by side at the end of the cof- 

 fin, and the other bones placed at the 

 sides near the foot. The head of the thu-d 

 skeleton lay on the other skulls. (See Fig. 

 81.) The head of this coftin, like most of 

 the others in the mimnd, was toward the 

 west. The three skulls were saved. One 

 of them is somewhat broken, but was pre- 

 served becaxise of a singular ])rotuberance 

 on the top. In this coffin were S(mie yellow 

 paint, Unio shells, and two round stones, 



Fig. 81.— Stiinosraye unUale's place. ,, , . ., , ,, 



all lying near the upper skull. 

 Several other graves were explored — all in fact wliicii had not been 

 previon.sly disturbed, but nothing found except skeletons and a few 

 riv<n' shells. 



INDIAN DIGGINGS. 



Not far from the little town of Mill Creek, and situated on Sees. 35 

 and 3G, T. 13 S., It. 2 W. are the so-called Indian Diggings. These 



