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broken. Although most of the stone coffins were from 5 to 7 feet hing 

 and the skeletons in them lying at full length, others did not exceed 2 

 feet in length and 1 in width. In the latter the bones were in a con- 

 fused heap, showing that the flesh must have been removed before 

 burial. 



In section 29, same township, on land belonging to Mr. Joseph Hind- 

 man, is anotlier cemetery of stone graves. It is on a bench about 50 

 feet above the creek bottom. Fifteen of these graves were examined. 

 The bones in most of them were comparatively firm and well preserved. 



Grave No. 1, 2 feet 3 inches long and 18 inches wide, contained all 

 the bones of an adult and a water vessel. 



No. 2 contained only a few badly decayed bones. 



No. 3, 2| feet long and 1.5 inches wide, contained all the bones of an 

 adult, rather firm but the skull broken. 



No. 4, 2 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 15 inches deep, contained the 

 bones of an adult. 



No. 5, 6J feet long and 15 inches wide, contained a single, extended 

 skeleton, head west, face up. 



No. 7, 2 feet 4 inches long, 2 feet wide, and 15 inches deep, was filled 

 with bones, apparently of three adults, as there were three skulls ; they 

 were piled in without order. 



In grave No. 9, 5i feet long and only 15 inches wide, were two ex- 

 tended skeletons, quite firm, the skulls of which were secured. 



Nos. 6, 8, and 10 contained only badly decayed bones. 



No. 12, 5^ feet long, 18 inches wide, contained one skeleton, extended, 

 head west. Bones firm, but skull broken ; by the latter stood a small 

 water jar. 



No. 13 was of the same length as No. 12, but only 1 foot wide (inside 

 measurement in all cases) ; skeleton extended and bones badly decayed. 



No. 14, length 4J feet, contained the skeleton of a child, extended; 

 near the skull a small water jar and a bowl. 



No. 15, 6 feet long, 16 inches wide, contained a single skeleton, 

 extended, head west, face up. 



The graves here were not so deep in the ground as those in section 

 16, the tops of some of them being only 6 inches below the surface and 

 the deepest only 18 inches. 



In the cemetery situated on the NW. + Sec. 16, T. 13 S., R. 2 W. 

 is a circular stone grave south of the black oak tree. This grave, about 

 5 feet in diameter, was formed by standing on end short slabs of stone 

 around the circle. The sides of the grave wei'e slightly flilring. There 

 are some reasons for believing that this pertains to an earlier period 

 than the other graves, though nothing positive on this point could be 

 ascertained. 



The graves on the Ilindman place are only about half a mile from the 

 Linn mounds, those on the llileman farm about 2 miles from them, and 



