BAKER S MOUND. 



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north, below wliicli was a layer of deeayed .skeletons, and with them a 

 nnmber of vessels of pottery of forms usual to this region. Several of 

 these vessels which 

 were discovered in 

 this first excavation 

 were fractured; yet 

 Mr. Baker obtained 

 thirty un i njured 

 si)ecimens. Further 

 excavation in the 

 hard bottom layer re- 

 vealed the parts of 

 several skeletons, a 

 nnmber of broken 



vessels, and also one small pot or cup with scalloped rim, aiul one bot- 

 tle-shaped water vessel, which were obtained whole. A few rude stone 

 scrapers were also found. 







a Cl<i.y 



-liaki'i'M mouml, Mississi])])! county, Missouri. 



(irM TREE MOt'NI). 



This is situated nearly to the east of the preceding, is circular in 

 form, GO feet in diameter, and 8 feet high. It is No. 3, of Fig. 90, and 



stands on the crest of a low 

 ridge fronting upon a cypress 

 swamp. It was found to con- 

 sist of five or six distinct lay- 

 ers, as follows, counting from 

 the bottom upwards: Layer 

 No. 1, 30 inches of clear white 

 sand, probably the natural 

 crest of the ridge. No. 2, 1(5 

 inches of dark colored, hard 

 clay, through which were scat- 

 t ered fire-beds, charcoal, 

 ashes, stone chips, fragments 

 of pottery, and split animal 

 bones. No. 3, 12 inches of yel- 

 low sand, containing but few 

 relics of any kind. No. 4, 8 

 inches of hard gray mortar, doubtless made of blue muck and ashes 

 mixed and covered with kitchen refuse similar to that found in No. 2. 

 No. 5, 18 inches of loose gray sand, containing few relics; but all the 

 central ])ortion of this layer had been previously examined by others 

 who found it and the top layer (No. (!) literally tilled with decayed 

 human bones and a number of whole and broken vessels of clay. 



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Fig. 98.— Beckwith's fort, Mississippi county, Missouri. 



