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ing entire vessel, but seldom without the fragiueuts of :i broken one 

 where the entire one was wanting. ' 



As a rule, bat one vessel was found to a skeleton, though oecasionally 

 two and even three were observed; but when this was tlie case they 

 were of ditferent forms and evidently intended for difierent purposes. 

 Thus, if a long-necked water cooler was found on one side of the skull, 

 the vessel on the other side, if any, would be a cup or basin or other 

 food dish, and if a third were present it would be an efflgy or orna- 

 mented vessel placed at the crown or above it. No tire-beds, charcoal, 

 or split bones of animals were found among the skeletons. 



Fig. 104. — Owl image vessel from Beckwith'a rain 



The mounds of this class were often so low as to be scarcely apparent. 

 Indeed, it is evident that the. people who once occupied this locality 

 buried their dead about 2 feet deep in the natural earth, and that the 

 elevation of jjortions of their cemetery is the result of subsequent 

 burials on the same site, as in such cases we found two or three layers 

 of skeletons. 



At this place some ■i-'> or 50 whole vessels were found of which the 

 following were obtained for the Bureau, the owner of the place. Col. 

 Beckwith, who assisted in the work, retaining the rest: 



1 water vessel, female iiiiagu (Fig. 99). 



1 long-uecked water vessel with three legs (Fig. 101). 



1 water vessel, female image. 



