THOMAS] MOUND NO. n, miller's GRtJUP. 211 



Some of the clary vessels were quite soft at the time tbey were found, 

 but the larger number were strong, well made, aud of comparatively 

 good material. Fragments of pottery, broken stone, clay, ashes aud 

 charcoal were found at various depths. The bones of the skeletons 

 were soft and fell to pieces as soon as they were uncovered. 



No. 10, a small, circular mound, .3 feet high, was made uj) of several 

 irregular layers as follows: First a top layer of ^oil 3 inches thick; be- 

 low this a layer of burnt clay similar to that of the othei* mounds, 

 about 5 inches thick ; next, a foot of soil similar to that of the surrouTid- 

 ing surface; and the remainder, to the original surface of the ground, 

 a mixture of ashes, burnt clay, and soil. At the center of this was a 

 considerable bed of ashes occui)ying its entire thickness, in which lay 

 a single skeleton and with it four pots, two of them under the head of 

 the skeleton. 



No. ] 1, 20 feet west of No. 10 ; diameter 35 feet, height 3i feet ; circular. 



A broad trench was cut through it, t'arrying away the larger portion 

 to the original earth. In Fig. 123 the positions of the articles found 

 are marketl. After passing through a 

 very thin layer of surface soil a bed of 

 hard-burned earth 4 inches thidc was 

 reached which covered the greater por- 

 tion of the mound; the remainder con- 

 sisted of black nnu'k from the bottom 

 lauds around; at the depth of 5^ feet, 

 or 2 feet below the original surface of 

 the groixnd, Avas a layer of ashes and 

 charcoal. Quantities of broken luussel 

 shells, charcoal, potsherds and chunks of 

 burned clay were found at various fi,,. i22.-pian ot m»uniiso. ii, Miiicr 

 depths. . group. 



At 1 lay a very soft folded skeleton, head north, 2 feet below the 

 surface; by the head a single earthen pot. Pots 2 and 3, and a bowl 

 (4), were all immediately under the usual layer of burned earth. Nos. 

 5 and 6 — clay pipes — were discovered at the depth of 2^ feet; 8, a pot, 

 at the depth of 2 feet; a clay pipe (not shown in the figure) at the 

 depth of 18 inches. 



Several pieces of burned clay bearing the impressions of split canes 

 were secured. These probably were pieces of plastering from the walls 

 of a dwelling which stood here and was destroyed by fire. Tlie hiyer 

 of burned earth or clay mentioned was quite hard. It was full of the 

 impressions of grass and twigs, and looked as though grass and clay 

 had been mixed together. Some small trees, varying ti'om iuch6s to 

 a foot in diameter, stood on the top and sides of the mound. 

 • No. 12, 25 feet southwest of No. 11, diameter 25 feet, height, 3 feet; 

 circular; was composed of black, sticky muck, except a layer of burned 

 clay 9 inches thick which covered the top. 



