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betwwii tlie.il- (>veilai)iiiiifi- edges. Tliere were uo indications of grass 

 or twigs in the clay <>f these layers, as in that ol' the upi)er one, b. 

 Beneath these was another horizontal and continuous layer o4fine coal 

 and ashes, (/, about 2 inches thick. This had the appearance of burnt 

 cane, as fragments of cane partially burned were found in it! Under 

 this was still another layer of burnt clay (//) e(iual in extent to those 

 above it and, like them, horizontal. Its upper side was comparatively 

 smooth and flat. In the central i)ortioii it was rather more than a foot 

 thick, but thinning out toward the margins. This had been cut at m 

 in a north and south direction for the purpose of burying a single indi- 

 vidual, whose skeleton was found immediately below at 2. This layer 

 appears to have been solid, and contained no indications of grass or 

 weeds. Near the northern edge, at (/, were a small bed of gray ashes, 

 quite a quantity of coals, fragments of pottery and stones, and among 

 tliein human bones slightly discolored by the ashes, but not burned. 

 This deposit was some 4 or 5 inches thick, covering an area about 6 

 feet in diameter and lying chiefly in the layer g. Immediately under 

 this burnt clay was a layer (/) of gray, waxy soil about 1 foot thick, 

 horizontal,' extending over the area of the mound, and of nearly uiii- 

 forni thickness throughout. On the south .side of the inouud in this 

 layer, at n, was a small bed of ashes. Next and last, resting on the 

 original surface of the ground, was another layer of burnt clay (o) 

 some 7 inches thick in the center. This, to all appearances, had been 

 burned where it lay; nevertheless it was in fragments, and indications 

 of grass and twigs to a very limited extent were observed in it. It is 

 possible, therefore, that it may have been plastering from a house. 



ISkeletons and fragments thereof were found as follows: Bones (3) in 

 the ash heap at (/; skeleton lying at full length (1) in the layer of earth 

 (,- with this was a red-striped earthen bowl- close to the head. No. 2 

 . was in the saiiije layer as No. 1, but Judging by the indications was 

 buried subsequent to it, as the latter lay immediately under the undis- 

 turbed portion of the clay layer (/(), while 2 was under the opening which 

 h^d evidently been made in the clay layer for its reception. This 

 burial had taken place previous to the deposit of the Jayer of ashes, g, 

 as this had not been disturbed. By the side of the latter, near the 

 head, stood a water bottle and a bowl containing shell beads. Three 

 skeletons *(4, 5, and 6) lay at the bottom, on the original surface of the 

 ground. By No. 4 was an earthen canteen ; by 5, a red and white striped 

 water bottle; and by G, a bowl. 



A wide mouthed water bottle and some human bones were discovered 

 near the surface of the mound at. 7, but these appear to have been 

 brought up from some deeper position by the roots of the tree men- 

 tioned when it fell. A spoon- shaped clay vessel was buried in the ashes 

 at d, and scattered through the dirt of the mound were fragments of 



* Hurizuutali when llseil iu thia connectiou, implies that the bed ur stratum does not currespond with 

 the curve or vertical contour of the mound, but is level, or horizontal. 



