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MOUND NO. 4. 



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l)otterv, t'lesh-water shells, and animal bones. <'liiefly of the deer and 

 lact'oon. 



Mound a is a small circular tumulus, standing- near No. 2 on the west, 

 14 feet in diametei' and "2 feet hijjh. Being- nearly covered by -water 

 it was not explored. 



Moun<l Jr'is about' (10 feet from the margin of No. 2; diameter 66 feet, 

 height nearly (i feet. The construction was- as ibllows, commenciDg 

 at the bottom and going up: The line a a in Fig. 

 128 indicates the original surface of ground; h, a 

 layer of burnt clay, which lay chiefly on the right 

 side, extending- only a short distance to the left of ' 

 the center, averaging about 5 incihes in thickness. 

 The imi)ressions of grass and weeds were very 

 abundant in it. The top was much smoother than 

 the underside. The soil immediately beneath 

 showed, to the depth of 2 or 3 incliesj the effect of 

 heat, from which it would seem that the clay was 3 

 burnt on the spot where it lay. - 



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Overlapping- the northern end of this layer was a j 

 bed of ashes and coals (c) a little beyond the cen- | 

 ter of the niound. This covered an area about 6 § 

 feet in diameter and was about 10 inches thick ^ 

 where deepest. Over this was a nearly horizontal | 

 layer [d) of clean surface soil, stretching entirely ^ 

 across the mound. On this lay a thiu stratum [e] J. 

 of burnt cane, but little moie than an inch thick, 3 

 on which, or rathe)- in which, not far from the ceu- g 

 ter, were the remains of a few fires, marked by the '=■ 

 ash bed (./'). Over the layer of birrnt c^ane [e) was .| 

 a thick layer of surface soil, marked' </, including g 

 and covering the bed of ashes (/■). Over this was -p 

 a second layer of black, loose soil (/<), 13 inches 

 thick, in which at /, lay a small bed of burnt clay, 

 occupying an area about 5 feet in diameter, cov- 

 ered by a layer of ashes extending somewhat be- 

 yond its margins. Next above was another layer of 

 burnt clay (/), 15 inches thick in the central portion, 

 but thinning out to the margins, as shown, in the 

 figure, and covering an area of 36 by 27 feet. This 

 was composed of chunks of bdrnt clay that ap- 

 peared to have been placed on top of the mound, and the crevices fijled 

 up with smaller fragments. 



Three skeletons were found in this mound; first (1), that of a person 

 under medium size in the layer of soil (<;), inmiediately on the stratum of 

 burnt cane. It lay at full length face up, head east; the bones were 

 very soft and the skull was much flattened, but not crushed. Near the 

 head stood two clay vessels, a water bottle, and a bowl. Tender the skull 



