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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



bones of one were a. few beads made of minute shells. Nothing was 

 found with either of the other five. 



Immediately under the surface of the mound at 5 was a single pol- 

 ished eelt. At 0, 3 feet from the top, lay an adult skeleton extended on 

 the back, head east; no relics were found with it. At 7, on the same 

 level, Avas another adult skeleton lying in the same position as the last 

 mentioned ; on the breast was a polished celt. At 

 8 were the bones of another, separated and placed 

 in a heap, as those previously mentioned, with a num- 

 ber of shell beads scattered among them. These 

 were at the depth of 18 inches. At 9 lay the skel- 

 I eton of an adult, at the dejith of .3 feet, extended on 

 I the back, head we.st; nothing with it. 



1 No. 10 indicates the position of an adult skeleton 

 tj at a depth of 4 feet 6 inches. This was also ex- 

 g tended on the back, with the head east. The earth 

 g abimt it was unusually hard, making it impossible 



2 to get the bones out in good condition, yet the skull 

 p; is sufiicient to show the form, which indicates 

 £ frontal pressure and backward elongation to an 



3 unusual extent. 

 p. 

 a No. 11, three adult skeletons extended, with faces 



3 uj) and heads east. These were lying side by side 



^ at the bottom of the mound on the natural surface of 



3 the ground, and immediately over them a covering 



I of bark, apparently of the red oak. This consisted 



S of a single layer of wide pieces. Nothing else was 



§ found with them. 



t In the nortliern end of the mound, immediately 



1 under the surface at the highest point, 12, was a 

 'i - I small, red clay vessel (Fig. 16-t). The earth of this . 



^\ northern portion, to the depth of 3 feet, contained 

 g the remains of several skeletons (13), both of adults 



2 and children, which were so far decayed that their 

 respective ijositions could not be determined ; nor in 

 fact was it ijossible to ascertain the exact number 

 of them. Scattered among the bones were several 

 celts, different lots of beads, and one small x^ot. 



No. 11 indicates the position of two adult skele- 

 tons, at a depth of 4 feet, one extended on the right side, head north, 

 the bones of the other separated and placed in a pile. Around the 

 neck of the former were a number of shell beads. 



No. 15 was the skeleton of au adult, at a depth of feet, extended 

 on the right side, head east; nothing with it. 



Nos. 17 and 18, two skeletons of adults found at a depth of 10 feet; 

 bones separated and placed in piles. No relics with them. 



