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III tlie spac'L^ iuclost'd by mounds 3, 4, ;ind !• is a (,'emetery. as shown 

 by the bones and numerous fragments of pottery plowed up. Some 

 arrow-points, beads, and a number of pitted stones were found scattered 

 about on the surface. The arrow-points are all small and chipped from 

 water-worn pebbles of jasper, which occur inconsiderable quantities. 

 With oue skeleton exhumed here were found an iron pipe, some silver 

 ornaments, copper beads, wrought nails, and a i)ieceof glass. 



The large mound is a Hat-topped quadrilateral, with the longer axis 

 nearly iu)rth and south. At the bottom, the sides, beginning with the 

 southeast, measure 153, 1310, 177 and 234 feet; on the top 87, ll.'4, 94 

 and 119 feet. From these measurements it will be seen that the slope 

 of the sides is not uniform 



and that they are quite dif -XNN* 



flcult to ascend. On the 

 northeast side is a graded 

 way, 20 feet wide at the top 

 and running out45feet from 

 the base. This figure (20 

 feet) probably represents its 

 original width on top along 

 the whole length, though it 

 is now nuich worn down. 

 The height of the mound is 

 27 feet. 



The numbers of the small 

 mounds refer, for the first 

 eight, to the order in which 

 they were opened. In every 

 case the dirt was removed 

 down to the oi'iginal soil 

 and tar enough outwardly 

 to ]uake it certain that the 

 limit of the mound was reached. Trenches, varying in width from 6 

 to 10 feet, were carried to the center, then run to the edge in another 

 direction and space cleared out about the center sufficient to show that 

 nothing of interest remained. "Surface" refers to the original soil 

 beneath the mound, and "center" to the line directly down from the 

 highest point. All the nu)unds except the first have been plowed over 

 until they are probably 3 to 5 feet lower than when built. 



Mound 1, located nearly west of the large mound, was the most 

 prominent of the smaller ones. The first trench in this was nuule from 

 the south side. (See Figs. 16G, showing plan of trenches, and 167, 

 and 1(58 showing sections of south trench.) 



Sixteen feet from the center, resting on the surface, was a mass of 

 loose, cloddy dirt measuring 3J by 2 feet and extending 3^ feet up. It 

 was such a condition as would result from a small coffin's decaying and 



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