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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



5, a, 7, S, and U iudicate the positions of single skeletons lying' horizon- 

 tally on their backs, their heads resting east or northeast. With No. 2 

 was a broken soapstone pipe; with Nos. 5 and one small polished 

 celt each. Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 were buried in stone vaults 



-T. F. Xel»oii 'I'l-iauyle, Caldwell county, Kortli 

 Carolina. 



l'"ui. 2u[). — CuiiptT cyliuder, 

 Xclsoii triaiigU'. 



similar to those in the mound; 10, 12, 13, and 15 being in a sitting 

 posture unaccompanied by any article. Nos. 11 and 14 indicate graves 

 containing two skeletons each extended horizontally one above the other, 

 the lower ones of smaller stature than those above, with the faces up. 



Fl(i. 210. — Brucelot of shell ami (•iii)]mt beads. Nelson Triangle. 



and very heavy stones placed on the extended arms and legs, fastening 

 them down. The upper skeletons, of larger stature and face down, 

 were resting on those below. No articles were found with them. Near 

 No. 12 was about a peck of singular, i)inkish colored earth. 



