NORTH CAKOIJNA. 



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In the northeast part of the triangle, at A, were ten or more bodies 

 in one grave or group, which appeared to have been buried at one time, 



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Fig. 211. — I.ou celt from Nelson triangle. 



the chief or principal personage of the group resting horizontally on his 

 face, with his head northeast and his feet southwest. Under his 

 head was the large engraved shell shown in 

 Fig. 213; around his neck were a number of 

 large-sized shell beads; at or near his ears 

 lay live elongate copper beads, or rather 

 small cylinders, varying in length from 1^ to 

 4^ inches, and in diameter from one-fourth 

 to half an inch, part of the leather thong on 

 which they had been strung yet remaining 

 in them. These are made of thin pieces of 

 copper cut into strips and then rolled to- 

 gether so that the edges meet in a straight 

 joint on one side. The copper looks as 

 though it had been rolled into sheets and 

 not hammered (Fig. 209). A piece of cop- 

 per was also under his breast. His arms 

 were bent, the hands resting about 1 foot 

 from each side of his head. Around each 

 wrist were the remains of a bracelet com- 

 posed of copper and shell beads alternating, 

 as shown in Fig. 210. At his light hand 

 lay four iron implements, one of which, a 

 roughly hammered celt or chisel, is shown 

 in Fig. 211 ; another piece, some (i or 7 inches 

 long and about 1 inch wide, is evidently part 

 of a sword blade or knife (Fig. 212) ; another, 

 part of a ])unch or large awl, with a portion 

 of the horn handle yet attached. Under his 

 left hand was another engraved shell, the 

 concave surface upward, and filled with shell beads of all sizes, 

 12 ETH 22 



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Fig. '211'.— Tart of iron bhidc, NrUou 

 triangle. 



