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limits of the pit; in fact tlie bottom, which was of clay, had been baked 

 hard by lire to the depth of 2 or 3 inches. The pit was tilled with soil 

 and loose yellow clay similar to the surface soil aroniid the mound cov- 

 ering twenty-six skeletons and one stone heap in the relative positions 

 shown in Fig. 221. Some of the .skeletons were inclosed in vaults 

 formed of coJ'ble stones. 



Fig. 214 — Engraveil shell, Xelsou triangle. 



No. 1, squatting, walled in with water- worn bowlders; the face turned 

 to the west; no implements or ornaments. 



No. 2, sitting with the fai'e toward the center, two celts at the feet, and 

 immediately in front of the face a cone-shaped piece of hard pottery 

 paste. 



Fig. 21.5.— Pipe. Caldwell eouiitj , >'oilb L'aniliua. 



No. 3, sitting with fi\ce toward tlie center; several celts at the feet. 

 No. 4, horiz(mtal, with the head southeast; several celts at the feet. 

 No. 5, horizontal, with the head toward the center; celts at the feet. 

 No. fi, sitting with the face toward the center; beads around the neck, 

 a Unio shell on top of the head with the concave surface down, a conch 



