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No. 34; — the skeleton oi' m cliild — were below the cliarcoal bed (c c) (Fi<^. 

 245) and 7 or.8 feet below tlie top of the mouiul. The area occupied by 

 them waseoiiiparatively small, jirobably not more than one- fifth of that 

 covered by the nioiunl. They were more crowded, and more nearly on 

 the same level than is nsiial in a mound of this size. In .some cases 

 they lay touehint;' one another; foi- e.xanijjle, Nos. IS to 22 were so 

 close together that Nos. 1!), 20, and 21 liad tobeomitted from the figure. 

 They were lying face up at full length, with arms in natural position 

 by the sides, except three (Nos. 1.3, 15, and 16), who.se arms were turned 

 back so as to bring the hands to the head.. By referring to the figure 

 it will be seen that nearly every one has the head to the east; five be- 

 ing toward tlie south and two or three toward the nortli. There were 

 in all thirty-six, only eiglit of which were accompanied by any relics 

 worth mentioning. Every pot that was ftmnd stood near the head of a 

 skeleton; the beads and ornamented shells were about the neck or rest- 

 ing on the breast; the jiipe, stone knife, and drilled celt were all at the 

 head of 'No. 22; the celts and discoidal stones were generally found 

 about the bones of the hands. 



By reference to the diagram it"will be .seen ^hat No. 32 lay near the 

 central shaft, and fully as (lee]i in tlie mound as any othei- skeleton; 

 with this ^^'as an iron chisel, lying on the breast; the beads about the 

 neck of the skeleton were so jdaced in relation to the chisel (which 

 was perfoiated at one end) as to lead to the belief that all oCtliem had 

 been suspended on one coid. 



The following is a list of the articles obtained from this mound: 



With skeletdii No. 9, mm jvot and two ornaiiiciitcd shells. 



With skeleton Xo. Ki, one pot, one ornanientcd shell, one disi-oidal stone, and l>ea<ls. 

 With skeleton No. 18, two ]iots. 



With .skeleton No. 22, one pipe, one Hint Unite, one drilled celt. 

 With skeleton No. 2(i, one pil)e (steatite), one celt, two discoidal stones. 

 With skeleton No. 27, one pipe (oruaniento(J), two celts, one chipped ilinl imple- 

 ment. 



With skeleton No. .32, one ])crt'orated iron ihisel, one discoidiil stone, and beads. 



A cemetery, consisting chietly of stone graves, lies immediately 

 about this mound. Twelve of these were opened ami found to be formed 

 of slabs of .slate stone, arranged iti the usual box-like shajie; each con- 

 taining a single skeleton. The remains at this point probably mark 

 the locality of the old Cheroket^ town Chilhowey, not shown on PI. xxv. 



Proceeding down the river to the mouth of Mulberry creek we find 

 here on the south side of the river imlications of a village site. These 

 consist of fragments of i)otterv, broken stone imi)lements, tire-beds, etc. 

 But there is no mound here. This is the ^•illage site No. .'!, on the plat 

 shown in PI. xxv, and corresponds with "Ilalfway-Town" of Timber- 

 lake's map. (PI. XXVI.) 



THK I.ATI.MOUK (iliOUP. 



Moving on down the river, tlie next group reached is on the farm of 

 Mr. Latimore, on the south bank, immediately above the nioutli of 



