384 MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



to admit a cane stem); the pot shown in Fif^. 2(i4; an ononnous shell 

 mask, the largest, perhaps, ever found in a monnd; two small orna- 

 mented shells; twenty-nine bone punches or needles, similar to that 

 represented in Fig. 253; thirty-six arrowheads, and some very large 

 shell beads. The bone implements were found by the right hand, which 

 lay close to the right thigh bone; the rest of the articles were about 

 the head, except the shell beads, which api)earto have been around the 

 body,about the hips ; they M'ere in two rows close side by side. 



Fig. 264. -Pot, Big Toco mound. 



Articles found by the other skeletons were as follows : 



Skeleton 4, two polished celts and one discoidal stone. 



Skeleton 5, one polished celt. 



Skeleton 8, one polished celt, one sf)apstonc pipe, one oniamented shell, .-lud one pot. 



Skeleton 9, two polished celts. 



Skeleton 17, one polished celt. 



Skeleton 18, two polished celts, one stone pipe, two pots, two engraved shells and 



one shell-ornament, and a number of shell beads. 

 Skeleton 23, two polished celts. 

 Skeleton 24, one polished celt. 



Skeleton 26, two polished celts, three discoidal stones. 

 Skeleton 27, one polished celt. 

 Skeleton 28, two polished celts, one pot. 

 Skeleton 31, two polished celts. 

 Skeleton 33, two polished celts, two pots, one engraved shell, three shell ornaments. 



and a number of shell beads. 

 Skeleton 34, three polished celts. 

 Skeleton 36, one discoidal stone. 



Skeleton 37, oue polished celt, one stone pii)e, one engraved shell. 

 Skeleton 41, one polished celt, one stone pipe, one pot, one engraved shell, one shell 



ornament. 

 Skeleton 51, oue ornamented shell, oue llint implement, a number of shell beads. 

 Skeleton 52, one ornamented shell, one shell mask, one shell gorget. 



Skeleton No. 29 was buried in a perpendicular position, head down- 

 ward, and rock piled on the feet, as shown in Fig. 25S. The top of the 

 head rested on the hard stratum at the depth of 9 feet from the top of 

 the mound. 



