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(Fig'. 32o). Three boiK' iinpletneuts were found beneath the right elbow 

 of skeleton No. 13. JSkeleton No. 16 corresponded in level and condi- 

 tions to skeleton No. 15. The timber, however, seemed to have nearly 

 all decayed, since only a few small pieces of red cedar could be gatli- 

 ered and scarcely any traces of black ashes could be seen. The earth, 

 however, for about a foot above was very soft, and two timber molds at 

 this level were distinctly traceable, extending from the direction of the 

 skeleton's side to a foot and a half beyond its feet. Bones of deer and 

 bear, stag antlers, mussel shells, and many fragments of coarse j)ottery 

 were fojjnd in the west trench 9.J feet beyond the postmolds. 



It will be observed, if reference is had to the figure, that Nos. 2, 3, 7, 

 and 11 are all upon the same layer, as are also Nos. 9 and 10. Nos. 14, 

 15, and 16 also correspond in depth, but they did not, like the others, 

 rest upon sand. Fragmentary human bones, disturbed by the ])low, 

 were found corresponding in depth to the topmost sand streaks shown 

 in the diiigram. Black- walnut timber 1 feet long and lying 5 inches 

 above the general burnt streak was found in a decayed and soaked 

 condition at the point indicated in the figure. One end bore the marks 

 of having been burnt. The .soil around it was mostly a moist, dark 

 loam mixed with patches of what has 

 been above described as a grayish 

 plastic lime. 



A foot and a half beneath the snr 

 face and a little to the southeast of 

 the center a curious double fire-bed or ^"- ^^-'-^one hnpiemeu, ,,„i„, r™,,, iv.u,,. 



works. 



hearth was uncovered. It was about 



5 feet in diameter. ITppermost was a layer of white ashes varying 

 from 1 to 2 inches in thickness. They were the ashes of burnt shell 

 and bone, but nfi bone could ha found sufQciently large to* determine 

 whether or n<it it was human. Beneath this was burnt clay from 4 to 

 5 inches thick, resting upon a layer of sand, which at this point was 

 between 2 and 3 inches deep. The surface of this sand was ([uite hard. 

 Directly beneath it came another bed of ashes of equal thickness with 

 ■the one^above, and of like composition, except that it contained a quan- 

 tity of black wood ashes and several broken pieces of j^ottery. Below 

 this appeared burnt clay again from i to (! inches dee]), resting, as 

 before, upon a thin layer of sand. 



A hearth somewhat similar to this, but lacking its double feature, lay 

 almost directly beneath this last upon the general burnt streak that has 

 been heretofore described. 



This mound is situated upon the edge of the first general l)ott(>m 

 from Paint creek, which, though protected by a huge levee, is annually 

 inundated. In overflow times the smaller circle of the adjoining indo- 

 sure is almost entirely sidimerged and the summit of the mound is the 

 only land visible above a l)road expanse of water. Around the mound, 

 upon all sides, particularly to the east, are traces of former Indian occu- 



