44 b' COLLECTIONS OF 1881. 



with rows of punctures. The elbow is ornamented by a rosette of in- 

 dented lines. The mouth piece has been broken away. 



OBJECTS OF MIHI.. 



612797. One of Hie most instructive finds in this mound is a pair of brass 

 pins, of undoubted European manufacture. The collector 

 makes the statement, with entire confidence in its correct- 

 ness, that they had bceu encased in the earth at the time 

 of the interment of the bodies. One was associated with the 

 npper and the other with the lower layer of bones. In size 

 and shape they resemble our ordinary brass toilet pin. The 

 head is formed of a spiral coil of wire, the diameter of which 

 is about one half that of the shaft of the pin. It is also 

 stated by the collector that an iron bolt was found in the 

 lower stratum of bones. This object was unfortunately lost. 



62795. A small brass cylinder, found 3 feet 7 inches below the surface 

 of the mound. The thin sheet of which the coil is made is 

 about 1 inch square. The edges are uneven. It was proba- 

 bly used as a bead. 



OBJECTS OF SHELL. 



Few mounds have rivaled this in its wealth of shell ornaments. En- 

 graved gorgets cut from the body of the Busycon pervermm and large 

 pins from the columella? of the same shell are especially numerous and 

 well preserved. Large numbers of beads and unworked shells were 

 also found. All were intimately associated with the skeletons. 



While many of the specimens are well-preserved, we find that many 

 are in an advanced stage of decay, and unless most carefully handled, 

 crumble to powder. 



Similar shell ornaments are found in mounds in other parts of Tennes- 

 see, as well as in neighboring States. These have been pretty fully 

 described in the Secoud Aunual Report. 



62830-62839. These pius are all made from the Busycon pervermm. The 

 entire specimeus range from 3 to 6 inches in length ; two 

 are fragmentary, having lost their points by decay. The 

 heads are from one-half to 1 inch in length, and are generally 

 less than 1 inch in diameter. They are somewhat varied in 

 shape, some being cylindrical, others being conical above. 

 The shaft is pretty evenly rounded, but is seldom symmetrical 

 or straight. It is rarely above one-half an inch in diameter, 

 and tapers gradually to a more or less rounded point. The 

 groove of the canal shows distinctly in all the heads, and 

 may often be traced far down the shaft. In a number of 

 cases the surface retains the tine polish of the newly finished 

 object, but it is usually somewhat weathered, and frequently 



