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vase has been a dull reddish yellow. The neck is red, the 

 body is ornamented with four red and four white figures, 

 which extend from the neck to the base of the vessel. 

 These belts of color are separated by bands of the ground- 

 color of the vessel. Height 12 inches. Fig. 167. 



63153. A small rude cup of gray clay, without decoration. Diameter 



4 inches. 



63154. An egg-shaped vessel, made in imitation of a gourd. The mouth 



of this vessel is a small round opening on the side, near the 

 pointed end. The base is somewhat flattened. Height 5 

 inches. Fig. 168. 



Fig. 168. 



63155. A minute cup, li inches in diameter. The rim is encircled by 

 a series of rude notches. 



MOUNDS AT INDIAN BAY. 



A large mound 30 feet high and 250 feet long is located on the farm 

 of Mr. A. Spencer, near Indian Bay. Our collector, however, could not 

 obtain permission to examine it. At the edge of Indian Bay corpora- 

 tion is another large mound, used as a cemetery by the white residents. 

 In a field near by were two small mounds about 3 feet in height and 

 30 feet in circumference. In one of these, two feet beneath the surface, 

 a skeleton was found, near the head of which three earthen vessels had 

 been placed. From the other small mound a very interesting collection 

 of pottery was procured, much of which was in a fragmentary condition. 



