68 BURIAL MOUNDS OF THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. 
pipe near the face ; one hand near each side of the head, each grasping 
small, conical copper ornaments (ear-drops) and a bunch of hair. Was 
this individual, apparently a female, buried alive? 
13. Horizontal, lying on the back, head southeast; copper and shell 
beads around the neck and wrists, a hook or crescent shaped piece of 
copper on the breast, a food-cup (with handle) lying on its side with 
mouth close to the face, a pipe near the mouth, and two celts over the 
head. 
14. Horizontal, lying on the back, head northeast, arms extended; 
each hand resting on ashell which had evidently been engraved, though 
the figures are almost totally obliterated. 
15, Horizontal, on the back, head west, knees drawn up; stone im- 
plements at the feet. 
i6. Too much decayed to determine the position. 
17. Four skeletons in one grave, horizontal, heads toward the east, 
and large rocks lying on the legs below the knees; no implements. 
18. Two skeletons in one graye, heads west, faces down, knees drawn 
up; no implements. 
19. On the back, horizontal, head east; no implements. 
20, Sitting, with face toward the east, walled in, a large rock lying on 
the feet (though this may have fallen from the wall); no implements. 
21. Sitting, walled in; over the head, but under the capstone of the 
vault, a handful of flint arrow-heads. 
22. Doubled up, with the head between the feet. 
A. A solid oval-shaped mass of bowlders, 53 inches long, 22 inches 
wide, and 24 inches high, resting on the bottom of the pit. No ashes or 
other indications of fire about it. 
Fragments of pottery, mica, galena, charcoal, red and black paint, 
and stone chips were found seattered in small quantities through the 
earth which filled the pit. All the celts were more or less polished. 
R. T. Lenoir burial. pit.—This is a cireular burial pit, similar to those 
already described, but without any rounding up of the surface. It is 
located on the farm of Mr. Rufus T, Lenoir, about 9 miles northeast 
of Lenoir and nearly a mile west of Fort Defiance. 
A diagram showing the relative positions of the graves or burials is 
given in Fig. 33. 
tis on the first river terrace or bottom of Buffalo Creek and some 
200 yards from the stream, which empties into the Yadkin about half a 
mile southwest of this point. This bottom is subject to overflow in 
time of high water. 
The pit, which is 27 feet in diameter and about 34 feet deep, is almost 
a perfect circle, and well marked, the margin, which is nearly perpendic- 
ular, aud the bottom being easily traced. The dirt in this case, as in 
the others, was all thrown out. 
No. 1. A bed of charred or rather burnt bones, occupying a space 3 
feet long, 2 feet wide, andabout1footdeep. The bones wereso thoroughly 

