THOMAS. | COPPER PLATES KROM ETOWAH MOUND. 101 
under the head wasa piece of copper, and about the neck and wrists 
were shell beads. 
These graves were not all on the same level ; the top of some being but 
two feet below the clay bed (No. 2), while others were from two to three 
feet lower. 
All the articles obtained in this mound were forwarded at once to 
the Bureau of Ethnology and are now in the National Museum. Ex- 
amining them somewhat carefully since their reception, I find there are 

Fic. 43.—Copper plate from Etowah mound, Georgia. 
really more copper plates among them than Mr. Rogan supposed, the 
number and description being as follows: 
1. A human figure with wings, represented in Fig. 42. This is 13 
inches long and 9 inches wide. A portion of the lower part, as shown 
by the figure, is wanting, probably some 3 or4inches. There is a break 
across the middle, but not sufficient to interfere with tracing out the 
design. A crown piece to the head ornament is also wanting. 
2. Also a human figure, shown in Fig. 43. Length, 16 inches; width, 
74 inches. 
