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only ones, with the main bones of the legs and arms and skull, which 

 were preserved, though much care and trouble was taken. The skull 

 is now in possession of Dr. Daniel Wilson, of Toronto. These 

 remains were on the level of the surrounding ground on the west side 

 of the mound and facing the east. The following articles were found 

 near the sitting figure. About the position of the breast a polished 

 seashell gorget, probably cut from the Busycon perversum. It is four 

 inches in diameter with a circular hole in the centre of one-half inch 

 diameter, and two small holes in the rim for suspension purposes, 

 which show a well worn furrow X3r groove worn into the shell by the 

 friction of the cord or thong. Like the skull, the gorget is stained with 

 a mineral paint of a red color, but no attempt has been made to en- 

 grave designs on its beautifully polished surface. Two well-finished 

 tubes of steatite, each hollowed out and having a raised rim at one 

 end, were taken from about the waist. The tubes show that they were 

 finished inside by cutting, as the stripe left by the tools may be seen. 

 A tiny earthen pot came from the side of the skeleton, but it crumbled 

 to pieces when taken from the earth. It appears to have been filled 

 with red ochre or some such material, as the cup was stained red, and 

 there was a crusted deposit inside. A few shell beads were found 

 scattered through the earth of the lower level. Those secured were 

 very much decomposed,, and split into thin scales or crumbled into 

 chalky lime when exposed. The shells of the common mussel, which 

 abound in the river close by, appeared at clifierent levels, but they 

 were generally much decayed. These shells have been found inside 

 pots discovered in the mounds, and were evidently at times used as 

 spoons and ornaments. A few hundi'ed yards from the above mound 

 was another, which has been opened and found to contain human and 

 animal remains, earthen pots, rough stone mai;ls, deer horns, and a 

 pin or hanging ornament 5| inches long and | of an inch thick, 

 formed from the columella of a sea shell, probably of the Busycon per- 

 versum. This pin is identical with some in the collection of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, notably with one found in a mound in Tenn- 

 essee. There was also taken from this mound a gorget or breastplate, 

 9^ inches long and 3 inches wide, with the ends curved. The 

 material is very dry and brittle, and it is difficult to say exactly what 

 it is, but in all likelihood it is a turtle shell. The marks of a scraper 

 appear on the concave side, while the other is polished smooth and the 

 surface indented with several lines running paiullel with its length. 



