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washed away. These skeletons were many of them in an excellent state of pres- 
ervation, while others were partially disintegrated. 
Some gave indications of having been partially burned. The skulls varied 
much in formation. Some were endowed with very prominent projection of the 
lower bones of the face ; others comparing very favorably as to size and develop- 
ment with the present generation. The writer found one specimen of bad surg- 
ery that was quite interesting, and we have placed it among the archives, it being 
an anchylosed elbow joint. During life there had been a fracture, with disloca- 
tion of that joint, and the bones had consolidated. We noticed the surgeon (?) 
left the arm extended. Near the central portion of the group the remains of a 
splendidly developed man were found; his skull was unusually large and would 
indicate a large brain development. From the marked attention "the prehis- 
torics " had paid to his burial, he must have been a prominent man, for near his 
head was found a large proportion of the pottery. Resting against each side of 
his skull, so as to discolor it, were copper and bone rings, that had probably been 
attached to his ears. It is difficult to describe them, for they were quite intri- 
cate. The bone, however, seemed to be overlaid in part with copper. A large 
number of shell ornaments of ornate form much elongated, with one or two per- 
forations in the end, as if to run them on a string, also bone beads of various 
shapes. These seemed to be associated more with the remains of the children. 
We noticed a few specimens made of shell — the external portions of which 
had been removed — perforated with small holes like a strainer, and they certainly 
would answer quite well for this purpose, as the shells were large, some six inches 
in diameter. The shells that were still in their natural state, of which there were 
several, were much larger than would be found in this region, and belonged to 
the miacidea or clam family. The pottery was by far the most interesting from 
an artistic point of view. A sculptured frog, six by ten inches, was perhaps the 
most prominent, and gave evidence of skill of no mean order. Mr. McAdams 
thought he was no common frog, for he held something in his right hand, possibly 
associating him with religious customs of those days. He was well formed, and a 
bowl-shaped opening was placed in his back, with a small opening from the bot- 
tom of the bowl, extending at right angles backward, and came out at the tail, as 
if it were a huge pipe, with the opening for the stem at the tail. There were 
several bowls of nearly as great capacity; one, in particular,, that had sculptured 
lizards for the handles. These were quite perfect and the effect was fine. The 
lizard was in the act of surmounting the rim of the bowl, and his head peeping 
over the edge, as if inspecting its contents. Several bottles of the old Egyptian 
style, a flattened sphere for the body and a long slim neck, were also found. 
They were very skillfully made, and were not much thicker than glass, and well 
burned. Several needles of bone, similar to the modern crochet-needle, also one 
long copper needle, were found. We omitted to mention some little three-legged 
pots, holding about a gill, that had some sculptured designs on the sides. 
Mr. McAdams showed us the first specimens of flint hoes that we ever saw. 
These he had just secured from some people living in the neighborhood. One 
