CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 159 
FiG.35.— Vessel No. 12. Mound С, (Height 6,25 inches.) 
Fra. 36.— Mass of sulphide of lead showing the white carbonate used for paint. Mound С. (Full size.) 
indicated by fragments of bone still remaining, had each a number of shell beads. 
A bit of sheet-copper lay not far away. 
With an irregularly bunched burial was a small quantity of charcoal. 
Vessel No. 13, a wide-mouthed water-bottle with numerous shallow depres- 
sions surrounded by incised line decoration (Fig. 37), a favorite pattern at Mound- 
ville, lay apart from any visible trace of human remains. Near where the vessel 
lay was an interesting fire-place that formed the base of the pit in which the vessel 
was found. This fire-place, having the form of a basin 11 inches deep and 40 
inches in diameter, was made of clay, hardened and burnt red by fire to a thickness 
of 6 inches. On the bottom of the basin was a quantity of gray material mingled 
