176 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 
aboriginal disturbance and, presumably, the vessel found near the legs of the 
skeleton had been thrown there at the same time. At the head of the same skeleton 
was Vessel No. 6, crushed flat into bits, and Vessel No. 7, an undecorated bowl with 
inverted rim, badly broken, and containing another bowl (Vessel No. 8) with scal- 
loped projections around the margin. 
Vessel No. 6, since repaired and the missing parts restored, has for decoration, 
on two opposite sides, the woodpecker, with two heads, one pointing upward, the 
other downward, and a tail projecting from the common body at each side. No 
speech symbols are represented as leaving the open bill, nor is the tongue extended. 
Three skeletons lay radiating from а common center represented by the skulls. 
Two of these skeletons lay at full length on the back; the other had the upper 
part of the trunk lying on the back, but was turned on the left side from the pelvis 
downward. The left humerus of the last skeleton showed a former break with 
considerable bending of the bone and development of new tissue. This specimen 
was sent to the Army Medical Museum at Washington. 
Fic. 64.—Vessel No.5. Mound D. (Height 5.5 inches.) 
With part of a skeleton, including bones from the dorsal vertebrae downward, 
was Vessel No. 9, a small, undecorated pot of very coarse ware, with two loop- 
handles. 
A skeleton at full length on the back had three shell beads of medium size at 
one ankle. 
