259 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, LOWER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. 
diameter, 50 feet. More than three-quarters of the original area of the mound were 
dug away by us, little being left but portions around two large trees. The material 
was sand with admixture of loam. Signs of former use as a place of abode were 
wanting. 
Apart from human remains, together, were sixteen pebbles or parts of pebbles, 
a hone, and near these a lump of hematite. Elsewhere in the mound, away from 
burials, were: a circular stone, about 4 inches in diameter, pitted on each side; a 
mass of ferruginous sandstone, which probably had been used as a hammer; four 
arrowheads or knives, some of chert, some of quartzite; a sharp flake of chert; 
several pebbles; a few bits of earthenware. | 
Human remains in this mound were badly decayed. There were present in the 
mound what was left of twenty-two crania, exclusive of those of children. Three 
of these showed frontal compression and six did not. Thirteen skulls were too 
badly decayed to allow determination. One of the skulls with anterior flattening 
had, in addition, a longitudinal groove of the kind noted in the preceding mound. 
As exact description of all burials in this mound would be wearisome to the 
reader, only those of especial interest will be noted in detail. There were present 
in the mound burials in fourteen places. 
Ете. 2.—Decoration on part of vessel. Mound near Three Rivers Landing. (About half size.) 
Seven inches down was a large pile of long-bones carefully placed parallel one 
to another. This pile, which represented several individuals, possibly five or six, 
slanted upward somewhat. Farther in the mound, in contact with the pile, were 
one skull, a pelvis, vertebrae, ribs, and a few other bones. Оп and above the upper 
part of the mass of long-bones were many fragments of what seemingly had been 
part of a large vessel of ware shell-tempered in places as if the powdered shell had 
been unevenly distributed. But little of the rim remained. The decoration, in- 
cised, probably consisted of a repetition of two symbols, one being a paw or perhaps 
an open hand (Fig. 2), and the other a leg. 
