CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, LOWER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. 257 
one radius, one ulna, and certain crushed bones much decayed, also parts of a skull— 
evidently a bunched burial. Masses of rock lay at each side, and a slab, on its 
edge, was at one end. 
Two feet from the surface were parts of a skull, badly decayed, also one femur, 
one humerus, one ulna, and one mandible. No rocks lay above this burial, but 
masses were nearby on the sides and below it. 
Below the trench left by the previous diggers were: one lone skull; a skull in 
fragments, with remains of certain long-bones nearby; fragments of a skull and of 
a few other bones. These burials were not among masses of rock. 
Five feet three inches from the surface was a skull with rocks all бын it, 
having no particular arrangement. 
Not far from the base, and almost in the center of the mound, was a skeleton 
closely flexed on the left side, not immediately associated with masses of rock. 
No basal line was visible in this mound, and, therefore, to insure complete in- 
vestigation, the digging was carried along at a depth considerably greater than the 
height of the mound, reaching to a depth of 8 feet at times. Almost immediately 
below the central part of the mound, its base about 9 feet from the surface, was 
what seemed to be a grave, though its limits on the sides were not distinctly defined. 
On the base of this grave, with many small fragments of charcoal scattered in the 
sand, was a skeleton partly flexed on the right side. No masses of rock lay imme- 
diately above this skeleton, but 4 feet above it, and continuing to the surface, was 
a great mass of slabs of ferruginous sandstone, closely piled. 
In another part of the mound was a small layer of charcoal which did not seem 
to be associated with burials. 
On the slope of a bluff about one-quarter mile north of the mound just de- 
scribed, also on property of Mr. Bryant, was a mound 5 feet 7 inches high and 30 
feet across its circular base. There was no sign of previous disturbance. This 
mound, which was entirely dug away by us, proved to be of sand with but few 
masses of rock—practically none being met with in its outer half. 
In the sand were three arrowheads or knives, found separately—two rudely 
made of quartzite, one more carefully fashioned from chert. 
In the eastern part of the margin of the mound were fragments of about half 
of a small undecorated vessel. Several sherds lay here and there in the sand, 
probably having been introduced into the mound with the material for its building. 
Twenty inches down in the outer part of the mound was a small bunched 
burial, including a much decayed skull, badly crushed. 
Farther in, 4 feet from the surface, was a small bunched burial with which no 
fragments of skull were found. 
Near the central part of the mound were two badly decayed skulls in close 
proximity. Near one of these were two round, flat pebbles of about equal size. 
Two or three feet from the center of the mound, 3.5 feet from the surface, was 
a badly decayed skull. 
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