276 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, LOWER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. 
Seven of these mounds were dug by us in the same way that those near 
Breckenridge Landing were treated, and proved to be of sand with an admixture 
of clay, some having considerably more clay than others. 
Human remains in these mounds were so hopelessly decayed that presumably 
some burials had totally disappeared. 
Mound Number 1.—Height, 3 feet 4 inches; basal diameter, 26 feet, the central 
12 feet of which were dug out by us. At seven inches below the surface of this 
circular mound was what was left of a skull. Twenty inches down was a bunched 
burial made up of а skull and a number of long-bones, and a mass of material too 
much decayed to identify. The skull in this case was to the west of the bunch. 
Near it were several pebbles and small masses of rock, also a flat, roughly circular 
mass of hematite, 6.5 inches by 7.5 inches, pitted on each side, the depressions 
being highly polished. On the base of this mound were marks of where a large 
fire had been. 
Mound Number 2.—A trifle over 2 feet in height, and 20 feet across the base. 
The central 9 feet were dug from it by us. East of the center, 16 inches down, 
were the remains of а skull, some distance to the west from which, at the same 
level, were fragments of two long-bones. 
Mound Number 3.—Height, 2 feet 3 inches; diameter, 19 feet; a core 9 feet 
in diameter dug from its center by us. Somewhat east of the central part of the 
mound, 6 inches down, were fragments of a skull. Ata depth of 2 feet, west of 
the center, was a skull, then a space without bones, then a femur, and a fragment 
of bone, perhaps representing another femur, both at right angles to an imaginary 
line drawn through the skull. Two sherds of inferior, cord-marked ware and an 
arrowhead of quartzite came from this mound. 
Mound Number 4.—This mound was 2 feet 8 inches high, 25 feet in diameter, 
the central 10 feet of which were dug out by us. Neither bone nor artifact was 
encountered. 
Mound Number 5.—Height, 2 feet; diameter, 17 feet. On the base of the 
mound which was entirely dug away by us, was a fireplace on which was a small 
fragment of skull, black, but whether through the agency of fire or stained by char- 
coal was not apparent. 
Mound Number 6.—This mound was 1 foot 3 inches high, and 17 feet in 
diameter. A central portion 12 feet across was investigated. Somewhat to the 
east of the center were remains of a skull; some distance to the west were frag- 
ments of bone. A few pebbles and small masses of rock, somewhat chipped, came 
from this mound. 
