50 ABORIGINAL SITES IN LOUISIANA AND IN ARKANSAS. 
ness in the central part of the mound. Then above, eame slightly more than 2 
feet of dark soil, mainly clay discolored by admixture of organic matter. Doubt- 
less the mound had been made of yellow clay and then dwelt upon while the 
upper layer of 2 feet, in which were fragments of mussel-shells and other débris, 
was forming. 
Fic. 20.—Vessel of earthenware. Canebrake mounds. 
(Diam. 5.5 inches.) 
Seven large trial-holes came upon human remains in one instance only. 
In the center of the mound, 38 inches down, were the legs and feet of a skeleton, 
extended and in anatomical order. These bones were well preserved, without 
break and in marked contrast to all the other bones found elsewhere at this 
place, which were so decayed that they were often represented by friable frag- 
ments only. 
The bones in Mound А did not seem to lie in a grave, nor, so far as we could 
determine, had another grave cut off the part of the skeleton that was missing. 
Much digging was done in all directions around the bones, showing the basal 
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