278 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
had rested on the thorax of the skeleton. Enough of this ornament remained 
to show that the longer axis of its body and the two perforations had rested 
transversely to the skeleton. 
Farther along, following down the line of the burial, the margins practically 
in eontact, was a similar copper ornament but of much heavier material. The 
arms of this ornament had been folded back, one above the other across its body, 
evidently ceremonially. The line of its two perforations lay across that of the 
former burial, as was the case with the other ornament. 
With the exception of part of a drill of flint there were found in these mounds 
no objects or fragments of stone or of pottery, save in a small pit below the base 
of one of them, which had been filled with midden debris. 
DWELLING-SITE AT WHITE’S FERRY, MADISON County, ALABAMA. 
At White’s Ferry, on property of Mr. Lawson White, of Huntsville, Ala., 
is a dwelling-site and shell deposit similar to a number along the river in this 
region. As the site was planted in grass and clover, digging was out of the 
question. 
MOUND AND DWELLING-SITE ABOVE CHUNN’s LANDING, MORGAN 
County, ALABAMA. 
About one-half mile above Chunn’s Landing, in full view from the water, 
are a mound and a dwelling-site of considerable size, on property of Mrs. M. L. 
Chunn, living near at hand. The mound, which has an attractive appearance, 
is about 5 feet in height and 45 feet in diameter, approximately. Permission 
refused. 
MOUNDS AND DWELLING-SITE ON HOBBS ISLAND, MADISON COUNTY, 
ALABAMA, 
About one-quarter mile below the upper end of Hobbs Island are two mounds 
and a dwelling-site on property belonging to Mrs. F. M. Henderson, of Natchez, 
Miss. We were unable even to measure the mounds at this place (which our 
agent, before our visit, estimated to be 16 feet and 4 feet in height, respectively), 
having received notice from the owner not to set foot upon it. 
DWELLING-SITE AT THE MOUTH or FLINT River, MADISON County, 
ALABAMA. 
Immediately at the union of Flint river with the Tennessee is an area of 
very irregular outline, about 135 yards by 85 yards, thickly covered with shells, 
on the property of Mr. R. A. Parsons, of Taylorsville, Ala. This aboriginal 
site has upon it at present various structures, and at the time of our visit a part 
of it was in use as a vegetable garden, so that the space open to investigation 
was somewhat restricted. 
