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ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 291 
traces of bone, were encountered in the body of the mound, on its base, and in 
graves extending below the base, of which twelve were determined to have 
been of infants or of older children. All burials of interest, including each one 
accompanied by any artifact, will be described in detail. 
Burial No. 1, a faint trace of bones 3 feet 8 inches down. With these was 
a celt of indurated shale, nearly 12.5 inches in length. 
Burial No. 2, mere traces of bones at a depth of slightly more than 3 feet. 
With this burial lay a reel-shaped ornament of copper, about 6 inches square, 
outside measurement, that is to say from the tips of the arms. "There are two 
perforations for attachment in the body of this ornament. 
Burial No. 5. The remains of this burial consisted of what seemed to be 
traces of bones adhering to what was left of an ornament, probably a reel-shaped 
one, of thin sheet-copper, corroded through and through. Near this ornament 
was another reel-shaped ceremonial of thin sheet-copper, about 4 inches square, 
having two perforations, the ends of the arms slightly corroded away. A some- 
what similar ornament, but of much heavier material, 4.5 inches square, having 
perforations, was thrown out by the digger from near where the others were 
found, and possibly came from the same burial, though in no other instance 
did we find a single interment so richly endowed. An arm from this ceremonial 
was missing from an early break, the edges of the fracture being carbonated. 
With the two copper ceremonials were twenty masses of galena, the largest 
about the size of a child’s fist. 
In no mounds explored by us before has galena (lead sulphide) figured to 
anything like the same extent. Some of the masses showed facets, while others 
had rounded surfaces indicating that the deposit which, as stated, is the car- 
bonate of lead, the white lead of commerce, had been ground off for use as 
paint. 
Burial No. 6. This burial, of an adolescent, 6 feet 3 inches down, was repre- 
sented by fragments of bone of some size distinctly traceable and in much better 
condition than were most of the bones in this mound, except those from the base, 
where presumably moisture had not reached them. In this burial a skeleton 
extended on the back was clearly indicated. Transversely on the pelvis lay a 
copper celt 7.25 inches in length and 3.25 inches across the blade. Nearby 
lay the remains of a conchshell (Busycon) from the Gulf. 
Burial No. 8. Small fragments of bone badly decayed but indicating the 
burial of an adult extended on the back, determined by the relation of the remains 
of the teeth to the other traces of the skull, lying at a depth of 6 feet 10 inches. 
Where the thorax had been were fifty-one small beads, short, tubular, of thick 
sheet-copper, the cord still in place in some of them. 
Burial No. 9, extended on the back, was at a depth of 8 feet and had with 
it a fragment of shell and a small mass of almost pure carbonate of lime of the 
kind we shall see had been used at the site near the Cox mound, to be described 
in this report. 
