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Found in the soil apart from bones, though probably in some instances 
marking the presence of former burials, were: ten arrowheads or knives, of flint, 
found separately; a considerable number of masses of galena, separate as a rule, 
though sixteen were found together; a small, rude chisel of indurated shale. 
MOUND B. 
The story of Mound B is soon told. 
This mound, practically contiguous to Mound A, was 48 feet in diameter; its 
height from the outside, where, as in the case of Mound A, the surface was irregular, 
was 7 feet 9 inehes. Inside measurement from the summit to the base, which 
was marked by undisturbed, yellow clay, proved the altitude to be 9 feet. 
An excavation 16 feet by 20 feet, put down centrally to the base, сате upon 
eighteen burials, traces and small fragments of bones, such as were encountered 
by us in the body of Mound A, four of the burials being in graves extending 
into the soil below the base of the mound. In addition, a grave like the rest 
had lost its burial through decay. 
Artifacts with the burials were as follows: 
Burial No. 1, a mere trace of bones 2 feet 8 inches down, had two small 
masses of galena and a few, small, tubular beads of sheet-copper much corroded. 
Burial No. 2, a faint trace of bones and the crown of a tooth. With these 
were a number of masses of galena not in a deposit but short distances apart, 
and several tubular beads of sheet-copper. This burial lay 2 feet 10 inches 
below the surface, and, like Burial No. 1, presumably had been much deeper, 
the peak of the mound having worn away. 
Burial No. 13, six feet deep and represented by fragments of a skull, the 
remainder of the burial presumably having decayed away. Near where a fore- 
arm would have been was a celt of indurated shale, 9.5 inches in length. 
Burial No. 14, a skull in fragments, 9 feet down, with which was a rude 
sphere of galena about 2 inches in diameter. 
Burial No. 16, a grave 5.5 feet in length by 20 inches in width and 7 feet 
8 inches below the surface of the mound, the lower 10 inches extending into 
undisturbed clay. On the bottom of this grave had lain a skeleton of which 
only fragments of the skull remained. Transversely under the skull was a celt 
of indurated shale (a material which seemed to predominate in this region), 
more than 10 inches in length, very rudely made, having rough depressions on 
both sides, giving the implement an unfinished appearance, though a part chipped 
from the cutting edge showed it to have been considered fit for use. 
Scattered throughout the mound were various masses of galena apart from 
burials. Together, but with no bones in association, though no doubt a burial 
had been present, were a few small, tubular beads of sheet-copper, badly corroded, 
and four masses of galena. Two arrowheads or knives of flint were found sepa- 
rately in the soil, as was a small and very rude celt and, at a depth of 7 feet, a 
strip of thick sheet-copper, twisted and curved in an irregular fashion. 
28 JOURN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. XVI. 
