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302 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
an earthy variety of anglesite. or sulphate of lead, which could have been used 
as paint, gray-white in shade. 
In the second hump of Mound F a hole 10 feet square was put down through 
the base this hump having almost the same height as the one already described, 
resulting in the discovery of three burials. 
Burial No. 1, fragments of a skull 20 inches deep. 
Burial No. 2, traces of a skull in a grave extending 8 inches into undisturbed 
soil. 
Burial No. 3, a grave having at one end a mass of pure clay, but containing 
only a fragment of long-bone. 
There was also a grave 7.5 feet by 2 feet and 8 feet deep, 3 feet 8 inches of 
which extended into undisturbed clay below the base. "Though a mass of clay 
was in this grave, no bones were discovered. 
In the smallest hump an excavation 10 feet square came upon four burials. 
Burial No. 1, a skull in the body of the mound accompanied by clay. 
Burial No. 2, a grave, the base of which was 44 inches from the surface, con- 
taining only remains of a skull, near which was a mass of pure clay. Where 
the pelvis doubtless had been was a celt of copper 3.5 inches in length and 1.5 
inch across the cutting edge. In the soil filling the grave, which was 2 feet 
9 inches wide by 8 feet 8 inches long, was a mass of galena. 
Burial No. 3, a grave 4 feet deep containing two skulls, one just above the 
other, the lower accompanied by a mass of clay, the other having a fine spear- 
head of flint, 6.4 inches in length. This spearhead apparently had been broken 
in two parts ceremonially, the fragments lying a considerable distance apart. 
The grave, smaller than many in the mound, was 2 feet 3 inches wide by 7 feet 
in length. It extended 1 foot 2 inches into undisturbed soil. 
Burial No. 4, a grave containing a faint trace of bones, and a mass of clay 
at each end. 
MOUND AND DWELLING-SITE ON PINE ISLAND, MARSHALL COUNTY, 
ALABAMA. 
This island, about four miles long, locally well known as a place where abo- 
riginal bones and artifacts have been plowed up, is owned by Mr. J. C. Gunter, 
of Bridgeport, Ala. 
At the very upper end of the island (save a small area washed in flood-time 
until its level is far below that of the rest of the land) is the remainder of what 
has been a mound of considerable size, of which probably not one-third remains, 
three sides and much of the body having washed away. What is left of the 
mound has a height of about 8 feet above the general level, though one taking 
the altitude from the low-lying ground at the extreme upper end of the island, 
which is immediately at the farther side of the mound, would of course obtain a 
height far in excess of that we have given. It was impossible to arrive at any 
estimate of the original diameters of the mound. No digging was attempted 
