312 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
Burial No. 19, partly flexed on the left, had a number of small masses of 
rock scattered here and there, in the soil above it. 
Burial No. 20, partly flexed to the right. 
Burial No. 21, closely flexed on the right, had upon it a slab from the feet 
to the upper part of the thorax, covering them in the main but not completely. 
At the outer side of the knees was a small slab on edge. 
Burial No. 22, partly flexed on the left and covered, with the exception of 
the pelvis, with masses of stone of very irregular shapes, in single layer in places, 
double in others. 
Burial No. 23, a skeleton lying closely flexed on the right with the exception 
that the dexter thigh was at a right angle to the body, the tibia closely flexed 
against it, had upon it an arrangement of masses and slabs of stone (some of 
the latter on edge), rudely elliptical in outline, as shown in Fig. 59, 3 feet 3 inches 
long and about 2 feet in maximum width. ‘These slabs and masses, which were 
variously of sandstone, limestone, claystone, and silicious rock, had their upper 
parts 2 feet below the surface, the pit in which the burial lay being 3 feet 3 inches 
deep. These slabs, as may be seen in the illustration, did not completely cover 
the skeleton, the pelvis and part of the left thigh being exposed. 
At this place, once in the second site described and twice in the last one, 
were found placements of stones and of slabs, having the appearance of graves, 
with which no sign of bones was discoverable. 
One of these, 3.5 feet by about 3 feet, was a placement of masses and slabs 
of quartzite, of sandstone, of claystone, consisting of two large slabs on which 
were seven masses and slabs. 
An extensive, irregular placement of masses and slabs, numerous but mostly 
small, lay a short distance below the surface. 
Another in double layer in places, 8 feet 2 inches long and 2.5 feet at the 
middle, having one end 2 feet in diameter and one about 8 inches less, had pre- 
cisely the appearance of the covering of a grave, but though the soil beneath 
was carefully spaded out to a considerable depth, nothing indicating the presence 
of a burial was encountered. 
Apart from remains in these three sites were three arrowheads of flint, two 
with stems, one triangular, and a small chisel of indurated shale. 
MOUNDS ON THE SNODGRASS PLACE, JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA. 
Almost on the river-bank at the Snodgrass Place, which is owned by Mrs. 
Texas Snodgrass, of Scotsboro, Ala., are two mounds which have suffered through 
wash and wear, the smaller only a remnant, having dwellings upon it. 
The larger, whieh has been quadrangular with a flat top, has a roadway upon 
it to afford access to a large frame structure covering much of its summit-plateau. 
The height of the mound is 19 feet; its basal diameters are 118 feet and 155 feet. 
Though Mrs. Snodgrass most generously put these mounds at our disposal, 
we felt that investigation of them would be useless. 
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