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ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 355 
encountering other than fragmentary human remains, save in one instance 
(Burial No. 1) where a grave continued into the subsoil, containing a skeleton 
partly flexed to the right, the head S., at a depth of 5 feet 2 inches. Near the 
skull was a rude flint knife. 
Another low rise a short distance in a southerly direction from the first, and 
eround adjoining buildings near the rise, contained ten burials, full details as 
to which we give, not because anything of marked interest was found with them, 
but for the reason that Williams Island is so famous a spot for the discovery of 
aboriginal remains. 
Burial No. 2, the trunk prone, the legs partly flexed to the right, the humeri 
parallel to the body, the right forearm flexed against the upper arm, the left 
forearm in line with the upper arm, the head N. by E., depth 34 inches. 
Burial No. 3, extended on the back, the head directed N. by E., depth 22 
inches. At the outer side of the left thigh were two small knives, one a chipped 
pebble, the other a flake of flint; a shell ear-plug; a small shell dise; a few beads 
made by perforating marine shells (Marginella apicina); two bone beads; two 
small, tubular beads of copper—a strange collection strangely placed unless we 
consider them to have lain together in a bag. 
Burial No. 4, aboriginal disturbance. 
Burial No. 5, aboriginal disturbance including three skulls. 
Burial No. 6, a child, 20 inches down. 
Burial No. 7, adolescent, extended on the back, the head W., lay at a depth 
of 2 feet, in a grave. Above the skeleton and for some distance up in the grave 
were materials from a fireplace, including clay colored red by heat, ashes, and 
charcoal. In places burning wood had been in direct contact with the skeleton, 
as the face, the front of the thorax, and the front of the right knee, on all of 
which lay charcoal, were charred, while the under part showed no mark of fire. 
Burial No. 8, adolescent, extended on the back, the head W., depth 18 inches. 
Burial No. 9, at full length on the back, the head N., depth 32 inches. 
Burial No. 10, a child lying at full length on the back, the head S., 22 inches 
down. A pot having two loop handles, and small, coarse, lined decoration 
below the rim, lay at the left of the skull. 
Burial No. 11, extended on the back, the head directed toward S., depth 
3 feet. Between the shin-bones was a small, cutting implement of chipped 
flint, and a similar one lay at the left of the skull. Seventy-two shell beads 
were at the neck. 
In the soil, apart from human remains, were à considerable number of pottery 
disks, found separately. One of sandstone has incised on one side a cross and 
on the other side a small central depression with six about equidistant lines 
radiating from it. 
There were also found in the dark earth a number of flint arrowheads, grace- 
fully made, some small but not more so than are present in many aboriginal 
sites along Tennessee river; a large part of a bowl having knobs around the mar- 
gin; a leaf-shaped implement of flint, 3 inches in length; jaw of a black bear. 
