ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 365 
the pelvis behind the thighs. The right humerus was almost horizontally 
forward, the forearm partly flexed toward it; the left humerus downward and 
forward, the forearm flexed across the trunk. This grave-pit was 5 feet 8 inches 
in depth. 
Burial No. 14 was reclining, closely flexed, against the side of a grave-pit 
4 feet 2 inches in depth, the head bent over between the knees, both humeri 
along the trunk, the forearms lying across the pelvis. 
Burial No. 15, badly disturbed by the pit dug for Burial No. 12. Near the 
bones lay part of a pipe of claystone, which probably belonged to the midden 
debris around, the broken surface of the pipe showing age. 
Burial No. 16, reclining against the side of the grave, the trunk tilted to one 
side, the thighs upward and widely separated, the legs closely flexed on them, 
the skull bent over against the right leg just below the knee, the right humerus 
projecting horizontally forward, the forearm partly flexed, the left humerus 
extending out from the side of the trunk horizontally, the forearm partly flexed 
on it. Depth of pit, 5 feet. 
Burial No. 17, the trunk reclining against the side of the pit and somewhat 
tilted to the right, the right femur extending upward and outward, the left femur 
vertical, the legs closely flexed against the thighs, the head crushed down on the 
pelvis, the right humerus downward along the trunk, the forearm across the 
pelvis, the left humerus extending laterally at a right angle from the body, the 
forearm flexed closely on it. In front of the right humerus, in a little heap, were 
one flint arrowhead and seven small scrapers of like material. Below these, 
between the skull and the femur, was a knife of iron or of steel, having a pro- 
jection from the blade, which, perhaps, had been encased in wood to serve as a 
handle. With the knife were two pebbles and a large flake of flint. 
Burial No. 18, partly flexed on the left, 3 feet 10 inches down. 
Burial No. 19 lay at length on the back as far as the knees, the legs closely 
flexed against the thighs, 4 feet 5 inches down. 
Burial No. 20, partly flexed on the left, the humeri along the trunk, the 
forearms closely flexed on them. 
Burial No. 21, the trunk leaning against the side of the pit, which was 5 feet 
8 inches deep, the thighs widely apart, the legs flexed against them, the skull 
crushed down between the thighs and resting on the pelvis, the humeri parallel 
to the trunk, the forearms brought forward across it. 
Burial No. 22, closely flexed, reclining against the side of the grave-pit, the 
knees drawn up nearly to the head, which leaned over somewhat. The arms 
were down alongside the body, the forearms across it. Depth of pit, 5 feet 6 
inches. 
Burial No. 23, partly flexed on the left, 4 feet down. A boss of sheet-brass, 
.6 inch in diameter, having a small, central hole for attachment, was at the left 
ear, none, however, being present on the opposite side of the head, though part 
of one was found on the pelvis where presumably it had fallen. Glass beads 
were at the left forearm. 
