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ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 399 
trace of bones or of artifacts was discovered, however, nor was there any sign 
of a pit extending below the base. ; 
Off at one side of our excavation—the side farthest from the masses of rock— 
a grave 6 feet 9 inches long by 4 feet wide, the major axis about due E. and W., 
was discovered, the brown loam of the mound extending into the undisturbed 
underlying clay to a depth of about 1 foot 9 inches. On the base of the grave 
were particles of charcoal, and on both sides, but not at the ends, were masses 
of charcoal and ashes, as if there had been a fire preliminary to the placing of a 
burial and the coals and ashes had been swept to each side to make way for it. 
The entire contents of the grave was slowly sliced away with a trowel and 
resulted in the discovery of traces of leg-bones, and remains of two femora, 
apparently in anatomical order and not visibly affected by fire. Alongside one 
of the femora was a graceful weapon of flint (Fig. 97), notched on each side for 
hafting, which we recognized to be of a rare type. Dr. H. M. Whelpley writes 
us: “The broad, notched flint is uncommon in shape and the notches are rare 
as to position. I do not find in my collection a piece which I can call similar.” 
Mr. Charles C. Willoughby kindly has sent us a tracing of a much smaller point 
than ours, but of the same type, which is in the Peabody Museum collection. It 
came from Chichen Itza, Yucatan. 
MOUND on THE MCDONALD PLACE, RHEA COUNTY. 
Mound in sight from landing on the McDonald Place; owner, Mr. Joseph 
MeDonald, Dayton, Tenn. Height and diameter of mound, respectively, 
7 feet and 50 feet (estimated). Permission not granted. 
MOUNDS NEAR Соок LANDING, RHEA COUNTY. 
On the estate of Mr. M. G. McDonald, residing nearby, are three mounds 
in a cultivated field, in line and but a short distance apart, all in sight from 
Cook Landing, and another mound in the same field, nearly half a mile easterly 
from the northernmost mound of the three. 
Mound A. The southernmost, 3 feet 3 inches in height, 50 feet in diameter, 
much spread by cultivation. A hole 12 feet by 12 feet was put down, reaching 
a base-line at a depth of 4 feet and coming upon traces and fragments of bone 
at various depths. 
Mound B, a remnant next in order, 1 foot 9 inches in height and 40 feet in 
diameter. Digging came upon parts of a skull. 
Mound C, slightly more than 7 feet in height, with a diameter of 42 feet, 
had never been under cultivation, but unfortunately it had received the atten- 
tion of previous diggers who had left a circular hole centrally in the mound, about 
6 feet in diameter and reaching almost to the base. In the side of the mound 
also had been an excavation about 9 feet by 7 feet, probably reaching to the 
level ground. А central excavation 12 feet square was carried by us to a depth 
of 7 feet 5 inches, where undisturbed yellow clay was encountered, the base of 
