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SOME ABORIGINAL SITES. 475 
Burial No. 253, adolescent, closely flexed on the back. At the neck were 
seven discoidal beads of shell, each about one inch in diameter. 
Burial No. 254, a child. At the neck were shell beads. 
Burial No. 255, closely flexed on the right. At the outer side of the right 
elbow was a rattle made from the shell of a box-tortoise, having in place pebbles 
much larger than were usually employed by the aborigines for this purpose. 
Burial No. 256, closely flexed on the left. А portion of a lance or dagger, of 
flint, 3.3 inches in lén rested on the lower part of the chest. 
Burial No. 258, closely flexed to the right. Above and around this skeleton 
and also Burials Nos. 266 and 267, were mingled bones, including three calvaria. 
Burial No. 259, closely flexed on the left. This skeleton lay at the bottom 
of a pit extending into the yellow soil, the bottom of which was covered with a 
thin layer of charcoal immediately beneath the burial but not beyond it. 
At the left knee was part of a sizer of gneiss (Plate X, F) and its needle of 
antler (Fig. 10, D). Protracted sifting failed to find the remainder of this sizer 
and presumably we have here another case of ceremonial breaking. 
Burials Nos. 260 and 261. А skeleton closely flexed on the right had delicate 
bones and a skull resembling that of a woman. On the right arm, the face 
against the breast of Burial No. 260, was Burial No. 261, an infant. 
Burial No. 262, closely flexed to the left. At the left side of the skull was a 
deposit of pointed implements of bone, and three claws of a raptorial bird. 
Burial No. 263, partly flexed to the right. Encircling the pelvis, and prob- 
ably on the belt, at one time, were beads made from the fresh-water univalve 
Anculosa prerosa. At the right side of the pelvis were two complete hairpins 
of bone, having heads made of asphalt and shell beads, shown in Plate XII. 
“A new use for beads,” said Mr. Willoughby, on seeing them. 
Burial No. 264, adolescent, closely flexed to the right. Shell beads and 
one small bead of claystone were at the left wrist. 
Burial No. 265, closely flexed to the left, but without a skull. This burial 
lay under Burial No. 258, and near Burials Nos. 266 and 267, near which were 
disconnected bones, and while it is possible the individual may have lost his 
head in battle, it is more likely it fell off before burial and probably was present 
among the crania lying near these skeletons. 
Burial No. 269, partly flexed to the right, also lacked the eranium, but here 
the eause was apparent, as a deeper grave (Burial No. 270) had intersected the 
one under description to the extent of the removal of the skull. Near where 
the eranium of Burial No. 269 had been, lay a flint knife. 
Burial No. 272, closely flexed to the right. At the outer side of the right 
elbow, with a mass of asphalt! was a sizer of antler (Fig. 9, A). Back of the 
left shoulder was another sizer of antler (Fig. 9, F) and its netting needle (Fig. 
1 Doctor Keller writes: “The specimen marked ‘Asphalt, Indian Knoll, Burial 272’ contains less 
than 60 per cent. of mineral matter, and about 40 per cent. of asphaltum which is easily extracted 
with carbon bisulphide. The ash contains silica, alumina, lime, phosphoric acid, and traces of oxide 
of iron.’ 
