496 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES. 
three together, are representative of the general run of the pottery of that part 
of the middle Mississippi region included in Tennessee, which pottery, taken 
together, is inferior to the earthenware of Arkansas north of Arkansas river, 
which is also in the Middle Mississippi region. 
One of the bottles found by us at this place has a representation of the ab- 
original idea of a frog, which is endowed with a tail. In relief on one side are 
shown the head and two legs, and, on the other, the remaining two legs and a 
tail. Another bottle belongs to the human effigy class, the face of the figure 
being in relief on the neck of the bottle. These vessels are shown in Fig. 25. 
Fic. 25.— Vessels of earthenware. Hale's Point, Tenn. (Heights 8.75 inches and 6.75 inches, 
respectively.) 
There are also bowls having handles representing heads and tails of fish; 
bowls with beaded margins, and pots having upright fillets around the neck. 
The usual proportion of coarse, undecorated ware (which the investigator always 
finds unduly great in this region) also was present. 
The use of color appears but twice: a bowl has traces of red pigment, and a 
small bottle has parallel, vertical bands of red and white alternating. The effect 
produced by these efforts to decorate in color is disappointing, the ware being 
coarse, shell-tempered, and without the slip, or coating, required on such material 
for a successful application of painted decoration. 
In the soil, apart from burials, were: a small celt seemingly of igneous rock; 
four pottery dises; a number of bones of a bison (Bison bison); an effigy of the 
head of some animal, from a large pottery vessel; a well-preserved implement of 
bone, flat at one end, perhaps used in basketry. 
