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In the soil near the pots was a small, rude effigy of earthenware, repre- 
senting the head of a bird, perhaps a toy, as it displays no broken area as would 
be the case did it come from a vessel. Near this was a ring of earthenware 
somewhat more than 1.5 inch in diameter, resembling a section of the neck of 
a bottle, but showing no irregularity of the margins. The ware also gives evi- 
dence of an even effect of heat inside and out; the object probably was made as 
it now is, for some purpose. 
In the bone deposit was part of a rude pipe of earthenware, having a base 
on which to rest, the bowl and the orifice for the stem forming the upper part 
of what was hardly more than a lump of burnt clay. 
Also in this mound were encountered (as explained, our investigation was 
not complete) four unenclosed burials. One, traces of a skeleton extended, lay 
2 feet below the surface. At the head were a flake of flint; a pebble; a small 
mass of hematite paint; a trowel of earthenware, mushroom-shaped; part of 
another one; a mass of jet 3 inches by 3 inches by 1.25 inches. With these 
were two pots, each of less than one quart capacity and having two loop-handles. 
One of these, having a rude attempt at decoration in the way of lobes, was 
inverted and contained an earthenware trowel having a small part missing, 
and a mass of jet of about the same size as the other. These masses seem to 
have been subjected to considerable wear or intentional polish, one being espe- 
cially smooth. 
The three other burials from this mound were eremations, deposits of burnt 
and calcined fragments of bones not far from the surface, one 2 feet by 30 inches 
in area and 6 inches in thickness, having parts of three skulls; the other two 
somewhat smaller, and evidently individual burials. 
MOUND В. 
Mound B had been used as a refuge for cattle in flood time, and was much 
trampled and spread. Its height was 4 feet; the diameter of its circular base, 
82 feet. A distinct base-line was noticed 3.5 feet from the top of the mound. 
What probably constituted most of the original area of the mound was 
covered with numerous trial-holes by us, resulting in the discovery of twelve 
burials (two being of children), excluding many fragments of human bones 
scattered throughout. The burials, all badly decayed, were in depth from a few 
inches from the surface to a central grave in the base of the mound, 6 feet 3 inches 
by 2 feet 10 inches, and extending 1 foot 4 inches into underlying sand beneath 
the mound, previously undisturbed. 
In form the burials were extended on the back, flexed, and of the bunched 
variety ; also several fragments of human bones affected by fire were encountered. 
The following burials were accompanied with artifacts: 
Burial No. 1, a bunched burial having one skull and seven femora, in addi- 
tion to other bones, had associated a flint blade, leaf-shaped, 6.5 inches long, 
2.1 inches in maximum width, and a small mass of lead sulphide. 
