266 ANTIQUITIES OF THE ST. FRANCIS, WHITE, 
А “celt” of volcanic rock, about 6.5 inches in length, was picked up on 
pigment. 
the surface. 
About 35 yards northeasterly from the mound was a small area of sand having 
a slight admixture of clay, the only soil of this kind we noticed in our search over 
the higher parts of the plantation bordering the mound. A few small fragments 
of human bones lay on the surface at this place, which, however, had upon it no 
Sounding-rods and trial-holes at опсе came upon burials, and sub- 
midden-debris. 
Ета. 3.—Vessel No. 1. Whitehall Place. (Diam. 8.8 inches.) 
sequent digging indicated that the sand deposit, which was about 24 feet square, 
was crowded with burials extending from the surface to a depth of 4 feet. Nine 
of these burials removed by us with great care, having in view the preservation of 
the bones, proved to be closely flexed on the left side in four cases; on the right 
side in three instances; while two were aboriginal disturbances. 
Having ascertained that the condition of the bones was such as to render them 
unfit for preservation, and having failed to find an artifact of any kind associated 
with them, we removed in part nine other burials, and finding them almost entirely 
under conditions similar to those of the burials previously taken out, abandoned 
the search. 
Тнк CasriLE PLACE, Sr. FRANCIS COUNTY. 
Just above the landing at the Castile Place, on property belonging to Mr. W. 
L. McGee, of Grand Junction, Colo., is a quadrangular mound about 300 feet by 
350 feet in extent, with the upper surface somewhat rolling. Probably 7.5 feet 
would be a fair estimate of the average height of the mound. 
