358 ANTIQUITIES OF THE ST. FRANCIS, WHITE, 
Thirteen trial-holes, some of which were enlarged, came upon twenty-one 
burials, all so badly decayed that no bones could be saved. These burials lay from 
near the surface to the very base of the mound, and in form were similar to the 
others found in this region, namely, the flexed burial. Likewise among the burials 
were several aboriginal disturbances, and also recent disturbances where postholes 
for the supports of a house that formerly had been upon the mound, and where 
small holes, probably dug by the inhabitants of the house, had disarranged parts of 
burials. Into these holes, which subsequently had been filled but which were still 
clearly traceable in the mound, recent material had fallen, such as bits of iron, a 
fragment of glass, and the like. 
If we exclude a rude arrowhead of flint found near the left elbow of a skeleton, 
which may have had an accidental proximity, artifacts were present with but three 
burials, as follows : 
Burial No. 7, a skeleton of an adolescent, lying closely flexed on the left side, 
had some beads of shell near the pelvis or perhaps associated with wrist bones which 
were near by. 
With Burial No. 18, an aboriginal disturbance, was a banner-stone of altered 
igneous rock, 1.8 inches in length, in form resembling a prism, triangular with 
rounded corners. This banner-stone, when found, lay near the knee of the skeleton, 
though probably its position there may be accounted for by a disturbance which the 
skeleton had undergone. 
Burial No. 20, lying closely flexed on the right side, had shell beads near the 
pelvis and similar beads which apparently had gone around the neck and which 
included two tubular beads of claystone, each about 1.25 inch in length. 
MOUNDS NEAR Tucker Bay, LAWRENCE COUNTY. 
Near a part of a former course of the river, known as Tucker Bay, and about 
one mile in a southwesterly direction from Clover Bend, in woods on property of 
Messrs. F. W. Tucker & Co., of Clover Bend, is а mound 5 feet in height and 47 
feet across the base. This mound, of clay, had been dug into to some extent previ- 
ous to our visit. Owing to the presence of trees and the need to keep the mound 
intact for the use of stock in times of high water, a central portion only, having a 
diameter of 25 feet, was removed and subsequently replaced. 
In the portion dug by us were found eighteen burials, of which no fewer than 
nine were of children, including infants. Thirteen burials lay closely flexed, eight 
on the right side and five on the left. One was partly flexed on the right side; the 
form of burial of three was not determined owing to their decayed condition; and 
one was a recent disturbance. 
The burials lay from near the surface to the base, one even being in a grave 
extending 10 inches into the clay underlying the mound. Curiously enough, while 
the bones of all other burials found by us in this mound were so decayed that their 
preservation was out of the question, the bones of this skeleton (Burial No. 12) were 
in fairly good condition, though the skull, unfortunately, was crushed. 
