SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 497 
trace of fire, there were with this one masses of burnt clay, some larger than a 
man’s fist, and also wasps’ nests of clay hardened by fire, including two nests on 
the bases of which are distinct imprints of matting. It is probable that these 
wasps nests originally had been on a wigwam buat when the remains were 
cremated. 
In the middle of this deposit of cremated bones was a vessel into which material 
from the deposit had fallen. 
Burial No. 7. A bunched burial with one skull. 
Burial No. 8 consisted of the skull of а child, in fragments (as were all skulls 
recovered by us from this mound), also two femurs and one tibia, of adult growth. 
With this curious mixture were a pot and part of another vessel; also a quantity 
of pigment—powdered red oxide of iron. 
Burial No. 9 was a bunched burial of bones so badly decayed that but little 
about them could be determined. 
Burial No. 10, a bunched burial with which no skull was noted. 
Burial No. 11, a skeleton of an adult, lying partly flexed on the right side. 
Burial Хо. 12. A bunched burial with two skulls. 
Burial No. 13, a bunched burial with which were seven skulls. With this 
burial were numerous fragments of a vessel, widely scattered as if broken cere- 
monially and thrown with the remains. 
Burial No. 14, a few scattered fragments of calcined bone, perhaps the result 
of aboriginal disturbance. With this burial, however, was a bowl containing a 
circular pebble, perhaps a smoothing stone. 
Burial No. 15. This burial consisted of a small deposit of cremated remains 
with which were a few fragments of unburnt bones. 
Burial No. 16 lay at a depth of 3.5 feet, and consisted of only traces of decaying 
bones with which were two vessels of earthenware, both badly broken. 
Burial No. 17. A deposit of finely-burnt fragments, presumably of a single 
skeleton, perhaps that of a child. With this deposit were three vessels,—a pot 
and two bowls. 
Fourteen vessels, some very badly broken, came from this mound, all but one 
lying in association with burials. These vessels, pots and bowls (the bottle not 
being represented) bore in the majority of cases incised decoration of an unambitious 
kind. None was decorated with pigment, though sherds on which was a uniform 
coloring of red came from the mound. The tempering of some of the vessels con- 
sisted of small fragments of stone. We shall now describe in detail certain vessels 
from this mound. 
Vessel No. 2. А rude pot, of very inferior ware, having on part of its surface 
a crude decoration made up of circles and diagonal lines. Height 4.75 inches. 
Vessel No. 4 borders on the wide-necked bottle in form. The ware is soft, 
and the decoration, having in the main the scroll as a motive, is scanty and poorly 
executed (Fig. 3). 
63 JOURN. A. N. 8. PHILA., VOL. XIV. 
