SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 503 
the bone-house. With the skull of this burial was а pebble, and at the neck were 
three beads, each about one inch in length, made from sections of the columella of 
а conch (gu). | 
The remainder of the pit was filled with а great quantity of bones in complete 
disorder, including fifty-one skulls, four having belonged to children. With these 
bones were: a spherical, shell bead about one-half inch in diameter; two mussel- 
shells together, each with a small perforation near the hinge; a celt of quartzite, 
somewhat less than 2 inches in length. 
The second pit was 10 feet in length. One end was 5 feet across; the other, 
which was somewhat curved, was 3 feet 6 inches. The depth of this grave was 
22 inches. In this grave were four skeletons of adults, each extended on the 
back, having the heads directed WSW. Two of these skeletons lay on the bottom 
of the grave, while the remaining two were almost immediately above them. 
One of the skeletons had, near the skull, together, a bit of flint, and two celts 
of quartzite, each a trifle less than 2 inches in length. 
There were in this grave also three parts of skeletons and a great quantity of 
disconnected bones, including thirty-seven skulls and a fragment of the skull of an 
infant. With the disconnected bones were occasional pebbles, and a discoidal 
stone 2.5 inches in diameter, rudely made from a stone naturally flat. 
Four crania were saved from this place. 
Мосхр on THE Mayer PLACE, AVOYELLES PARISH, La. 
In woods and dense underbrush on property of Mrs. G. L. Mayer, of Marks- 
ville, La., is a mound about one mile SW. from the landing on the adjacent John- 
Ета. 9.—Vessel of earthenware. Decoration. Mayer Place, La. (Three-quarters size.) 
son Place. The mound is about circular in outline of base, is 40 feet in diameter 
and 2.5 feet in height, measured from the outside. 
