SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 507 
The remaining burials from this mound; less noteworthy than those described, 
offered but one point of interest, namely, the presence of glass beads with one of 
them, which lay at a depth of 2.5 feet. Probably all the burials in this mound 
were post-Columbian. 
An examination of the lower parts of the large excavation showed no pits. 
The smaller excavation to which reference has been made came upon a well-marked 
base-line at a depth of about the height of the mound as determined from the outside. 
Southwest of the mound and contiguous to it is a field of considerable extent, 
the soil of which is dark and is literally covered with dwelling-site debris, fragments 
of flint, pebbles, innumerable bits of inferior pottery being scattered around, but 
no human bones, so far as could be determined. From this field were gathered 
many arrow-points of flint, all rather rudely made; two ear-plugs of earthenware, 
of different sizes; a large part of a shell ornament 1.1 inch in diameter, with central 
hole and scalloped margin, and having a perforation for suspension. 
Trial-holes in this field showed the dark soil to extend about one foot to 
underlying clay. Possibly grave-pits were present in places, but as the field was 
covered with growing cotton, a full investigation was out of the question. 
Мосхр on RODRIGUEZ PLACE, RAPIDES PARISH, La. 
On the Rodriguez place, which belongs to Mr. E. 5. Rodriguez, who lives upon 
it, about one mile south from the landing is a mound in a cultivated field. This 
mound, about circular in basal outline, had a diameter of 65 feet. Mr. Rodriguez 
informed us that the field in which the mound is, had been cleared nine years 
before, and pointed out the stump of a large tree near the center of the mound as 
marking its height at that time, but added that much had been plowed away from 
the mound in parts surrounding this stump, and in fact the stump and soil immedi- 
ately surrounding it were considerably above all other parts of the mound. The 
level of the ground where the stump was, was somewhat less than 3 feet above the 
level of the field; much of the mound, however, did not exceed the general level 
by more than 1.5 to 2 feet. 
On and about the mound several arrowheads of flint (one barbed and serrated 
on the edges of the lower half of the blade) and many fragments of flint and of 
pottery were found. 
According to Mr. Rodriguez, bones had been plowed from the mound, and 
many long, red beads had been found on its surface by children living nearby. 
Confirming this, we found on the mound a tubular bead of red jasper, .94 inch in 
length; .2 inch in diameter and having a perforation bored through from one end, 
with a diameter of .12 inch at one end and .07 inch at the other end. This per- 
foration, certainly a fine example of aboriginal skill, is evenly placed, though, as 
stated, the opening at one end is slightly wider than it is at the other. 
The mound was investigated by us in a spirit of expectation which, unfortu- 
nately, was not fulfilled. 
