SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 543 
sels, badly crushed, the fragments mingled. One of these vessels had contained 
another one, and in the inner vessel had been placed: a celt of porphyry, 6.5 inches 
long; a sandstone hone; two flint pebbles, one about the size and shape of a man’s 
finger slightly bent; seven bone implements with rounded points, all badly decayed ; 
a tine of deer antler. 
In the soil a little above the base of the grave was the bowl of a pipe and a 
small part of the stem belonging to it, perhaps an accidental deposit. 
BURIAL NUMBER 8. 
Burial Хо. 8 lay at а depth of 8 feet 5 inches from the surface. Тһе head- 
end of the grave was 4 feet 10 іпеһев across, and the foot-end, 5 feet 2 inches. Тһе 
right and left sides were respectively 7 feet 2 inches and 6 feet 9 inches in length. 
The skeleton, that of an adult іп the middle period of life, lay with the skull 
directed 5. by E. Though badly crushed, the cranium showed little evidence of 
decay, the lower jaw being in excellent condition. Curiously enough, when we 
consider the state of the skull, the rest of the skeleton was badly decayed. No 
bones were present down to the pelvis with the exception of distal parts of the fore- 
arms, which perhaps, owed their preservation to the presence of shell beads and the 
consequent reinforcing infiltration of lime. The presence of the skeleton at the 
pelvis and below could be traced only by decaying fragments. 
On top of the skull and across it, in a flat band, were many small marine shells 
(Olivella mutica), perforated for stringing. Doubtless these had formed a ћеад- 
dress of some kind. 
At the right of the head were two disks of shell, similar to those described as 
found with Burial No. 7. With the disks with this burial were a few very small 
shell beads and two small objects of shell, which perhaps were fastened to the disk 
to form some kind of ornament. 
At the right forearm was a badly-crushed vessel. 
Twenty-one and nineteen shell beads were at the right and left wrists 
respectively. 
Along the head-wall, about 3 feet from the left-hand corner, lay a vessel in 
fragments, and a short distance farther was a shell drinking-cup, badly decayed. 
Along the left wall, 2 feet from the left upper corner, was a mass of gray 
material, largely clay, and about one foot farther along was a bottle in many 
fragments. 
Along the right wall, 2 feet from the right-hand upper corner, was a kitchen 
vessel badly broken, though held in shape by the soil. In this vessel, placed ver- 
tically, the bowl down, was a pipe of earthenware, having a part of the stem and 
the mouth-piece missing, from a break previous to the time of interment. 
Slightly more than four feet from the right upper corner of the grave there 
began, along the right wall, a deposit of pottery including at least nine vessels, two 
of which are entire and are the only ones so found with this burial. This deposit 
of vessels extended to the right-hand lower corner. 
