574 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 
We carefully investigated the spot where the pottery is said to have been found, 
and where many fragments of pottery and of human bones lay on the surface, but 
were unable to come upon human burials in a considerable amount of digging. Рге- 
sumably the cemetery had been a small one and the makers of the levee destroyed 
all the human remains there were in it. 
A skeleton, however, was found by us,—probably that of a dog, judging from 
the size and general appearance,—which fell into fragments on removal. The 
skeleton lay in a shallow grave, and on the skull was a large fragment of pottery. 
MOUNDS ох TEE MCCLURE PLACE, MILLER COUNTY, ARK. 
The McClure Place, several miles below the town of Garland, is the property 
of Mr. Dan W. McClure, who resides upon it. 
About one-quarter mile in a straight line SW. from the landing at the McClure 
plantation, in a cultivated field, are two mounds, both of which have been plowed 
over for a considerable time and no doubt have lost some of their height through 
cultivation. 
On the surface of both these mounds, which Mr. McClure informed us were not 
submerged in the great flood of 1908, were fragments of flint and bits of pottery. 
One of these mounds, which is but a short distance from the other, resembles 
somewhat a small ridge extending N. and S., with a slight increase in height near 
the ends. The southern end, the greater in height, has a rise of 1 foot 3 inches. 
The length of the mound is somewhat in excess of 100 feet; its width is from 40 
to 45 feet. 
The mound, which is composed of sand with some clay intermingled, was fairly 
riddled with trial-holes by us, and to an extent that it is almost inconceivable that 
a skeleton in it can have escaped discovery. Two burials were discovered, one in 
about the highest part of the southern end, and one similarly situated in the 
northern end. | 
Burial No. 1 (in the southern extremity), a child, 14 inches below the surface, 
had a small bottle at the right of the skull. At the outer side of the left forearm 
was a bowl, and another bowl lay at the upper part of the left femur, having been 
placed upright above another vessel. Three of these vessels were small and evi- 
dently were intended for a child, while one was of moderate size. All were more 
or less broken. А mussel-shell was at the right of the right knee. | 
Burial No. 2, adult, probably a woman, lay extended on the back, the head 
directed S. by W. The depth was 3 feet 8 inches, though no pit was apparent, 
save that the burial lay in light sand which underlies the soil at this place and of 
course the burial must have been placed in an excavation made for it. This skele- 
ton, which was in excellent condition and which was saved almost entire, was richly 
endowed with mortuary deposits in the shape of vessels of earthenware, which, 
however, when recovered by us, were nearly all badly crushed. At the outer side of 
the left shoulder was a vessel, and two others were at the outer side of the left fore- 
arm. A small bowl had been turned over the right hand and contained the bones of 
