576 | SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 
a bowl placed vertically, under which, also upright, was another bowl, the bones 
of the left hand lying between the two vessels. Over the middle of the left tibia 
was a rude jar, which evidently had been used for culinary purposes. | 
An interesting deposit was at the right hand of the skeleton, extending some- 
what up the forearm. In a mass, together, were fifty fresh-water mussel-shells,' 
all of the same variety (Unto parvas), each of which apparently had been treated 
in the same manner. The length of each is a little less than 2 inches. At slightly 
varying distances from the hinge, but always near it, is a perforation, doubtless for 
suspension. The opposite end of the shell apparently has been removed by grinding. 
Forming a part of this interesting deposit was a large mussel-shell (Unzo gra- 
cilis) broken into many fragments. Through this shell had been several series of 
circular perforations, in lines. 
With this deposit also lay the shell of a small turtle or tortoise, far advanced 
in decay and very fragmentary. Sufficient of the carapace remained, however, to 
show a perforation at one end near the margin. A careful search for pebbles within 
the shell was without success. 
Fig. 66.—Earthen ware pipe. McClure Ків. 67.—Pipe. Vertical section. (Full size.) 
Place, Ark. (Full size.) 
Lying among the shells was an earthenware pipe (Fig. 66), which, though 
bearing no incised decoration and not pretentious in appearance, presents two fea- 
tures of interest. Тһе opening suitable for the reception of a large stem extends 
inward a certain distance where the stem would meet a shoulder, beyond which 
a slender passageway for the smoke continues, as shown in section (Fig. 67). 
At the front of the bowl of the pipe is a flat addition in relief. Some pipes of 
this region have projections extending horizontally beyond the bases of the bowls, 
doubtless allying them with the “monitor” class. Now the flat addition to the 
pipe in question, which is placed vertically on the front of the bowl, seems to be 
simply this horizontal projection turned up against the bowl.’ 
The earthenware vessels from this mound include two beautiful bottles, which, 
with other vessels from the McClure Place, will be described in detail. 
Vessel No. 20. This bottle (Fig. 58) on which the attempt to confer a polished 
surface has been in part a failure since much of the vessel remains the original 
yellow, has an incised decoration mainly consisting of sun-symbols. There are faint 
traces of red pigment in some of the line-work. 
' One of the fifty, found in fragments, no doubt had been uniform with the others, though deter- 
mination is not possibl 
e. 
2 For additional details and illustrations, see at the close of this report. 
