with a diameter of 40 feet. 
634 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 
the material could be removed, so that all that was recovered from the burial were 
parts of three vessels of earthenware from near the feet, which were come upon at 
arms length through the sand and water. One of these, shown in Fig. 134, more 
complete than the others, has been put together. | | | 
Аз the river was rising rapidly апа the flow of quicksand was increasing, and 
the walls of the excavation were falling, we were compelled, with great reluctance, 
to abandon our efforts to uncover the burial. 
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FIG. 134.— Vessel of earthenware. Mound B, near Jones Place, Ark. (Height 4.8 inches.) 
MOUND С. 
Mound С, the easternmost of the group, was irregularly circular in outline, 
Its height, measured from the surface, was 2 feet. 
An excavation 7 feet by 11 feet in the central part of the mound was carried to a 
depth of about 5 feet. No sign of burial was encountered, and the last two feet of 
the excavation was carried through clear, yellow sand without sign of disturbance. 
