NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Figure I is a sketch, furnished by Harlan I. Smith, being a sec- 

 tion of an earth hut of the Thompson River Indians, showing how 

 mounds of this kind are sometimes formed. 



Figure 2 is a plan of a mound on the Bay of Ouinte, on the north 

 shore of Lake Ontario, and showing- a central excavation. 



Fig. 3 Section of a mound at the same place, showing the interior 

 filled with stones, the covering of soil and the central depression. 



