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a deposit of nearly a quart of Helix alter 11 ata and albo- 

 1 a b r i s shells. 



Just beyond this pit in the general occupied layer, 10" below the 

 surface was found a hand-hammered nail bent in hook shape. The 

 nail was perhaps intrusive though its shape suggests aboriginal use. 



Pit 18 on the east side of trench i at -^^y' was a small pocket 

 about 2' in diameter and 24" deep. A bone awl and a pitching 

 tool of antler were found below the surface at 18". 



Pit 19 on the west side of trench i at 48' was a small pocket 2V2' 

 in diameter and 48" deep. The pit soil was black from the charcoal 

 and ashes. Awl F242 was found in this pit. 



Pit 20 at 46' on the east side of trench i was an ash pit 3' by 4' 

 in circumference and 30" deep. The pit filling was uniform in 

 character being an ash and charcoal mixed sand. Besides the usual 

 cjuantity of animal bones, fire-broken stones and flint chips was 

 found a hammer stone and the shell of U n i o c o m p 1 a n a t u s . 



Pit 21 at 49' on the east side of the trench was 7' by* 10' in 

 dimensions and 16" deep. It seemed distinctly a refuse pit or lodge 

 dump. It contained fire-broken stones, cracked' and split deer, bear, 

 beaver, rabbit, muskrat and skunk bones, also the bones of fish, 

 charred corn and hickory nuts and one Unio shell. The following 

 named implements were found intermixed amongst the pit refuse: 

 I antler hoe or digging tool, F292 [pi. 35, fig. i], 3 bone awls, F307, 

 308, 5 bone beads, F248 to 252 inclusive, 4 bone beads, F303 to 306 

 inclusive, i notched pendant, F301, i broken implement of deer's 

 jaw, I broken bone needle, F302, i flint blade. F309, i discoidal 

 shell bead, F300, i net sinker and 10 periwinkle shells. 



Pit 26 in trench i at j"]' on the west side was a small pit 36" 

 deep. The pit refuse consisted of potsherds, charcoal and ashes. 

 One pipe stem of clay and an entire stone pipe bowl, F246, were 

 found in this pit. The pipe was in the ash layer 11" below the 

 surface. 



The space intervening between pits 19 and 21 was hard and 

 rather less disturbed than the surrounding earth, especially in the 

 space between five post holes, as shown on the pit diagram. This 

 space seems to have been a wigwam site. 



Pit 27 at 75' on the east side of the trench was a small depres- 

 sion. It contained the usual fire pit refuse and within it were 

 found a flint perforator, a broken bone awl, a " lap stone," a pitted 

 slab of shale and numerous animal bones. There was a deposit of 

 Helix shells. 



For 20' beyond pits 26 and 27 the soil was barren of pits. The 



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