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nearest was a pipe of most peculiar form, the shape of some animal 

 [pi. 22, fig. 5, also text fig. 14]. One of the workmen, a Seneca 



Fig. 



Celt from grave XLVII, 

 pit 92 



Fig. 13 Vessel from grave XLVII, pit 92 



Indian, pronounced it the representation of a mythical monster 

 known to the Iroquois as the Nia gwa he. The grave bottom was 

 39" by 63" in dimensions. 



Grave XLVIII, pit 93, was at 88^ on the west side of trench 10 

 and contained the remains of an infant skeleton. The bones were 

 crushed and crumbling. No objects were found in the grave except 

 a dry fibrous substance resembling the decayed fibers of some res- 

 inous wood. Orientation : head southwest, face southeast, right 

 side, flexed. 



Grave XLIX, pit 94, in trench 15 at 22' on the east side contained 

 the broken root-eaten skeletons of two adults. Before the orbits of 

 the southmost skeleton were 5 triangular flint arrow points and 

 at the chin a crushed pottery vessel. Near the orbits of the north- 

 most skeleton was a black flint knife [see pi. 23, fig. 8]. Orien- 

 tation: skeleton i, head east, face north, right side, almost straight 

 position ; skeleton 2, head southeast, face northeast, right side, 

 flexed position. 



Grave L, pit 95, in trench 15 was at 22' on the west side. It 

 contained a deposit of bone dust and a crushed pot. 



