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average folded skeleton and were all accompanied by objects of 

 interest. One of these, found in pit 50 at a depth of 38 inches, had 

 an iron trade axe near the skull and a pottery jar at the right hip. 

 At the left side of the skull were the jaw-tips and front teeth of 

 some large carnivora, probably once forming part of a wolf skin 

 head-dress such as some of the early explorers describe. I found 

 similar jaw-tips near an Indian skull at Port Washington (Long 

 Island), in 1900. On the left arm lay a bone, which upon examina- 

 tion proved to be one of the mandibles of a large bird, perhaps a 

 heron. The man had been about 5 feet 6 inches tall. 



In pit 64 another extended skeleton (see plate 74), probably that 

 of an adolescent female, was found at a depth of 28 inches, headed 

 west. While the skull was in fair condition the other bones were 

 nearly gone, but enough remained to show the height to have been 

 about 5 feet 2 inches. Near the right hip stood a pottery vessel bear- 

 ing a prominent raised rim ornamented with deep notches ; and near 

 the right knee a pile of twenty-three bone tubes 3 or 4 inches long and 

 half an inch or more in diameter, some of which were decorated with 

 transverse parallel scratches, together with a small iron trade knife. 

 A brass bracelet encircled the left arm; a number of red and blue 

 trade beads surrounded the neck. Here also were large beads rudely 

 fashioned from the columella of Busycon (Fulgur) caricus or some 

 similar marine shell. At each side of the skull, near where the 

 ears had been, lay a group of three long red trade beads, probably 

 once forming ear pendants. Red ocher in considerable quantity lay 

 behind the skull. 



Another extended skeleton of considerable interest was found in 

 pit 68. This well-preserved skeleton, 5 feet 7 inches long, lay at a 

 depth of 25 inches and, as usual, headed west. The bones of the 

 right leg showed disease, possibly rheumatism as the distal end of 

 the fibula was extended by rheumatic exostosis. Near the place 

 where the right hand had lain were three triangular arrowheads, on 

 the right elbow a deposit comprising the following articles : one iron 

 knife, three bone implements (possibly flint flakers), seven worked 

 flints (some perhaps rejects), three chipped flint points, one sheet 

 brass arrow point (triangular), two flat oval stones showing much 

 rubbing and scratching, a bit of purplish pigment, some copper 

 beads and some bits of copper-stained bark. On the right wrist 

 was a metallic bracelet, perhaps iron. The man had possibly been 

 an arrow-maker. 



The last extended skeleton also presented a number of interesting 

 features. It was found in pit 78 at a depth of 40 inches, headed 



