128 CEETAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



unfortunately the mounds were not intact. Not treasure seekers alone have dug into 

 the mounds of St. Andrew's and of Apalachicola, bays, but individuals seeking curi- 

 osities to sell, some of whom have come under our personal notice. Still, the size of 

 the mounds in some instances has been a partial protection against a single digger, 

 while ignorance as to where to search has often saved contents of smaller mounds.. 



As markedly as was the case in the first part of this report, the result of our 

 work this season resolved itself into little more than a stud}- of the aboriginal earth- 

 enware of the coast-district investigated by us. Lewis Morgan, sometime an hon- 

 ored correspondent of our Academy of Natural Sciences, has said, we believe, in his 

 "League of the Iroquois", that the advent of earthenware marks the line between 

 savagery and barbarism. Hence it may be considered, in view of the importance of 

 earthenware as an aid to the study of the people, that the returns of our season's 

 work have been sufficient. 



All measurements of earthenware reported in this volume are approximate. 



It must be borne in mind in respect to process work that reductions in size are 

 made with regard to diameter and not area. If a diagram four inches by two inches 

 is to be reduced one-half, each diameter is divided by two and the reproduction, 

 which is called half size, is two inches by one inch. The area of the original dia- 

 gram, however, is eight square inches, while that of the so-called half size reproduc- 

 tion is two square inches, or one-quarter the area. To find the actual size of a 

 design shown in diagram, multiply the length and the breadth by two, if the dia- 

 gram is given "half size"; by three, if "one-third size", and so on. 



In a few cases partial restoration of vessels has been attempted, but always in a 

 material differing in color from the original so that the restoration may be readily 

 recognized, and it has been done only Avhen the remainder of the vessel clearly indi- 

 cated the size and shape of the missing part. All objects found by us, with the 

 exception of certain duplicates sent to the museum of Phillips Academy, Andover, 

 Mass., may be seen at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Dr. M. G. Miller, who has been with us in all our previous mound work, 

 determined as to human remains this year and lent his assistance in a general way 

 to all the field work and in jjutting this report through the press. 



Mounds Investigated. 

 Mound near West Bay post-office, St. Andrew's \>&y. 

 Mound near West Bay creek, St. Andrew's bay. 

 - Mound in Brock Hammock, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Larger Mound near Burnt Mill creek, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Smaller Mound near Burnt Mill creek, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Mound near Alligator bayou, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Mound near Fanning's bayou, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Mound near head of North bay, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Mound near Anderson's ba3-ou, St. Andrew's bay. 

 Mound near Large bayou, St. Andrew's bay. 



