150 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



Mound xear Alligator Bayou, Washington Count r. 



Alligator bayou joins North baj, a part of St- Andrew's bay on the W. side, 

 about 2 miles up the bay. 



The mound, near the head of the bayou which is about one-half mile in length, 

 was on the property of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Daniels, who lives on the place. The 

 mound on lo^y-lying ground and partly surrounded by not far distant water, was 

 very moist as to the sand composing it and in a condition to facilitate decay. It Avas 

 oblong in shape, 76 feet E. and W. through the base and 50 feet N. and S. Its 

 height was 6 feet 5 inches. It had received but little previous attention from the 

 treasure seekers of the bay. The mound was completely levelled by us. 



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Fig. 34. — Vessel No. 15. Mound ne-ir Alligator Bayou. {Half size.) 



Owing to the dampness, no doubt, no trace of human remains was met with 

 by us. 



At one place, in a mass of sand of almost inky blackness from admixture of 

 organic matter, was a wooden object resembling a tine of a stag's antler, overlaid 

 with copper. This interesting object, which doubtless accompanied a burial, unfor- 

 tunately received a blow from a spade. 



In another portion of the mound was a pocket of sand made crimson from 

 admixture of hematite. This deep-colored sand called to mind the great deposits at 

 various points in the mound at Mt. Royal described in our reports on the St. John's 

 River Mounds, the rich crimson color differing considerably from the pink tint found 

 in sand having the usual slight admixture of the rod oxide of iron. 



A barbed arrowpoint of chert, a sheet of mica to which bad been given, rather 

 rudely, the outline of an arrowhead and a shell drinking cujj were the only other 

 artifacts in the mound, exclusive of earthenware. 



About 13 feet in from the margin, on the eastern side of the mound, in sand, 



