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usual truncated cone in shape and had been very symmetrical until persons previous 

 to our visit dug a trench 22 feet long and 6 feet broad from the western margin 

 toward the center. The remaining parts of the mound were largely dug through 

 by us. 



At the very edge of the slope of the eastern side of the mound was the usual 

 deposit of sherds and large fragments of ves- 

 sels with whole vessels and others somewhat 

 broken. This deposit continued in along the 

 base until the former trench was reached, not 

 far from the center of the mound, and was 

 made up of vessels placed in the sand singly 

 or in twos or threes. The deposit lay apart 

 from the burials and was evidently a general 

 one put in for the dead in common. Among 

 the sherds some bore the check-stamp and a 

 few examples of the complicated stamp also 

 were present. All vessels had the basal per- 

 foration. 



Vessel No. 1.— A life-form representing a bird, ovoid in shape with circular 



Fig. 113.— Vessel No. 1. Decoration. Mound near 

 Strange's Landing. (Half size.) 



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Fig. 114.— Vessel No. 2. Mound near Strange's Lauding. (Eight-ninths size.; 

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