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Burial No. 59, a mass of bones iucludinu- fourteen femurs and four skulls. 



Burial No. 66, a flexed skeleton, had with it a bit of plumbago. 



Burial No. 70, four skulls and a lot of long-bones, 2.5 feet below the surface. 

 With them were a pair of scissors and other articles, of iron or steel, badlj rusted, 

 glass beads, one large shell bead, one copper or brass sleigh-bell, eleven tubular beads 

 of sheet brass, with overlapping edges. Dr. Harr}' F. Keller, who made a qualita- 

 tive analysis of one of these beads, writes : " The tube surrounding the cord is 

 brass. Beside a large proportion of zinc, it contains considerable quantities of lead, 

 silver and iron." 



Burial No. 85, about 2.5 feet down, had seven skulls and eighteen femurs 

 with other bones. One small glass bead lay with them and doubtless others were 

 in the sand. 



Burial No. 92, had seven skulls with other bones. Articles of iron and of 

 steel were in association. 



Burial No. 93, a bunch, had a stone implement with a rude cutting edge, two 

 pebbles and two pebble hammers. 



Burial No. 104 had certain burnt and calcined human bones mixed with others 

 unaffected by fire. Above, in the sand, extending a considerable distance upward 

 were masses of charcoal. This may have been a case of cremation or of proximity 

 to ceremonial flames. 



Burial No. 105, near the surface, had eleven skulls, and many other bones. 

 With them were three coi^per or brass sleigh-bellg, articles of rusted iron or steel and 

 three shell hair-pins. 



Burial No. 91, a true urn-burial, was of much interest to us, in that it carried 

 the occurence of the custom so much farther east in Florida. 



About 3 feet from the surface, that is to say 3 feet to where the base of the 

 under vessel rested, was an imperforate bowl of solid, but rather coarse ware, 6.75 

 inches high and 10.75 inches in maximum diameter. The decoration, incised, is 

 carelessly executed. Within the bowl were the bones of an infant. Around each 

 limnerus was a bracelet of sheet brass, about 2.25 inches in diameter and 2 inches 

 wide, having two perforations on either side to regulate the diameter by aid of a 

 cord or sinew. Over the bowl, inverted, was another bowl of similar ware and 

 with decoration as carelessly done, imperforate, with two projections at either side. 

 Maximum diameter, 12 inches; height, 4.7 inches (Fig. 241). 



In the Marsli Island mound was shown in an intei'esting way, in our opinion, 

 the use often made of a mound for intrusive burial. In this mound nearly all burials 

 lay below the base in graves or on the base, or not far above it but no burial of this 

 class had with it a single object of European provenance. 



Five burials came from near the surface and one from a pit whose base was 4 

 feet below the surface, but whose filling in from the surface down was clearly 

 marked by admixture of masses of charcoal. 



Of these six burials (we are omitting the urn-burial) four had with them 

 various articles unmistakably obtained from the whites, and glass beads, which 



