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ing in connection with this burial, in the note book used bv us at the mound, but it 

 was the strong impression of the one who removed the bones and of ourselves, who 

 saw the bones removed, that such skulls as were not badly crushed, showed flatten- 

 ing and that our failure so to state in our notes was an omission, simply. 



Burial No. 92. — Seven skulls, six of which showed flattening; the other was 

 badly crushed. 



Burial No. 104. — Three skulls, one flattened, two crushed. 



Burial No. 105. — Six skulls flattened; five hopelessly crushed. 



Here, then, we have clearly enough, superficial burials with flattened skulls and 

 European artifacts on one hand, and on the other, original burials whose skulls 

 showed no flattening and with which were no articles giving evidence of European 

 contact. 



Two " celts " fell in caved sand, doubtless from the neighborhood of human 

 remains. 



There were also in the mound, unassociated when found: a few fragments of 

 chert; a small bit of plumbago; mica; scattei^ed pebbles; a deposit of twenty -four 

 pebbles, sling-stones, no doubt ; pebble-hammers ; hones ; a bit of shell ; a rude 

 cutting implement; a handsomely made disc of quartzite, cup-shaped on either side, 

 3 inches in diameter, .85 of an inch in thickness. Each concavity has a depth of .25 

 of an inch. While objects of this sort are not uncommon in other parts of the country, 

 this is the first found by us during our mound work. 



Sand, pink from admixture of hematite, was in the mound in one or two places, 

 unassociated with burials. 



At the eastern margin of the mound were a few sherds, one of excellent ware, 

 showing incised decoratit)n. There were also parts of four vessels with practicallv 

 similar ornamentation consisting of rude animal heads upright around the rim with 

 incised lines and punctate markings below. 



Four or five undecorated pots 

 and bowls were found here and 

 there in the mound, unassociated i 



with human remains. 



On the eastern side, 24 feet in 

 from the margin, began a deposit 

 of earthenware which, spreading 

 a little to either side, continued in 

 a distance of about 13 feet. These 

 vessels, lying along the base in 

 masses of black sand, as a rule 

 away from human remains, had 



the basal perforation with three Fig. 242.-Vessel No. l. Mound at Marsh island. (Half size.) 



exceptions. 



Forty-four vessels were noted by us, accompanied by the usual sherds. The 

 ware was most inferior, so porous in cases that water actually could be pressed from 



