324 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OE THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



Vessel No. 10. — Tliis four-sided vessel of about 3 pints capacit}', of yellow ware, 

 deeply stained, has incised and punctate decoration consisting of four designs, all 

 alike, on the corners and, on two sides, similar designs, one of which is shown in the 

 half-tone (Fig. 311). The decoration is deeply stained and obscured. On two sides 

 are heads of birds in relief, presumably of the ibis. Formerly the pink ibis, now 



Fig. 311. — Vessel No. 10. Mound near St. M.Trks. (.\bout full size.) 



almost exterminated in Florida, was w^ell known there and must have contributed 

 largely to the head-dress of the warriors. At Stowe island, where the Sisters' creek 

 enters the St. Johns, near the mouth of the river, were found, in the spring of 1895, in 

 the great shell-heap which was then be- 

 ing removed, human bones with large 

 pink feathers in association, which prob- 

 ably belonged to the pink ibis. We in- 

 spected this discovery in person. 



Vessel No. 11. — A four-lobed vessel 

 of red ware, of about 2 quarts capacity. 

 Two of these lobes have each three semi- 

 circular, parallel lines, while one has four. 

 Under these lines, on one lobe, is addi- 

 tional decoration (Fig. 312). 



Vessel No. 12. — A small undecorated 

 bowl which came from the northern part 

 of the mound, apart^from the pottery deposit 



Fig. 312.— Vessel No. 11. Mound near St. Mark?. 

 (Onc-thiid size.) 



