400 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS, CENTRAL FLORIDA W.-COAST. 



mostly of lime-stone and of ferruginous lime-stone, and a long one of slate, Avere in 

 this interesting deposit. With them were two parts of the lower jaw of a puma, 

 each with three molars, and each part having a hole artificially made near the fora- 

 men to aid in suspension or attachment. With these were two canines of a black 

 bear, having the bases much ground awaj', and two molars, also of the bear, ground 

 down, not on the base alone, but on certain of the sides also.^ 



About 5 feet down, in the 

 southern side of the mound, 

 near a skull belonging to a 

 bunched burial, were three 

 quartz crj'stals and one twin 

 crystal of quartz, from 2.5 to 4 

 inches in length. The three 

 crystals have grooves for sus- 

 pension as pendants. On the 

 twin crystal no groove is appar- 

 ent, though there are traces of 

 bitumen, at one end, where a 

 cord has been attached. 



With the crystals were six- 

 teen ornaments of various rocks, 

 including a small pendant of 

 amethystine quartz,- a perfect 

 gem, a triumph of aboriginal 

 endeavor, shown fourth from 

 the left-hand side of the upper 

 row in Fig. 52 where all this 

 deposit is given. 



The rocks of which these ornaments are made, which include beads, imitations 

 of canine teeth of carnivores, and other forms, are impossible to name with any cer- 

 tainty, without mutilating the specimens to obtain slides for the microscope. One 

 is surely of banded, ferruginous slate ; others are of catlinite ; several resemble 

 hematite in appearance, but are not this material since they make a mark too 

 light in color upon porcelain and do not respond to the magnet. Others are of fine- 

 grained, igneous rock. 



>Vide, "Certain Aboriginal Remains of the Northwest Florida Coast," Part 11, Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., of Phila,, -Vol. XII, pg. 240 et seq. 



^ We are indebted to Mr. Warren K. Moorehead for the following details of the discovery of a 

 pendant of amethyst found in 1898, in a grave at the mouth of the Wabash river, west side, southern 

 Indiana, by Mr. Clifford Anderson, acting under instructions from Mr. Moorehead. About 150 burials 

 were found in graves at this place, having with them pottery, pipes, copper objects, etc. The graves, 2 

 to 4 feet below the present surface, were not stone lined. According to Mr. Moorehead, they mark the 

 northernmost extension of the southern (Missouri-Arkansas) type of pottery. Mr. Moorehead kindly 

 sent the pendant for our inspection. It is of a deep violet, pear-shaped, and has a perforation for sus- 

 pension. It is about the same size as ours, but it is much more rudely made, showing a scratched surface 

 without polish. The catalogue number of this specimen is 15,400, Museum, Phillips' A.cademy, An- 

 dover, Mass. 



Fig. 46. — Pendants of rock-crystal. Mound near Crystal river. 

 (Full size.) 



