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



Fig. 79.— Vessel No. 12. Mound near Baj-port. (About three-fifths size.) 



Vessel No. 12. — A jar of the same type as Vessels Nos. 6 and 9, with pro- 

 truding base and ready-made perforation, shown in Fig. 79, but differing slightly in 

 outline. The reader will bear in mind that properly to show the base, the aperture 

 of the vessel has been turned away. 



Vessel No. 13. — Badly broken, similar to Vessels Nos. 6 and 9. 



Vessel No. 14. — A badly broken vessel having a check-stamp decoration. 



Vessel No 15. — Alone in the sand was a small vessel, oblate spheroidal, 

 undecorated, with narrow, upright rim. The carefully-made, circular hole in the 

 base, looking as though, after a small piece had been broken out, the margin of the 

 break had been rounded by a cutting implement, was not present in this case, the 

 entire bottom having been knocked out. 



In the body of the mound, NE. part, with a burial, were two large, undeco- 

 rated vessels in fragments (Numbers 16 and 17). 



Mound neae Indian Creek, Hernando County. 



Indian creek enters the Gulf about five miles south of Bay port. 



Surrounded by marsh, about 400 yards ENE. from the mouth of the creek, on 

 property of Mr. Richard A. Ellis, of Aripeka, is a small patch of solid ground on 

 which grow a few palmettoes and pines. In the center, was an artificial elevation 

 about 2.5 feet high and 42 feet across the base. Previous digging had been confined 

 to a small, central hole. 



The mound was entirely demolished by us except portions around several 

 trees. The material was tough, clayey sand. 



Near the center were two bunched burials, each with a skull, and a skeleton 

 closely flexed on the right side. 



No artifacts of any sort were met with. 



