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Burial No. t. — This burial of an adult male in a sitting posture, 

 the i'eet folded under the body, was found near stake 4.4. The knees 

 were flexed and leaning slightly to left from the hips. The skull was 

 dropped forward, face downward, as shown in plate 58, b. The posi- 

 tion of this burial in the mound, relative to the floor level, is shown 

 in plate 62, Feature No. 12. It was first thought that this burial 

 was associated with the pit, Feature No. 14. It was decided later 

 that the pit in which the burial was placed had been intrusive in 

 the larger pit, Feature No. 14. The north end of Feature No, 14 

 had been cut away when the pit for Burial No. 5 was made. There- 

 fore, the skeletal remains rested more or less on the edge of the 

 burned side of Feature No. 14. The top of the pit which contained 

 Burial No. 5 was encountered at the level of the top structure, Fea- 

 ture No. 12. Associated with Burial No. 2 were many artifacts and 

 other mortuary offerings, including 14 flint points, 3 graph- 

 ite balls, a piece of quartz, 4 stone celts, mica, 2 wooden copper- 

 covered ear ornaments, a bone hairpin, shell and pearl beads, a cop- 

 per bead, a bone awl, a shell dipper, a clay quoit, and lumps of hema- 

 tite and lead sulphate. Much of this material is shown in plate 64, a. 



Burial No. 3. — Near stake 2.4 an adult was buried in a circular pit, 

 in a sitting posture, knees flexed. The body had bent forward and 

 the skull had fallen face downward. This pit was 35 inches by 29 

 inches and 14 inches deep. The bottom of the pit rested on clay 

 hardpan. This burial is shown in plate 63, a. Associated with it was 

 a bone tool (pi. 67, &, lower right corner), a fragment of copper, 

 other minerals, two shell hairpins, and a number of shell beads. A 

 dog had been buried across the feet of this skeleton, as shown in 

 plate 63, a. 



Burial No. Jf. — Near stake 5.4 a fully flexed burial of an adult 

 male was found in an oval pit 48 inches by 28 inches and 15 inches 

 deep. Preservation of lower extremities good, but that of the skull 

 poor. The body was on the left side with the head to the east. Some 

 of the ribs and vertebrae were missing. There were five large conch- 

 shell beads and five small beads at the left wrist ; three conch-shell 

 beads and two small beads at the right wrist. A flint point had pene- 

 trated the lower sacrum and remained embedded there, as shown in 

 plate 65, a. The artifacts from this burial are shown in plate 64, o. 



Burial No. 5. — Southwest of stake 2.3 an adult male was buried in 

 a sitting posture in a circular pit, 34 inches in diameter and 26 inches 

 deep. This pit was encountered a few inches below the level of Fea- 

 ture No. 16. The preservation was fair. The skull had fallen for- 

 ward and rested on the legs which were flexed at the knees and were 

 under the body (pi. 63, b). Associated with this burial were two 

 stone celts, shell beads at the wrists, a bone awl, graphite balls, and 

 a small piece of mica. 



