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But one arrowhead came from the mound. 



Two bits of soapstone lay separately with burials. 



A number of pebbles, each about 1 inch in diameter, were with several skele- 

 tons, and a considerable number, each about the size of a pea, doubtless formerly 

 enclosed in a turtle shell to form a rattle, were met with together near a burial. 



Several bits of chert, fragments of hatchets and one-half of a good-sized pebble 

 of cp^artz were variously associated. 



Glass. — A considerable number of glass beads lay with a burial two feet from 

 the surface. 



Miscellaneous. — A bit of plumbago, also a mass of bitumen, came from the 

 mound, and ordinary piercing implements of bone were with two interments. 



ASSOCIATION. 



To give an idea of the association of various objects present in the mound 

 we shall describe certain burials and the objects found with them. 



One foot from the surface, with a skeleton, were the nineteen large shell beads 

 already referred to; a saw apparently of a diminutive saw-fish and a bit of chert. 



Another skeleton, with sand tinged red near the cranium, had five shell pins 

 almost in contact with the skull, and eighteen large beads of shell. 



A skeleton having a thin layer of oyster shells immediately above it, had 

 associated several piercing implements of bone and one arrowhead of chert. 



With a bunched burial, contiguous to a confused mass of human bones, around 

 the skull, were a few shell beads, many beads of glass, and one minute piece of 

 copper or of brass, of about the area of twice that of the head of a pin. It was 

 carbonated through and through. 



With a bunched burial, 2 feet from the surface, were three tobacco pij3es, two 

 slightly broken ; four pebbles ; three piercing implements of bone, and five cutting 

 implements of shell. 



The reader will bear in mind that these objects described as associated are not 

 additional artifacts but have previously been referred to separately. 



We have noted the presence of glass beads at one point in the mound. The 

 burial with which they lay had no appearance of being intrusive. Unfortunately, 

 the height of the mound was such that one can draw no conclusion as to the period 

 of the burial on account of its comparatively superficial character. 



Passbey Mound, McIntosh County. 



This mound, in the yard of Mr. Frank Passbey (colored) is in the suburbs of 

 Darien, about 1 mile northwest of the town proper. It had been under cultivation 

 but no previous investigation was apparent. 



Its present height is 5.5 feet; the diameter of its base, 48 feet. The mound 

 was about one-half dug through. . It was composed of yellowish-brown sand with 



