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inches (Fig. 76). Beneath the larger vessel was a tobacco pipe of earthenware, 

 having the usual curious chipping on the stem, 3.4 inches in length ; diameter of 

 bowl, 1.3 inches (Fig. 77). On the upper surface of the deposit lay a neatly shaped 

 arrowhead of chert. 



Burial No. 3, 3 feet N. E., 3 feet from the surface, on the bottom of a pit 

 extending 16 inches into undisturbed sand and having a diameter of 3 feet 4 inches 



at its line of junction with the 

 body of the mound, consisted of 

 the bones of a small child in frag- 

 ments through decay. Surround- 

 ing sand was tinged with hematite. 

 In contact with this skeleton 

 was -another, also of a young child, 

 equally fragmentary, the legs 

 extending up along the .side of the 

 pit. Above this skeleton was a 

 layer of sherds three and four 

 thick. Beneath both skeletons 

 was charcoal. 



Burial No. 4, 2 feet N., in a 



grave with its base 33 inches from 



the surface, and 2 feet in diameter 



where it entered the undisturbed 



sand, into which it ran 14 inches, 



was the skeleton of a child about 5 years of age, flexed on the right side, heading W. 



Directly N. on the same plane, were the skeletal remains of a child about 3 



years of age, flexed on the back, heading W, 



Burial No. 5, 6 feet N. W., 30 inches down, just let into undisturbed sand, was 

 a skeleton of an adult female, flexed on the right side, head N. W. 



Burial No. 6, 5 feet N. 

 by W., 2 feet from the sur- 

 face, was the skeleton of a 

 young infant, unfortunately 

 disturbed by one of our men 

 in digging. 



This mound calls to 

 mind Mound A, of the Middle 

 Settlement, in that the skele- 

 tons of adult males were 

 excluded, and, as in Mound A, calcined remains were present, These remains 

 included adult skeletons, but whether male or female Ave are unable to state. 

 Another curious feature of this mound was the central position of burials. 



, Bluff Field. (Full s: 



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