CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER. 169 



Mounds near Hudson's Ferrt, Screven County, Ga. (2). 



Hudson's ferry, about 68 miles by water above Savannah, is the steamboat 

 landing for Enecks, a settlement and post-office about two miles inland. A man 

 named Golden stated he had found two vessels of earthenware, one over the other, 

 by the roadside at the landing, which contained cremated human bones. We visited 

 Mr. T. J. Enecks, of Enecks, who showed us the vessels, which are of a type found 

 on the Georgia coast. 



In a field about 1 mile west of Hudson's ferry, on the property of Mr. William 

 Prior, of Enecks, to whom we are indebted for permission to investigate, was a 

 mound, much spread out by ploughing, in a cultivated field. Its diameter was 74 

 feet ; its height, 2 feet 5 inches. The mound had been dug into previously to a cer- 

 tain extent. The holes remained unfilled. We were informed by the son of Mr. 

 Prior that the digging was done by him and that he had found nothing except two 

 skeletons. The mound was thoroughly investigated by us. It was of dark yellow 

 sand without stratification or pits. A dark band ran through it at the level of the 

 surrounding field. 



Burial No. 1 was 4 feet S. E. by E. from the point taken by us as the center 

 of the mound. The skeleton, of a male, heading S., was partly flexed, with trunk 

 and face to the right. The legs were drawn up, the knees turned to the right, the 

 upper arms lay along the body with the forearms bent across it. Near the skull 

 was a chip of chert and a quantity of charcoal, though neither skull nor sand 

 showed trace of fire. On either side of the right arm were two handsome discoidal 

 stones each flat on one side and convex on the other, 2.3 inches and 2.7 inches in 

 diameter, respectively. This skeleton had doubtless been buried, after exposure, 

 with most of the parts held in place by the ligaments. The right foot, however, 

 except the astragalus, was missing. The heel bone lay by the skull. The skeleton, 

 which was 3 feet from the surface, had been let into the dark band at the base of 

 the mound. ^ 



Burial No. 2 was 8 feet S. of the center and 2 feet 9 inches down, just through 

 the black basal band. It was of a male, was flexed on the right and headed S. S. W. 

 Back of the skull was a broken mussel shell and a tobacco pipe of earthenware 

 covered as to the bowl with projecting knobs (Fig. 9). 



Burial No. 3, 6 feet W. N. W., 2.5 feet down, head S., included the upper por- 

 tion of a skeleton, the rest having been dug away during one of the excavations to 

 which we have referred. In the sand, which had been thrown back and left, was 

 an interesting tobacco pipe of light-colored clay consisting of an effigy of a bird, 

 probably an owl. The wings, tail and "horns" are distinctly shown, as are the 

 legs and eyes. Part of the bill is missing (Figs. 10, 11, 12). An interesting feature 

 of this pipe is that the bird faces the smoker, the pipe evidently having been made 

 more for the satisfaction of the owner than to attract the attention of others. We 

 have before noticed this tendency in aboriginal pipes, notably in one found by us in 

 the great Grant mound, Florida, where a small piece of copper had been fastened to 

 the near side of the bowl. 



22 JOURN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. XI. 



