180 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER. 



no bones were met with by us, though fragments were found in the sand thrown 

 out from a small central hole previously made. The larger mound contained a cen- 

 tral deposit, 3 feet 9 inches down, consisting of a few calcined fragments and bits of 

 unburnt bones. 



A low neighboring mound yielded nothing of importance. 



Fig. 17. — Shell gorget. Mouud near Mitchell's lake. (Full size.) 



Mound near Oglethorpe Bluff, Wayne County. 



A little mound thoroughly rifled was in the pine woods about 1 mile northwest 

 of Oglethorpe bluff. Digging around the margin was without result. 



Mounds near Mitchell's Lake, Wayne County (5). 

 On the Altamaha, as on the Savannah, a dead river, which is an arm of the 

 river coming to an abrupt ending, is called a lake. Mitchell's lake, about 69 miles 

 from Darien, is such a one. 



