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Burial No. 18. — Just under the surface was a bunch of certain bones of an 

 adult and of an infant, mingled. No crania were present. 



Burial No. 19. — Two crania of adults with one of a child. With these, 30 

 inches down, were a few bones belonging to at least two adults. 



Burial No. 20. — 26 inches down, a few fragments of crushed and decayed bones. 



Burial No. 21. — 15 inches down, a bunched burial of a skull and a few long 

 bones of a child. 



Burial No. 22.— Isolated skull of adult, 2 feet down. 



Burial No. 23. — A few bits of decayed bone belonging to a child, 1 foot below 

 the surface. 



The high percentage of interments of children in this mound is worthy of 

 remark. 



Mound on the Joel Matthews' Place, Dallas County. 



This estate, about one mile below Cahaba, on the right side of the river going- 

 down, had a mound in a large cultivated field, about 40 yards from the woods. 

 Investigation was made with the courteous permission of Mr. B. F. Ellis, of Orrville, 

 Ala., the lessee of the property. 



As near as we could judge, the mound, before the cultivation it had undergone, 

 had been about 32 feet across the base. Its height above the general level was 4 

 feet 3 inches, though, at the center, a burial lay 5 feet 6 inches from the surface. 



The mound was about three-quarters dug through by us, including the entire 

 central portion. It was of dark brown, loamy sand without stratification. 



Human remains, encountered at twenty-one points, consisted of small bunches 

 of human bones and sometimes a single skull. In no case was a skeleton present 

 or had there been any attempt to bury in anatomical order. In one instance there 

 was a small deposit of fragments of charred and calcined bones, the only instance 

 of cremation met with by us on the Mobile or Alabama rivers. 



No artifacts were present with the burials, and the sole yield from the mound 

 was a few rude arrowpoints. 



Mound on the Hunter Place, Dallas County. 



The Hunter Place, on the right-hand side of the river going down, is about 

 four miles from Selma by land. 



About 300 yards from the landing, on the edge of a cultivated field, was a 

 mound about 50 feet across the base and 7 feet in height, Its sides were too steep 

 to permit cultivation. Unfortunately, a narrow trench running N. and S. had been 

 dug completely through the mound. We are indebted to Mrs. Fanny Pollard, one 

 of the Hunter heirs, residing on the estate, for permission to dig. 



Owing to the previous disturbance a complete investigation was not attempted. 

 The eastern part of the mound was mostly dug through by us and a small portion 

 of the western part. 



The mound was composed of a mass of clay covered to a depth of several feet 

 with sand. 



