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The other gorget, trebly perforated for suspension, shown in half-tone, Fig. 56, 

 where the figures have unfortunately been reversed, and drawn in Fig. 56«, has a 

 design we have been unable to decipher. 



Professor Cushing, who has kindly given the matter of these gorgets con- 

 siderable attention, considers the design to be figures of blowing gods or warriors 

 surrounded by one of the typical gorget serpents. 



Several other gorgets, all undecorated, broken beyond redemption, were met 

 with. 



Miscellaneous. — With a number of massive beads was an ovoid object of shell, 

 imperforate, 1.9 inches long by about 1.4 inches in thickness. 



EARTHENWARE. 



Vessels. — With burial No. 54 was a vessel of the type in use at Durand's 

 Bend though much smaller and having, in addition to the upright ridges, the small 

 loop-shaped handles. This vessel has a maximum diameter of 4.3 inches and is 2.8 

 inches in height. It was unfortunately broken by a blow from a spade, but has 

 been partly pieced together. With another burial was a water-bottle with maxi- 

 mum diameter of 4.9 inches and a height of 4.2 inches having five protuberances 

 around the body, enclosed in double incised lines. Between are incised lines 

 running diagonally. The vessel had fallen to pieces, but had been put together 

 with the exception of a portion of the base (Fig. 57). 



Tobacco-pipe. — An undecorated tobacco-pipe was found in loose dirt thrown 

 out by the diggers (Fig. 58). 



Miscellaneous. — Loose in the mound, in midden refuse, were numbers of 

 earthenware discs, wrought from sherds, for use in games as before described. 



The earthenware head of a bird, which had seen service as the handle 

 of a vessel, was found loose in the earth (Fig. 59). 



Tobacco-pipe. — In earth thrown out by the diggers was a rude soapstone pipe 

 with oblong bowl, similar in type to those described by us in other reports as coming 

 from the lower St. Johns river, Florida, though smaller. 



