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broadened much in the manner of the mound at Bear Point, and of others of this 

 class found elsewhere by us. Since writing our conclusions on this subject we have, 

 on our return, read Mr. Walker's account of his visit to this mound, and find he, 

 also, realized the fact of its enlargement at various periods. 



Not far from the margin on the northern side, a black band about 7 inches 

 thick was met with 4 feet from the surface of the mound, approximately. This 

 band, like the one in the mound at Bear Point, colored by charcoal and organic 

 matter, was the ordinary layer of occupation. The band did not continue through 

 the mound, and was .not found at the extremities or in the southern portion. 



The central part of the summit plateau, say about 55 feet in diameter, had 

 been heightened about 2 feet by a layer of shell covered with sand. Where this 

 layer began, on the northern side, it was from 6 to 8 inches in thickness. This 

 deposit of shell and sand was not taken into account in our measurement of the 

 height of the mound. 



No burials were met with in the northern part of the mound until 35 feet in 

 from the margin of the summit plateau, and then only disturbed fragments left by 

 former digging, no intact burials being found prior to the abandonment of the trench 

 almost at the center of the mound. The western end and the northeastern portion 

 of the mound showed no trace of use as places of interment. 



Beginning almost exactly at the southeastern corner of the plateau and extend- 

 ing a little down the slope were burials, many of which were capped by inverted 

 vessels of earthenware. The area where burials with earthenware were most 

 numerous extended 39 feet to the westward and 32 feet to the northward of this 

 southeastern corner. But one large vessel was found farther in and a few small 

 ones which accompanied, but did not lie over, burials. Interments uncovered by 

 bowls extended considerably farther into the mound and to the westward from 

 where the covered burials lay. Burials, then, in the mound were about as follows : 

 in the area to the southeast, as described by us, were various forms of burial, includ- 

 ing some of the variety met with by us at the Bear Point mound, where lone skulls, 

 or skulls with a few bones, were capped by inverted bowls. In the extreme south- 

 ern portion of the central part of the mound were burials without the down-turned 

 bowl, and in the northern part of the center, presumably the same form of burial 

 had existed, as parts of large bowls were not found with the disturbed remains, but 

 all this area, except the comparatively small portion to the south, which was exca- 

 vated by us, had been so thoroughly dug into by others that exact determination as 

 to form of burial was impossible. Still, judging from the absence of fragments of 

 large vessels, to which we have referred, and that there is no history of the finding 

 of vessels there, we believe all the burials in this central area were similar in form 

 to those met with by us in its southern margin. Roughly speaking, that part of the 

 mound where all burials were without earthenware corresponded with the central 

 shell deposit of which we have spoken, and Avhich is shown on the plan, and we 

 believe this shell deposit was placed in the mound in connection with these burials. 



It has seldom been our fortune to investigate a mound where exact determina- 



