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CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



Owing to its isolated position its existence was known to but two or three persons 

 and no investigation had ever been attempted. 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



In this mound, burials were of the bunched variety. 



Crania. — In all, 30 crania were met with, of which several were saved. At 

 times bundles of long bones were found without the skull, while in other portions 

 of the mound fragments of isolated crania were encountered. At times great 

 bunches of long bones were found with two or three crania in association. These 

 bunches were taken out in a solid mass, almost without exception thickly envel- 

 oped by roots. Roots of the scrub palmetto ran in numbers through the shafts of 

 the long bones, partially filled the crumbling skulls and appeared in bunches 

 through the sockets of the eyes. Most skeletons lay near or upon the base. Exactly 

 in the center of the mound, in actual contact, were seven crania surmounted by a 

 mass of long bones lying at all angles and in all planes. With the long bones lay 

 mandibles, pelves and scapulae, but smaller bones were wanting. 



Humeri. — Five humeri showed three perforations, a percentage of 60. Of the 

 perforated, two were from the left side and one from the right. Two were male 

 and one of uncertain attribution. 



Femurs. 









Minimum 



Maximum 



Oscillation 





Total. 



Average Index. 



Index. 



Index. 



Exponent. 



Male 



5 



134-3 



126 



146- 



5-8 



Female 



2 



120- 



116 



124- 





Uncertain . 



5 



1104 



105 



114 



2-5 



TlBLE. 









Minimum 



Maximum 



Oscillation 





Total. 



Average Index. 



Index. 



Index. 



Exponent. 



Male 



5 



63-8 



54-1 



70-4 



5-9 



Female 



3 



65-5 



63-8 



67-9 





Uncertain . 



2 



67-6 



66-6 



68-6 





IMPLEMENTS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. 



Unassociated, completely encysted in a mass of roots, was a spherical bead of 

 calcite having a diameter of one inch. 



Apparently unassociated with human remains were several small pieces of 

 sheet copper; one fragmentary cylinder with overlapping edges, fashioned from 

 sheet copper ; four human incisors and one canine ; nine shell beads with a diame- 

 ter of one inch each, and sixteen smaller beads of shell. 



