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CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



Twenty-five interments, all of the bunched variety, were met with. In one case 

 the bundle included the long bones of two bodies. Two crania surmounted it. 



The bones were badly decayed and crushed, in many cases nothing remaining 

 but small and friable pieces. By the aid of shellac applied in place, four skulls, in 

 a somewhat fragmentary condition, were saved. 1 One femur gave an index of 114. 



Five tibite gave an average lateral index of 63 "7, the oscillation exponent 2 

 being 1*1. 



Three humeri were recovered. All showed perforation. 



IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



In all, nine polished hatchets, from 3 - 5 inches 

 to 8 - 5 inches in length, were found ; some associated 

 with human remains, but the majority isolated. In 

 addition the mound yielded a handsome lance head 

 of chert and a perforated stone tablet 2 "25 inches in 

 length (fig. 4). Curiously enough, all relics, and 

 the great majority of interments, lay in the eastern 

 half of the mound. 



POTTEEY. 



Throughout the mound were occasional frag- 

 ments of undecorated pottery. In addition, super- 

 ficially, were two brightly colored sherds. 



Fig. 4. Stone Tablet (full size). 



CONCLUSIONS. 



All burials in this mound are believed to be original, 

 with the whites was discovered. 



No trace of intercourse 



Mt. Royal, Putnam County. 



On the east bank of the St. John's, just below where the river leaves Lake 

 George, in a great grove of bearing orange trees, not 300 yards from the water's 

 edge, stands Mt. Royal. 



Its owner, David Wright, Esq., of Auburn, New York, fully appreciating the 

 interest attached to this famous monument whose makers now are nameless, has 

 long followed the example set by former possessors of the St. John's largest mound, 

 and kept it intact, carefully guarding it against the depredations of unsystematic 

 relic hunters. Mt. Royal, then, prior to our visit (April, 1893), knew no explorer 

 other than the gopher, 3 the salamander, 4 and the scarlet snake. 5 



X A11 crania will be described by Dr. Harrison Allen with the second part of this report. 

 2 See account of Tick Island. 



3 Gopher, local for Florida tortoise, Xenobates polyphemus. 

 4 Salamander, local for pouched gopher, Geomys tuza. 



5 Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea. This beautiful little snake is found burrowing in many of the sand 

 mounds. 



