12 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



Scattered through the pink sand layer, none being found below, were eleven 

 polished implements, commonly known as " celts," none exceeding 5 - 6 inches in 

 length. Of these, six, now at the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, were deter- 

 mined by Professor Wolf as being four of diabase, one of porphyrite, one probably 

 of a quartzose slate. Of the remaining five, four are of the usual traps, the fifth 

 syenitic gneiss. The surfaces are somewhat decomposed, rendering an absolute 

 identification impossible without injury to the specimens. 



Not over two of these polished hatchets were found in association with human 

 remains. The frequent isolation of such deposits has been noticed by us in the 

 river mounds and commented upon by Mr. Douglass in respect to the mounds of 

 the east coast. In this connection a cache has been suggested, but as we have 

 frequently found isolated polished implements at depths varying from 15 feet 

 to within a few inches of the surface, we are inclined to believe the deposit to have 

 been made out of respect to the dead generally, as we hang garlands on monu- 

 ments. 



On the summit plateau, near the surface, was found a leaf-shaped implement 

 of chert, chipped, 3 - 5 inches in length, much worn as from continued handling. 



In all, fifteen arrow and lance points were met with. They were confined to 

 no particular layer, but were distributed from the base to the surface. Of these 

 points eleven were of chert, one of hornstone, one of chalcedony and two of chert 

 breccia. One slender point was possibly a drill or fish spear. The type is not 

 uncommon on the surface but is seldom met with in the mounds of the river. On 

 the eastern slope, 5*5 feet from the surface, not far distant from the base, six arrow 

 and lance heads were found in immediate association, the largest being 4 - l inches 

 in length, the smallest l - 9 inches. With one exception, namely at Mt. Royal, we 

 have never before found so great a number of stone points together in a river 

 mound. 



One arrow head of chert, unassociatecl, was smooth, with edges completely 

 rounded by artificial means. 



A small arrow head of chert was discovered carefully stowed away within a 

 Fid guv carica. 



Five feet from the surface on the northeastern slope was a slab of banded 

 slate 7T inches long, 3*1 inches wide, with a thickness varying from - 2 to '7 of an 

 inch. It was imperforate and gave evidence of use as a hone for cutting-tools. 



At the base and near the center of the mound with an arrow head of chert 

 was a flake, four inches long by 1*75 inch in breadth. With them lay a rude 

 implement of chert bordering on hornstone, showing cleavage on one side, and upon 

 the other traces of workmanship. 



At various points, always with human remains, were six drinking cups, 

 wrought from Fulgur perversum, all, with one exception, showing intentional 

 perforation of the bottom. Throughout the pink sand layer were scattered numer- 

 ous beads of shell, some as much as one inch in length ; while two beads of stea- 



