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Rice Creek, Putnam County. 



Rice Creek enters the St. John's from the west 5 miles north of Palatka. 

 About 3 miles up the creek, on the left hand side going up, nearly opposite the 



Fig. 51. Ear ornament of shell, East Palatka. (Full size.) 



brick works, is a road about one-quarter of a mile in length, passing through the 

 swamp to the high pine woods. About 40 yards from the edge of the swamp was 

 an unstratified mound of yellow sand, 2 feet 10 inches in height, with a base diam- 

 ter of 44 feet. It was virtually demolished. Two or three mouldering fragments 

 of human remains were met with, and eight unassociated sherds, mostly of gritty 

 ware. 



Deep Creek, St. John's County, 



Deep Creek enters the St. John's from the east, about two miles north of Federal 

 Point. Following the course of the creek for one mile, and tying to the left bank 

 going up, we found a mound about 50 yards in the swamp. The service of a guide 

 was necessary. The mound, which was entirely demolished, was unstratified, of 

 whitish sand with admixture of some foreign substance, probably clay, rendering 

 it extremely tenacious. 



Burials, 28 in number, were of the bunched variety, the entire skeleton upon 

 no occasion being fully represented. 



Scattered through the mound, as a rule unassociated, were 8 "celts" of stone, 

 one having a length of 9 inches. In addition, were a wrought pebble, a slab of 

 stone 7 - 5 by 5"5 inches and one inch in thickness, and one arrow head. 



One drinking cup from Fulgur perversum and two others somewhat fragmen- 

 tary were met with. Two showed base perforation. 



A number of sherds scattered throughout the mound were, with one exception, 

 undecorated. 



Nothing in this mound gave evidence of contact with the Whites. 



Racey Point, St. John's County. 



This symmetrical mound, in view of the road at Racey Point, had a height of 

 6 feet, a base diameter of 60 feet. It was totally destroyed. It was composed of 

 brown sand, through which were scattered particles of charcoal. The base was not 

 distinctly marked. 



