THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, FLORIDA. 



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STONE. 



In all, nine polished hatchets, or "celts," were met with during the investiga- 

 tion, with one exception lying within a few feet of one another as to area, though 

 some were in caved sand, and others from 4 to 7 feet in depth. As a rule no bones 

 were found in association. 



Three and one-half feet from the surface, with human remains, was a flattened 

 tube of sandstone 2"6 inches in length, with a maximum diameter of 1*5 inches. 



Fig. 70. Bead of sheet 

 copper, Grant Mound. 

 (Full size.) 



Fig. 71. Ornament of sheet copper, Grant Mound. (About full size.) 



Another tube of about the same proportions, rough on the outside, has somewhat 

 the appearance of a natural formation. 



GALENA. 



A piece of Galena, somewhat over a cubic inch in size, lay unassociated at a 

 depth of 1'5 feet beneath the summit plateau. 



SHELL. 



Small beads of shell were found in great abundance, always in association with 

 human remains. 



Several unimportant objects of shell were met with during the investigation, 

 including a drinking cup wrought from Fulgur perversum. 



COPPER. 



The presence of copper of aboriginal design, at depths to denote original intro- 

 duction, was a feature of peculiar interest in the Grant Mound. 



In caved sand was a nearly spherical bead of sheet copper, 7 of an inch in 

 diameter (Fig. 70). 



