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Sherds were infrequently met with. Several bore the complicated stamp of 

 the type encountered in neighboring low mounds. Three undecorated vessels of 

 medium size and of poor material came from various depths. One of these, on four 

 sides, about equidistant, showed careful chipping away of material without perfora- 

 tion. The base had been treated in a similar manner over an extent about 2.5 

 inches in diameter. We have before met with chipping of this nature at one or 

 possibly two points on the surface of certain vessels, but never before have we 

 noticed it executed with such evident intent. 



Three feet down was a small hatchet of stone and two arrow heads in a 

 pocket of sand blackened by fire. No skeletal remains were in association. 



Together, unassociated with human remains, 3 feet down, were eleven frag- 

 ments of stone including four 

 partially completed arrowheads, 

 the end of a polished chisel, and 

 six bits of chert. In addition, 

 ftf* % hV ~ variously associated, were small 



" celts," mussel shells, smoothing 

 stones, pebbles and arrowheads. 

 Several of these arrowheads were 

 coated as to the tangs, with bitu- 

 men which bore the impress of 

 some long-fibred wood, probably 

 reed or cane. 



Certain other smaller mounds 

 in the immediate neighborhood 

 were partially investigated with 

 negative results. 



About one-quarter of a mile 

 in a southerly direction from the 

 low mounds, was a mound on the property of an old colored man named Brutus. 

 Its shape was somewhat unusual (Fig. 49). 



A careful investigation, not, however, carried to complete demolition, indicated 

 its erection for other than sepulchral purposes. 



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Fig. 49. — Plan of Brutus mound. 



Broward Mound. 



This symmetrical mound, in the pine woods, about one-quarter of a mile 

 northwest from Cedar Creek Landing, had a height of 8 feet, a breadth of 60 feet 

 across the base. 



It was totally demolished with the courteous permission of its owner, Napoleon 

 Broward, Esq., of Jacksonville. 



Above the level of the surrounding territory was an irregular layer, from 

 6 inches to 14 inches in thickness, of pure white sand often containing beds and 



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