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Near human remains, was a ring of earthen- 

 ware, 1.6 inches in diameter, .7 of one inch across 



Fig. 56. — Pendant of earthenware. Northernmost mound, 

 Murphy Island. (Full size.) 



the opening, and .3 of one inch in thickness, 

 found 7 feet from the surface (Fig. 58). 



It was 



COPPER. 



The reader of our report on the mounds of the 

 St. Johns may recall that between Jacksonville and 

 Lake Washington — the end of navigation — aborigi- 

 nal copper was met with in but four mounds. It was, 

 therefore, especially gratifying to find a variety of 

 objects of this metal in the principal mound on 

 Murphy Island. 



Well in toward the center, in the northern 



Fig. 57.— Pendant of earthenware. 

 Northernmost mound, Murphy 

 Island. (Full size.) 



Fig. 58. — Ring of earthenware. 

 Northernmost mound, Mur- 

 phy Island. (Full size.) 



portion of the mound, at no great distance apart, 

 but each with a separate interment, 12 feet from the 

 surface, were : (1) fragmentary remains of an orna- 

 ment of wood overlaid with very thin sheet copper. 

 One side is flat, the other repousse. The breadth is 

 about 2.2 inches ; its original length is undetermin- 

 able. With it was a large sheet of mica. (2) An 

 ornament of sheet copper, bent over and repousse as 

 shown in Fig. 59. A part of one side is missing 



Fig. 59.— Ornament of sheet copper. 

 Northernmost mound, Murphy 

 Island. (Full size.) 



