TWO SAND MOUNDS ON MURPHY ISLAND, FLORIDA. 513 



A curiously shaped pendant of steatitic rock, having a length of .9 of one inch 

 and a maximum diameter of 1.2 inches, lay with a burial 6 feet from the surface 



(Fig. 68). 



Two pendants of quartz were found separately in the mound. One, a rough 

 fragment about 1 inch in length, is rudely grooved at one end. The other, a 

 crystal, 1.9 inches in length with a maximum diameter of .5 of one inch, is neatly 

 grooved and shows considerable wear (Fig. 69). 



Fig. 68. — Pendant of steatitic rock. 

 Northernmost mound, Mur- 

 phy Island. (Full size.) 



Fig. 66. — Pendant of syenitic rock. 

 Northernmost mound. Mur- 

 phy Island. (Full size.) 



Fig. 67. — Pendant of steatitic mate- 

 rial. Northernmost mound, 

 Murphy Island. (Full size.) 



Fig. 69. — Pendant of quartz crystal. 

 Northernmost mound, Mur- 

 phy Island. (Full size.) 



We have, in a former Report, quoted Laudonniere's statement as to presents of 

 fine crystal made by southern Indians. 



At various depths, though at no great distance from the surface, singly, were 

 seven beads of soapstone, some cylindrical, others oblong, varying in length 

 between 1.1 inches and 2.2 inches. 



INTRUSIVE DEPOSITS. 



Two and one-half feet from the surface, with a burial and a chisel of stone, 

 was a comb apparently made of leather, with scroll decoration on either side. 



With a burial three feet down were an iron or steel axe with long narrow 

 blade, and an unidentified tool of the same material. With these implements, of 



