CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA. 539 



though a much smaller mound in the neighborhood, completely dug through by 

 relic hunters, is generally reported to have contained articles of brass or of bronze, 

 while at the time of our visit glass beads were present on its surface. 



Mound at Barclay's, Lake County. 



On the southernmost extremity of Lake Harris is the property of Mr. C. M. 

 Barclay, upon which was a mound 2.5 feet in height with a diameter at base of 55 

 feet. It had long been under cultivation. A trench nearly traversing the mound 

 and other excavations had been made by members of the family of Mr. Barclay, to 

 whom our thanks are due for permission to demolish the mound. 



The mound was composed of yellowish and brownish sand intermingled ; the 

 "dumps," or individual loads, being unusually well marked. In the northernmost 

 portion streaks and pockets of brick-red sand were present, as was the usual char- 

 . coal throughout, often in pieces of considerable size. 



But few interments were encountered by us, though the bunched form, 

 scattered bones, and in one case, an original burial plainly in anatomical order, 

 were present. 



At various depths, always with human remains, were five polished hatchets 

 of stone, three separately, two with the same burial. 



Loose in the sand, were various flakes, chippings and broken arrow heads of 

 chert, and four small, delicate ones of the same material. 



Sherds were undecorated, or stamped in squares or diamonds. One small 

 vessel, considerably broken, with bottom knocked out, had beneath the rim two 

 encircling lines of punctate markings. 



We obtained from Mr. Barclay, whose son, he assured us, found it in the 

 mound, a bead of copper, 1.8 inches in length, with a maximum diameter of .6 of 

 one inch. The shape is nearly ellipsoidal, though the ends do not agree as to 

 diameter. It is made of copper hammered over in the usual fashion, and is more 

 massive than any ornament of copper met with by us on the St. Johns, recalling 

 in weight though not in shape, a heavy copper ornament from the Gamble mound. 



A number of small shells {Olivella) used for beads, lay with one skeleton. 



Two beads of blue glass, were picked up on the immediate surface, but most 

 careful search failed to reveal any in the body of the mound. One point noticeable 

 in the majority of the Florida mounds was clearly emphasized in this one. While 

 the height of the mound was but 2.5 feet above the surrounding level, it was neces- 

 sary to go down 6 feet 4 inches from the surface before evidence of artificial con- 

 struction came to an end, showing that, before the building of the mound, an 

 excavation of some sort had been made. This custom obtained upon the St. Johns 

 also, where, it will be remembered, when mounds were built upon pre-existing 

 shell-heaps, one layer of burials was placed in the shell. 



