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height, and also has a broad opening. Froth the latter had 

 been fractured, and mended in an ingenious manner, by per- 

 forations on each side of the fracture, joined on both the inner 

 and outer surfaces by a groove in which was found asphaltum 

 cement, probably covering a decayed cord of sinew or other 

 tying material. A small olla differed from the usual pattern 

 by having a form similar to a common mortar. Schumaker 

 says that domestic articles deposited with the dead were rarely 

 broken, and when so, the breakage was caused by the pressure 

 of the soil. Our observation leads us to a different conclusion, 

 as we did not find an instance in which the damage appeared 

 to have occurred subsequent to the burial, a fact that might, 

 however, be attributed to the lightness of the soil in this 

 locality. The tortilla stones, made also of steatite, were of 

 the usual structure, with or without a line along the outer- 

 margin. Most of these, together with the oil as, bear marks 

 of fire. No metates were found, but a fine implement used as 

 the accompaning crusher, was obtained, its length being about 

 two feet, diameter three inches, with tapering ends. 



The crania of these people exhibit various degrees of 

 intelligence, but the aggregate seemed to indicate a higher 

 order than is found among the present race of aborigines. 

 The teeth were almost invariably sound, but the majority 

 were much worn, showing the advanced age of the individual. 

 The skeletons found near the surface were in a fair degree of 

 preservation, while those in the lower strata were badly 

 disintegrated, and fell to dust on exposure to the atmosphere. 



To us, the most interesting utensils exhumed were two 

 rudely moulded vessels of pottery, one about five inches in 

 diameter and four inches in height, and the other about 

 double the size. Both are without ornamentation. They 

 appear to have been used over a fire. Fragments of pottery 

 had been previously picked up on the surface in this locality, 

 but so far as we can ascertain, these are the only perfect 

 specimens that have been secured in this county. The arrow 

 points were not numerous, yet a variety of forms were repre- 

 sented and broken specimens were common. A flake of 



