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Deer bones lay amongst the human bones, one lying in actual 

 contact with one of the skulls. 



Grave number 10 is also typical of this disorder of the con- 

 tained bones. It was shallow, being but twelve inches deep. 

 The skull was missing, but this may have been struck and 

 turned out by the plow. The pelvis and lower jaw were found 

 together. The other bones were found scattered through the 

 grave. The pelvis lay immediately above and in contact with 

 the skull of the full length burial already described. A clay 

 pipe, broken into three pieces, was found in three different parts 

 of the grave. 



In grave number 13 in the Bunce cemetery the bones were 

 in disorder, but this disorder may have been caused by the bur- 

 rowing of animals. It was thirty inches deep, in hard loamy 

 clay. The skull was missing. The lower jaw lay upon the arm 

 bones, but the leg bones were in position. 



Of the sixty-three individuals represented, thirty-six were 

 buried in three heaps, all of which were found in the Bunce 

 cemetery. The first of these heaps, marked on the list 24 to 27, 

 contained the bones of three adults and a child. The bones 

 were mingled and seemingly in no order. The heap was but 

 eight inches below the surface and the top layers of bones had 

 been turned up repeatedly in plowing. Scattered through the 

 mass of bones were wampum and glass beads and on two finger 

 bones still remained two brass rings. 



The second pit was also very shallow. It contained the 

 bones of three young adults and possibly of a child. The bones 

 were mingled and in no order. Under each skull were a few 

 glass and wampum beads. Scatttered amongst the bones were 

 other beads, an iron axe and a fine bone spoon. 



The third heap was in a large deep pit. It was situated in 

 the northeastern edge of the cemetery. It was nine feet long 

 from east to west and seven and a half feet from north to south, 

 being an irregular ellipse. The bottom at the deepest part was 

 forty-six inches from the surface, and consisted of the original 

 hard blue clay and red clay. The top of the bone mass reached 

 the surface, as was made evident by the fragments of bone 

 found scattered about the surface. The plow struck bones at 

 seven inches. 



