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which had been partially uncovered by the action of the water, 
human bones were found about two feet below the surface. A 
foot above them, where a fire had been made, were ashes and 
large pieces of oak charcoal. The bones were not burned, how- 
ever, and did not appear to have been connected with the fire in 
any way. They were broken into pieces a few inches long, just as 
was the case with the bones of the deer from the same deposit, or 
from the adjoining bluff, and like them had lost their organic 
matter, were incrusted with lime, and had become cemented to- 
gether, so as in all respects to have the appearance of the same 
age as the bones of the animals associated with them. 
The fragments consisted of the head of a femur broken off just be- 
low the lesser trochanter, two fragments of the shaft of this bone, 
one fragment each of the shaft of the tibia, fibula and humerus, 4 
part of a scapula, including the glenoid portion, two metatarsal 
bones, and one phalanx of a thumb. It is quite probable that 
there were originally a larger number of pieces and that many 
had been carried away by the action of the water in its encroach- 
ments on the shore. 
Two important and more complete discoveries were made in the 
neighborhood of Blue Spring, though the localities were somewhat 
over two miles apart. 
2. One of these was on the left bank of the creek through 
which the spring discharges, and about thirty feet from its union 
with the river. The bones were found about two feet below the 
surface, embedded in the shells, and represented a large part of 
the bones of the skeleton. They were nearly all more or, less | 
broken, and were scattered about without any definite ordet: 
Many fragments of the skull, however, were found -near together.. 
Besides the pieces of the cranium, there were fragments of the 
following bones: viz., the lower jaw, right and left clavicle, right 
humerus, right and left scapula, ulna of both sides, right radius, 
right and left femur, right tibia, the two patellæ, upper end of t 
sternum, one fragment of pelvis, many fragments of ribs and Bo 
few bones of hands and feet. The humerus, radius and tibia of 
the left side were not found. ae 
__ 8. The other collection is from a low oval mound, in the swamp 
or meadow, two miles in a northerly direction from Blue Springe 
Here, again, portions of many parts of the skeleton were p = 
Notwithstanding careful search beyond the limits where the bony : 
