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were discovered, not a single piece of the head was found. Of 
eleven vertebrze found, all except one (the fifth lumbar) had their 
arches detached, as if for removing the spinal cord. The right 
innominate bone was broken into four pieces ; of the left only one 
large, including the acetabulum, and a few small pieces remained. 
The right femur was broken into three and the left into five 
pieces ; the left radius and left ulna each into three pieces, the 
left humerus into two, and the head of it was missing. All t 
bones of the right arm and right leg below the knee were missing. 
There were many fragments of ribs. The different pieces were 
scattered about over a surface of four or five square yards and 
promiscuously mingled. The bones had not been previously dis- 
turbed. 
Near these remains were found some fragments of a large 
earthen vessel, apparently capable of holding several gallons, and 
varying from a half to three-quarters of an inch in thickness. 
The bones had lost all their organic matter, and when struck 
against each other have a decided ring. 
4. A small collection of human bones was found in a shell field 
a few hundred feet south of the mouth of the creek at Blue 
Spring, and near the river. They consisted of fragments of the 
humerus, tibia, lower jaw, scapula and ulna, broken in the same 
manner as those just described, and also bones of the hands and 
feet. As the field in which they were discovered had been 
ploughed, it is unéertain to what extent the breaking of them may 
have been accidental. The appearances were the same as in the 
bones already described. There were no signs of a burial place. 
5. Many fragments of an imperfect human skeleton were found 
in the mound on Huntoon Island, and near Huntoon creek. ey 
were covered with shells to the depth of eighteen inches, and 
though the place was completely explored, only the following were 
discovered ; ; viz., fragments of a skull, an imperfect lower jaw, 
Pieces of the right and left thigh bones, a piece of an upper arm 
bone, some fragments of the forearm and leg, and a few joints of 
fingers and toes. The bones were all of a diminutive size, evi- 
dently those of a dwarf. Basing an estimate on the proportions 
of the thigh bones to the whole skeleton, the individual is sup- 
posed to have been about three feet and a half high. The angles 
and articular processes of the lower jaw were broken off and the 
molar teeth had nearly all disappeared during life, and their 
