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three feet in height, were discovered the remains of three persons, the 
bones being in a better state of preservation than in any of the other 
mounds of the group explored. 
First, there had been reared, from the ordinary black surface-soil of 
the vicinity, a small hillock, one foot in height ; and on this were placed 
in a sitting posture, with the feet drawn under them, the three bodies. 
One finely preserved lower jaw found in this mound was very massive 
and broad, and contained large, finely preserved teeth. The teeth in 
this specimen were all worn quite flat upon the crowns; and this 
remark applies to the incisors and canines, as well as cuspids and 
bicuspids. 
In this case it is shown that the masticating surface of the upper jaw 
fitted perfectly that of the lower one. 
The incisor teeth did not lap, but impinged on each other at their 
cutting edges, like the molars. This form of teeth is not peculiar to 
the mound-builders, however, but is characteristic of savage races 
generally. 
The material composing this mound, although analogous to that of 
other mounds of the series, was x\oi packed 2Xo\xx\^ the bodies. 
It was plainly evident that much less care was exercised in this burial 
than in any of the others. Gathered facts, moreover, demonstrate 
that this mound, as well as some of the others, was erected long anterior 
to Nos. 3 and 4. Some years ago mound No. 2 was graded down by 
Mr. R. H. Gordon (on whose farm all the mounds are located) in 
making an excavation for a cellar. 
The structure of the mound was similar to that of No. 4, although 
much smaller. On the original surface had been placed, in a sitting 
posture, one or two bodies. 
The crania and many bones of the bodies are reported to have been 
in a good state of preservation. • 
Mound No. i is now twenty-two feet in diameter and one foot in 
height ; but owing to the fact of its having been cultivated over for 
more than ten years, its original height has been somewhat reduced 
and its diameter slightly increa.sed. 
A few inches above the surface which environed the mound was dis. 
covered, upon exploration, a thick bed of charcoal, and a log over 
eight feet in length and twelve inches in diameter, which had been 
thoroughly burned. 
This coal was mostly in a fine state of preservation. The wood used 
was of the same species of oak as now occupies the surface of the 
region. In this mound was observed scarcely a trace of ashes. 
