1889-] Arch(Bology and Ethnology. 655 
From all the evidence gained it was plain to be seen that this was 
not a place of sepulture ; but, on the contrary, was a place where wood 
was burned for the purpose of obtaining ashes to aid in the construction 
of at least some of the burial mounds. 
No fire had been used on any of the burial mounds examined, both 
the charcoal and ashes found in them having been brought in from 
some other place. 
All the remains found in the mounds had been buried in the flesh, 
the earth in contact with the bodies being deeply stained by their 
decomposition. 
As before stated, the earth from which the mounds were constructed 
was a yellow, clayey material, unlike that of the surface of the region, 
and had been brought in from some other place, at a greater or less 
distance from the mounds. 
No relics of any description were found with the bodies exhumed, 
and as for field relics, none are reported from the region. 
Owing to the lack of time, mounds Nos. 5 to 8 have not, as yet, 
been explored. — Clement L. Webster, Charles City, Iowa. 
