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6. Sacrum gone. 
6. End of ulna nearly under the vertebrse (right ulna). 
7. Right femur out of position. 
8. Tibia and fibula of right and left legs out of position. 
9. Not all the feet bones present. 
Near the second skeleton was the skull of a panther, and at the 
west end of the trench, near the surface, we found the skull of a wolf. 
There were no relics whatever in this mound save the beads. 
We had five men working six days. 
Mound No. 38.— This mound is on the farm of Mr. Till Porter, 
one quarter of a mile west of Frankfort, Ohio, and is nine feet high, 
and seventy by seventy-five feet in extent. Its greatest diameter is N. 
E. and S. W. We began work by opening a trench twenty-three feet 
in width on the south side ; but Mr. Porter wishing the entire mound 
taken out, we engaged three teams and widened our trench so as to 
include all the mound except the northern part. The sides of this 
trench were irregular because we followed the "leads" of charcoal 
and ashes. It is in deposits of this nature that we find the skeletons. 
All our finds were on the east and south sides of the mound; nothing 
on the west side. 
The ground on which this mound is built was cleared and leveled, 
, and then burned. By keeping on this floor, shoveling was easy and 
the objects found without difficulty. At the base, and twelve feet from 
the outer edge, we came upon a mass of charcoal and animal bones. 
The latter were found at frequent intervals throughout the mound. 
For the next thirty feet the finds were unusually rich, and yielded us 
more skeletons and relics than any heretofore opened. 
Two feet beyond the animal bones to the north, lay a skeleton with 
head to the south. It lay on the bottom of the mound, and was taken 
out in good condition. The shell and jaw found were intended to 
accompany this skeleton. On the same level lay another skeleton, 
much decayed, but which had, near its right hand, three copper 
buttons, a copper celt, and, above the head, a copper plate. The 
latter had an imprint of cloth upon it, and is similar to that figured 
by Foster in his work on Pre-historic Races of the United States. The 
metal coming in contact with the bones of the skull had colored them 
green. The bones and teeth indicated a person less than twenty-five 
years of age. 
The next skeleton found lay on the base line, with its head toward 
the west. We took out all of its bones entire. No relics were found 
near it. Nearly all of these bodies were buried with the flesh on, 
