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shell beads; a few small copper beads ; specimens of paint and 
plumbago ; three skulls. 
I am inclined to believe that these mounds are the work of the 
Cherokees, but cannot give my reasons for this belief in this 
article. Somewhat similar burials found in Kentucky point to 
the region of the Ohio as the former home of the builders of the 
North Carolina and East Tennessee mounds. It is possible, 
therefore, that further research will tend to confirm the Cherokee 
tradition mentioned by old John Lederer. 
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COLONIAL ORGANISMS. 
BY CHARLES MORRIS. 
(Continued from page 149.) 
CONTINUED review of the subject of animal colonization 
leads next to the Annelida and the Arthropoda as its most 
advanced instances. This progression, indeed, is not so strongly 
marked in the Annelida, which are usually not only distinctly 
segmented, but each segment is an almost complete individ 5 
Each segment possesses its own nerve fibers and ganglion, 
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and, in a partial degree, its own circulation. The ee 
the several segments unite into a common intestine. In nik 
retention of individuality, in some cases, goes still further. 
are existing worms which possess eyes in each separate ` begt 
Thus the indications are very marked that the Annelid ail 
life as a colony of budded individuals in which subordinati ; 
some of the life functions had taken place. This wer ; 
is yet, in many instances, very slight, the only distinctly orga 
ized segment being the head, with its mouth and senm 33 
The loss of individual completeness is not nearly 50 p 
the members of the Siphonophora. pit or 
In its reproductive phenomena the family of segmen In cet io 
presents some striking evidences of a colonial origin. gail : 
instances the worm is born as an individual segment, e 
its mature state by subsequent budding. This 1$ the wt inde 
the tape worm, in which the budding process eae: | 
nitely throughout life. Among the Chætopoda some divided io? 
cant phenomena are exhibited. A single worm © oot 
two through fission between two of the body j 
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