44 BULLETIN, PUBLIC MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE. [V,ol. III. 



In detail these three burials are as follows : 



No. 1. This burial was located in the first stratum of yellow 

 sand above the bundle re-burials, or at an elevation of 17.19. feet 

 above mean lake level. It was in a very fragmentary condition 

 but showed that the burial had been made with such a sharp flexure 

 of the lower limbs that the heels touched the thighs. This could 

 only have been done by binding. The body rested on its left side 

 and faced in a general southerly direction, or away from the lake. 

 About it were found several very rough fragments of stone, two 

 rough stone points, and some potsherds very unlike those en- 

 countered on the surface in old village and camp sites in the 

 vicinity. 



No. 2. This skeleton was located in the top of the same stratum 

 as No. 1 but directly over the eastern edge of the bundle re-burials. 

 Its elevation was 17.95 feet. Like No. 1 it was very strongly flexed 

 and lay upon its left side, though it faced W 40° N, or in general, 

 toward the lake. This, however, was the only old skeleton found 

 in this group of mounds which faced in this direction. It was 

 somewhat better preserved than No. 1 but showed very great 

 disintegration and evidence of age. In plate XVI, fig. 1, is shown 

 this skeleton in situ. The strata above both these skeletons had 

 never been disturbed, leaving no doubt that they were placed 

 here when the mound was originally constructed. 



No. 3. This skeleton, as above mentioned, probably represents 

 an intrusive burial of a later date than the building of the mound. 

 It was located almost without the eastern margin of the sacred 

 earth area and was entirely above these strata of colored earths 

 and fires. Its elevation was 17.4 feet at the head. The bones were 

 comparatively well preserved, as may be seen in fig. 2 of plate XVI. 

 This skeleton was on its left side and faced in a general south- 

 westerly direction. In addition to its position and the condition of 

 the bones, one other fact points strongly to its relatively recent 

 date. It had, arranged in a circle around the left knee, which pro- 

 jected about six inches above the rest of the body, five quartzite 

 arrowheads of a type quite the same as those found on later 

 village sites in the vicinity. These were the only recent implements 

 encountered in the excavating of this entire group, and contrasted 

 strikingly with the few archaic points and rough chips found in 



