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this same mound in association with other burials or about altars. 

 In view of these several facts it seems very certain that this skeleton 

 represents an intrusive burial of a relatively recent tribe. 



MOUND No. 2 



This was formerly a small conical mound which almost touched 

 the base of mound No. 1 on its southeastern margin and which was 

 almost directly at the end of the tail of No. 3. Through years of 

 cultivation there is little more than a vestige of this mound left. 

 It measured about 17 feet in diameter and had originally an eleva- 

 tion of not more than a foot above the surrounding surface or about 

 17.5 feet above mean lake level. Its vertical section showed a top 

 stratum of black earth underlaid by dark, yellow sand about two 

 feet thick which, in turn, rested on the clay hardpan. Comparing 

 these layers with those of mound No. 1 it is evident that the only 

 artificial section is the top layer of black earth. This showed no 

 evidences of fire and there were no implements or other remains 

 to show its special use. 



MOUND No. 3 



Panther mound No. 3 followed the very southwestern edge of 

 the upland and lay largely in the woods. Its 50 foot body and 135 

 feet of its tail had never been disturbed. There was, however, an- 

 other section of the tail about 130 feet long which, following the 

 trend of the upland, angled off from the rest of the animal and 

 lay in the same old cultivated field with mounds 1 and 2. Thus 

 the total length of this mound was originally 315 feet. Mr. L. J. 

 Dartt, who recalls quite well the appearance of this section of the 

 tail before the land was broken, says that it was a relatively low 

 ridge ending in a small conical tip. Its position at the edge of the 

 slope and the long cultivation of the field had almost completely 

 obliterated it at the time of our excavations. Its position and di- 

 mensions are therefore indicated by broken lines in text figure 5. 



The undisturbed portion of this mound consisted of a head 

 10 feet in length, a very well formed body 40 feet long, and a tail 

 135 feet long. As above stated, it lay along the southwestern edge 

 of the level upland which sloped quite abruptly down to the marsh 

 bordering Kratz creek. The mound trended N 64° 15' W and 



