48 BULLETIN, PUBLIC MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE. [Vol. III. 



These strata lacked the regularity of those in the large conical 

 mound, No. 1, above described. Their irregularity in thickness, as 

 well as lateral extent, is shown in plate IV. 



These strata are characterized by the use of much golden sand. 

 It appears to be placed frequently between a layer of red sand and 

 one of red clay. This golden sand is apparently naturally quite light 

 in color but where the iron of the red sand has filtered down it is 

 much discolored with rusty red streaks and pockets. Only where 

 the golden layer is quite thick is it possible to see its true original 

 color. 



The strata at the center of the mound, lying below and above 

 the main burial were arranged in the following order: 



Surface soil 



Loam 



Fire remains 



Red clay 



Remains of circle of fires 



Red clay 



Fire remains 



Golden sand 



Sandy loam 



Fire remains 



Brown earth 



Gray mottled sand 



Brown earth 



Mixed gray sandy clay 



Packed red clay 



Fire blackened sand and ashes 



Packed red sand 



Red clay in which the burial was located 



Red sand 



Golden sand 



Red sand 



Brown clay subsoil, (bottom of mound) 



The second fire stratum above the burial extended about 10 feet 

 laterally. The third fire stratum above the burial extended over a 

 large part of the body of the mound. The top fire stratum extended 

 as a crowning ceremonial fire over nearly the whole of the mound, 

 including the legs and tail. It was in turn covered by a thin layer 



