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below the red sandy clay, 16.28 above mean lake level or 5 feet 

 below the top of the mound, and 3.9 below surface level. 



These animal sacrifices are one of the several new features found 

 in this group of mounds. The fragile condition of the burned bones 

 did not, however, admit of their identification. 



MOUND No. 8 



Mound No. 8 was a small conical situated on the western end 

 of the "Rabbit" mound, No. 9, as though it had been superimposed 

 on the nose of the larger figure. It would not have been treated as 

 a separate mound had it not had a distinct conical form, and had 

 it not contained a burial and stratification quite different from that 

 of No. 9. 



This mound was 17 feet in diameter, and had a maximum eleva- 

 tion of 21.04 feet above mean lake level, or 1.7 feet above the surface 

 of the surrounding ground. 



The burial, which was the main feature of the mound, was en- 

 countered 3.7 feet below the top of the mound, or 2 feet below 

 ground level. It was in very fragmentary condition, as shown in 

 plate XII, fig. 1. Judging from the position of the remaining por- 

 tions of the skeleton, it was placed on its right side, facing the 

 south. The legs had been flexed at right angles to the body, and 

 the arms folded across the chest. This was the usual position of 

 the older burials found in these mounds. Strangely enough, the 

 head was entirely missing. This fact, together with the flexure, 

 reduced the dimensions of the burial to a length of 3.8 feet, and 

 a width of 1.1 feet. There was a peculiar scarification on the femur, 

 consisting of several parallel incisions, which may have been made 

 by those who buried the skeleton, or possibly by the teeth of some 

 wild animal. These may be seen in the above mentioned illus- 

 tration. 



The bones lay on a bed of charcoal, and medium dark, fine, 

 yellow sand. The fire bed was peculiar in that it was filled with the 

 thin shells of lake clams and those of two periwinkle-like species, 

 one large and the other small, which were interspersed with the 

 charcoal. The shells lay almost entirely in the eastern portion of 

 the fireplace, which was apparently sunk straight down in the under- 

 lying dark yellow sand to the clay subsoil, which was attained at 

 4.1 feet below the top of the mound, or 16.94 feet above mean lake. 



