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[Vol. III. 



The width of the connecting linear was 23 feet. The elevation above 

 mean lake level of the connecting linear at its highest point was 

 22.19 feet; of the east end conical 22.59 feet; and of the west end 

 conical 22.54 feet. The average level above the surrounding surface 

 was 2 feet. It was the last of the series of rather high mounds be- 

 ginning with the panther effigy, No. 3. 



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FIG. 12— PLAN OF MOUND NO. 12 



The western conical, which was the smaller of the two, had been 

 dug to a depth of about 4 feet and a burial taken out. This portion 

 of the mound showed the most extensive stratification, and the use 

 of many ceremonial sands, together with the usual fire strata accom- 

 panying the burial, as follows : 



Surface loam 22.59 



Fire stratum 19.79 



Light yellow sand 19.44 



Fire blackened sand 18.49 



Red sand 17.09 



Bright yellow sand 16.89 



Yellowish white sand 16.39 



Red sand 16.09 



Yellowish white sand 15.69 



Red sand 15.39 



Bottom of Mound : 



Mottled sandy clay 14.99 



Dark yellow sand 14.19 



Mottled gray clay 13.59 



