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composed of sand and loam. ‘The skeletons lay in the sandy stratum 
between the gravel and earth, and so far as preservation is concerned, 
it has answered the purpose well. Whole anatomies have been ex- 
humed in an excellent state of soundness, the teeth particularly, some 
of them as white as ivory, and perfect in every respect. Forest trees, 
such as beech, sugar, and oak, some at least two feet in diameter, were 
growing immediately over the graves, and their gnarled roots twisted 
fantastically through the skulls of these remnants of an ancient people. 
A fall of gravel would frequently leave bare the whole front of a grin- 
ning skeleton, seemingly thrust in the grave, feet foremost, and in fact 
the whole of the bodies bore evidence of a promiscuous burial, some 
placed horizontally, facing the west, others level, anon a group of four 
heads within a space of two feet, and in every imaginable position. | 
About twenty feet from the first discovery of the bones, the workmen 
came to a large body of charcoal, and the remains of a stone fire place. 
An earthen vessel was found by some boys, which was broken and de- 
stroyed before an actual description could be obtained. Several of the 
skulls exhibited traces of violence, such as would lead one to suppose 
that this had been a scene of carnage, and the dead bodies thus fur- 
nished a rude and hasty burial.” 
Mr. Wm. Edwards visited the grounds during the time that the 
excavations were being made, in company with Mr. Day, the writer of 
the above extract, and verifies all he says as true; he also further states 
that there were a large number of bodies exposed during the grading 
of the road; and since that time curiosity has led a great many people 
to visit the place and dig for bones. Mr. Day and himself went to the 
bank and dug out the four skeletons, fire place, and charcoal, as de- 
scribed above. Mound No. 11 is located on the east side of the road, 
leading from Newtown to Clough creek, and three quarters of a mile 
south of the village. It has an elevation of fifteen feet, and a circum- 
ference at base of two hundred and twenty-five feet. This mound was 
designated in a former paper* as the Jewett mound. On the same 
road, and about one half mile further to the south of this mound (No. 
11), located on the third plateau or dividing ridge between Jennie’s run 
and the Clough creek, is an oblong mound (No. 17, Group C) eight 
feet high and one hundred and twenty-five feet in length from north to 
south. Four hundred yards northwest from the west end of the village 
of Newtown, on the lands of Mr. A. Hahn, is the site of an ancient 
* This JOURNAL, vol. i., p. 125. 
