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skeleton wliich extended upwaids, as did also the foot hones. Tlie hones 

 lay in and upon a close mass of oyster shells, sonic of which wore un- 

 opened. The skeleton icclined on its rifiht side, facing west . The arms 

 were flexed and ciossed, tlie knees hent and the head thi'own hack. No 

 traces of weaj)ons were found, nor were there an\- othei- ol)jects found, 

 sjn'e a fraj!;ment of an animal bone. 



"The location and position led to further e\])loiation which earl}^ 

 in IDOS led to still more interesting discoveries. Sunday, March 22nd, 

 hein^ the first day in the field for exploration for the season for 1908, 

 ^^■. L. Calver and the writer met at Seaman Avenue and Hawthorne 

 Street, Manhattan, to discuss plans fou further excavations on this 

 Indian villaj2;e site. The rains of the winter 1907-8 had washed the west 

 bank where the layer of oyster shells and black dirt la}' alon^ the hill, 

 and a patch of red burnt earth was observed, which on digji;in^ out, dis- 

 closed a fireplace, e\'idently of the period of the Revolution, having some 

 lai<!;e buint stones, ashes, wood charcoal, brick, broken rum bottles, a 

 wine glass nearly complete, a large open clasp-knife with bone handle, a 

 hoop-iron pot-hook, various forged head nails and a curious folding cork- 

 screw. CJold buttons of Revolutionary pattei"n and an officer's silver 

 button of the Royal Marines, together with pewter ])uttons of the 17th 

 Regiment, disclosed w^ho had occupied the spot. 



''At one part of this fiieplace, we came upon a ]:)ocket of 03'ster 

 shells, evidentl}" Indian, about two feet deep, and on removing some of 

 these, had the good fortune to uncover a human thigh-l)one. We worked 

 carefull}' into the shells and under the pocket, gradualh' disclosing the 

 complete remains of a full-grown man lying on its right side, feet to the 

 north, head facing east, knees doubled up, the left arm extended down 

 through the thighs. The feet had been within the area of the hole in 

 which the Revolutionary fireplace had been made, and only one or two 

 foot bones were found. At a later period other foot bones were found on 

 the opposite side of the Revolutionary fireplace, evidently having been 

 displaced in its construction. The right arm was flexed, and the hand 

 was under the head, the latter was intact and every tooth w^as in place. 

 Shells had been packed over the body, and some around it. We were 

 much puzzled 1)}' a mnnber of human bones h'ing compactly together 

 by the skeleton, in a })()siti()n that would have ])een in its h\p, had it been 

 upright. 



" We I'emoved the skull, covered the remains, and on Sunday, March 

 29th, renewed the work. We went carefully to work upon the cluster of 

 mixed bones in fi-ont of the largc^ skek^ton, and soon found tluMu to be 



