ratlici- (•(MiipMct 1\- :ii r:iiiti(Ml in a i('ct:iii<iiilar I'oiin al)()Ut I I hy 2() inches, 

 the loii^ l)()n('s parallel. The verlcbiu' abruptly ended parallel with the 

 head of the larj»;er skeleton, and aftei* \v()ikin<i; some time, we found a skull 

 placed below, beneath tiie pile of bones in a Ncrtical position, facing 

 north, the lowei- jaw of which was disenj^aji;e(l, and was j)laced sidewa3'S 

 in fronl of the face. The back of the skull was broken in, and was black 

 wilh niaiks of l)miiin<i. The lowei- jaw was burned, and some of the 

 leeth split by fire. The aim and le^' bones wei'e charred at the joints. 

 Inside the skull was a burned toe bone. There were some oyster shells 

 amon«i: the chaired remains. 



"A si<2;nificant fact was that the ri^htarm bones of the lar^c skeleton 

 wer(* below tin* ])ile of burned bones. This featuic, and the compact 

 ai-ran<>;ement of the latter within the space in front of and at the same 

 level as the hw^^v skeleton, seem to point stronji;ly towards an intentional 

 arran«>;ement of tlu^se bones, in front of the lai"^"e corj)se and to indicate 

 the simultaneous burial of the two bodies. On examination, the lar^e 

 skeleton ))roved to b(» that of an adult male, and the dismembered re- 

 mains those of a femak* of about 35 3'ears of a^e. No implements were 

 found with the rcMuains, but a part of a stone pestle and a i-ude celt lay 

 undei- the sod amon^ the oysters above the lai-j2;e skeleton. 



"On Sunday, June 14, 1908, another burial was found about 20 feet 

 north of the above. This burial consisted of an adult skeleton doubled 

 up and its back much curved, and was apparently that of a female of 

 mature a^e. Between the knees, the remains of a small infant were laid, 

 the skull of the latter being fragmentar}-. The right hand of the adult 

 was below the infant and the left hand around the throat. The skull 

 was intact and had nearly all the teeth. One finger bone had grown 

 together at the joint in a crooked position apparently due to disease. 

 On lifting the ribs of the right side, an arrow-head of flint fell out be- 

 tween the fourth and fifth bones. These skeletons lay about two and a 

 half feet below the grass, and a pocket of oyster shells was over the head. 

 The woman's remains lay within a space about 31 inches long l)y 50 

 inches wide, flat in tlu^ hard red sand bed facing east. 



"Shortly after these remains were discovered, Mr. Chenoweth ex- 

 tended the excavation pi-eviously made by the explorers at tlu^ side of a 

 large oyster shell ])it in the same bank of sand, and uncovered a male 

 skeleton of which he pix^served the skull. Some small fragments of the 

 skeleton were aft(M-wai-(ls found by the writei- on this spot. Contractors 

 for the sewer in Seaman AvcMiue also uncovcM'ed the riMnains of a young 

 h^male close to the i)()sition of s(>v(M-al of the shell pits previously described. 



