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lower jaw of which was disengaged, and was placed sideways in front of the 

 face. The hack of the skull was broken in, and was black with marks of 

 burning. The lower jaw was burned, and some of the teeth split by (ire. 

 The arm and leg hones were charred at the joints. Inside the skull was a 

 burned toe hone. Some oyster shells were among the charred remains. 



" A significant fact was that the right arm bones of the large skeleton 

 were below the pile of burned bones. This feature, and the compact 

 arrangement of the latter within the space in front of and at the same level 

 as the large skeleton, seem to point strongly towards an intentional arrange- 

 ment of these bones, in front of the large corpse and to indicate the simul- 

 taneous burial of the two bodies. On examination, the large skeleton 

 proved to be that of an adult male, and the dismembered remains those 

 of a female of about 35 years of age. No implements were found with the 

 remains, but a part of a stone pestle and a rude celt lay under the sod among 

 die oysters above the large 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 

 age. Between the knees, the remains of a small infant were laid, the skull 

 of the latter being fragmentary. 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 linger 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-bead of Hint fell out between 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 .''1 inches long by 50 inches wide, Hat in the hard red sand bed 

 facing east. 



"Shortly after these remains Were discovered, Mr. Chenoweth extended 

 die excavation previously made by the explorers at the side of a large oyster 

 shell pit in the same bank of sand, and uncovered a male skeleton of which 

 he preserved the skull. Some small fragments of the skeleton were after- 

 wards found by tin' writer on this spot. Contractors for the sewer in 

 Seaman Avenue also uncovered the remains of a young female close to the 

 position of several of the shell pits previously described. 



"These interments have some curious features. The position of the 

 remains facing east, sometimes west, the absence of weapons or other ob- 

 jects and the oyster shells packed with or above them are subjects for inter- 

 esting discussion on which future finds may throw much light, as also 

 upon the peculiar double burial and the burnt state of the female remains." 



