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made of limestone, or containing calcareous matter, having 
been reduced to the condition of caustic lime, whilst others 
have been split into pieces, such as those in the glass dishes, 
Nos. II, i8, and 19, Case E 6, and No. 2, Case E 9. 
Mounds, Nos. 6 and 9, ''Mound City." 
No relics were found upon the altars of these mounds, 
neither did they contain ashes or charcoal. 
Mound No. 18, ''Mound City.' 
In this mound the usual altar was present, and upon it was a 
thin carbonaceous deposit, but no relics were found. Traces 
of a secondary interment by cremation were observed. 
Mounds Nos. 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21 and 23, "Mound City." 
These mounds are very small, the largest not being more than 
three feet in height, and they are all destitute of " altars." In 
each, burnt human remains were found, resting upon the 
original surface-level, in no case exceeding the bones of one 
skeleton. The body appears to have been burnt elsewhere, 
for there is a total absence of all trace of fire, except upon the 
bones themselves. In Mound No. 19 these burnt bones had 
been deposited in a cist sunk in the soil. Squier and Davis 
suggest that the bodies were hiirnt upon the " altars," and that 
the calcined bones were then collected and buried beneath 
these minor mounds. A difficulty arises as to why the "altars" 
themselves, if such they were, should ultimately have been 
heaped over with earth, after they had served, time after time, 
for this purpose. Altars or " brick hearths," not covered with 
mounds, are said to have been discovered in America. One 
which existed near the town of Marietta, Ohio, is mentioned by 
Squier and Davis ; it was surrounded by a low bank, about 100 
feet in circumference. 
Close to the town of Zuni Viega, New Mexico, in a cedar 
forest, there are some oval altars of earth, very low, and 
between two and three yards in length. These altars are 
described as having, at one of the extremities, "an arrow orna- 
mented with feathers and a sort of network." At the other end, 
stuck into the ground, is a cedar stake carved " in the open- 
work style ; " and in the middle of the altar, lying horizontally, 
