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OBJECTS FOUND IN MOUND No. i, ''MOUND 
CITY." 
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No. I is a vessel of brown ware, with a flat bottom ; its 
general form is quadrilateral, with the angles rounded off. The 
upper part of the vessel is missing, but probably not more than 
the rim is gone ; its present height is five inches, and its 
greatest diameter is five inches and a-half. The clay is well 
tempered ; the burning appears to have taken place in an open 
fire ; there is a slight glaze upon the surface, due perhaps to 
the application of some resinous substance. This vessel is 
ornamented with incised lines, and dots of two sizes ; the 
larger dots have been made with a narrow tool hollowed like a 
gouge ; judging from the width, the lines may have been made 
with the same tool, although the hollowed side of the implement 
was not used in forming them. The pattern is divided into four 
compartments by lines and dots which occur at each of the 
angles. It has been suggested that the pattern in each of 
these compartments is intended to represent a bird ; some of 
the lines do form an object having a faint resemblance to a 
bird's head and neck, with the eye correctly placed, but the 
beak is of a most unnaturally recurved shape. 
Upon Tablets 2 and 3 are some copper bosses or flat beads, 
made of two plates of hammered copper, each having a central 
perforation ; these bosses range from one and a half to two 
inches in diameter. Plates of mica were found in this mound. 
Objects found in Mound No. 2, " Mound City." 
B. 34- 
In this mound some shell and pearl beads were found, similar 
to those in this Case, upon Tablets 4 to 7 ; as well as the frag- 
ments of pottery upon Tablets 4 to 10. The objects upon 
Tablets 15 to 25 were found associated with a secondary in- 
terment. The specimens upon Tablets 19 to 21 are bone 
implements of different forms with curiously dentated edges. 
Upon Tablet 24 is a piece of antler in process of manufacture 
into the handle of some implement. Upon Tablets 22 and 23, 
and in Case D 19 upon Tablets 16 to 19, are pieces of antler, 
