. The Antiquarian [serial]. FiR. XXII—Head-dress of Skeleton Fig. XXIII-Ground Plan of the Effigy. Each Square represents 50 feet. The Skeletons and Altars and Copper Deposits are exaggerated, else they could not be seen. and yielded us a fragment of pottery, a fewbones and some post holes. I confess thatwe lost heart and I looked forward to thereceipt of a stiff letter from my Chief withapprehension, but decided to try a secondcut a little narrower than the first, andstarted the teams upon it November 2nd. Field Notes—Nov. 12th, 91. The sec-ond cut in the Effigy mound has reached apoint
. The Antiquarian [serial]. FiR. XXII—Head-dress of Skeleton Fig. XXIII-Ground Plan of the Effigy. Each Square represents 50 feet. The Skeletons and Altars and Copper Deposits are exaggerated, else they could not be seen. and yielded us a fragment of pottery, a fewbones and some post holes. I confess thatwe lost heart and I looked forward to thereceipt of a stiff letter from my Chief withapprehension, but decided to try a secondcut a little narrower than the first, andstarted the teams upon it November 2nd. Field Notes—Nov. 12th, 91. The sec-ond cut in the Effigy mound has reached apoint but five feet from the base line. De-caying skeletons noted in several places inthe course of sinking experimental shaftsled us to exercise great care. Abandoningthe teams, we put in men with shovels andhand trowels and completed the examina-tion by hand. In this section hundreds ofsmall masses of various colored earths wereobserved. Short irregular layers of sandalso extended in various directions. Skel-etons 242, 3, 4 and 5 were uncovered, witha few shells,
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