examination, proved to be in front of the remains of a human skeleton in a sitting posture.  The bones of the fingers of the right hand were resting on this rock, and on the rock near the hand was a small stone about 5 inches long, resembling a tomahawk or Indian hatchet.  Upon a further examination many of the bones were found, though in a very decomposed condition, and upon exposure to the air soon crumbled to pieces.  The heads of the bones, a considerable portion of the skull, maxillary bones, teeth, neck bones, and the vertebra, were in their proper places, though the weight of the earth above them had driven them down, yet the entire frame was so perfect that it was an easy matter to trace all the bones; the bones of the cranium were slightly inclined toward the east.  Around the neck were found coarse beads that seemed to be of some hard substance and resembled chalk.  A small lump of red paint about the size of an egg was found near the right side of this skeleton.  The sutures of the cranium indicated the subject to have been 25 or 28 years of age, and its top rested about 12 inches below the mark of the plow.

I made a farther excavation toward the west of this grave and found another skeleton, similar to the first, in a sitting posture, facing the east.  A rock was on the right, on which the bones of the right hand were resting, and on this rock was a tomahawk which had been about 7 inches in length, but was broken into two pieces, and was much better finished than the first.  Beads were also around the neck of this one, but were much smaller and of finer quality than those on the neck of the first.  The material, however, seems to be the same.  A much larger amount of paint was found by the side of this than the first.  The bones indicated a person of large frame, who, I think, was about 50 years of age.  Everything about this one had the appearance of superiority over the first.  The top of the skull was about 6 inches below the mark of the plane.

I continued the examination, and, after diligent search, found nothing at the north side of the grave; but, on reaching the east, found another skeleton, in the same posture as the others, facing the west.  On the right side of this was a rock on which the bones of the right hand were resting, and on the rock was also a tomahawk, which had been about 8 inches in length, but was broken into three pieces, and was composed of much better material, and better finished than the others.  Beads were also found on the neck of this, but much smaller and finer than those of the others.  A larger amount of paint than both of the others was found near this one.  The top of the cranium had been moved by the plow.  The bones indicated a person of 40 years of age.

There was no appearance of hair discovered; besides, the smaller bones were almost entirely decomposed, and would crumble when taken from their bed in the earth.  These two circumstances,