, 1877-02-28

mostly cypress, There are matches Of tandy land
In th whch n ~, to ,efs cc,
he. twnmp T. frozen: 1naye ncter sccn : moro
found .. cleared desi Of about forty serea.
Ihi. esd va. ent.ey M ~ u 'sh tho
sftetn inches high Within. hi. lneiossrs AZ two
m e. seStn, "Sssf s,a ass! ' III:
va. formerly covered With. timber. hut cleared
sss ssSq y ns vs s ss Il, ssse s ssTsa ssssa ia
height and shape. On this n,osn We found beds
Of athc.. whirh appcated 70 hste hcen long time
:s s%s & sstss 's
teventy.n,s let south q thls neuna is . .msli
neay ne p rosn se s.s s Il sooa i
forty feet In diameter. About aft1 feet eat to
st rs, noun ,i r. cn tie la'cl plain was
in af instances The lFnlies wore bnrtcd In hori-
zontat position but not !n fsrnlar order. They
wste from sEhttsn sss to ionr tsft below n @
wnerc S Se slmo,t iarssaSiy fosn'i from @ one u
fur feet we wnutd find three or f0nr bodtcs had
been deposited nj different levels, as lying in DIFF.
Tho 6ones were all 10 much lecompo.ea that
none could be sased except yamctInct 4 skull. and
that cn ~ sn greatest sots s, By allowing 4 to
Garth from It, The n,o.t tntn,,un fosn OF the pot.
tery fouu'l ii thr 3ua or sFa,ercoolet; nexs. the
n,uny of which seemed 10 harc been broken BY tlc
weight OF the soil. The open vessels with four
S sns III o. w as,s Gs
'The most curious and Interesting forms arc this
human representations. Kue mud nqly, a. they
The ancient Peruvian pottery. SIM t,,ers Is no
one htate OF phy.in.n"iny 20 prevalent A. 10 ~.
ea!s Mee mos fet e g.
ttyc Of hcad1ress !. noticeable. and the s1nlplel:
isqn!sc co,nn,ot,. AZ The hMnsn ~ figures hays en- ~
were Ior utc anil mt sinip'y Idols o: ornament.
The ronr,! and melon nst rtprcsentcs. but net ~
sh.s. - s II,
The owI ani ducks heads ore favorisc forms q Or
otsn dishc.:' t1e shn fnssn Sead torcd med tie ha:e
~ y fey Instances. sna IN @ ouch ~. w.
sni H1sS' II each ''"f. ia.,.nes tho ' cayiy I II
The head eontat,'ed few ll,sie clay lal., wld:'
| We found two or three nohaetcrttt FORMS which
n4y represent cxtMc. sh!mal.; as.o the fnrtn of
tird itch Gun hardly be .ad to represent nuythfny
Tile representation Of babys Knit soe!s is ms
Rss,sst A. o. ,snythnE W. aaT "
three rfuta. bnt NC havc tome which. bold NOT
Inorc ih,n ono to three ounce,., We found In some
I W tbtrV s<shCt" HHak HPPtA'HA W AAAhHa AG"
uatnH.-atnall boncs. ptFhaps. Of lie raohIt or
| kQnsrte1. fhla matter wc Imagined 10 have hccn
dsnes1scd a food. So remains q grain o. woven
k1naai pcboles. evidently deposited with c$c.
Also single stu,es weighing srp two to ten onnte4.
which slowed they hud been much w"rn by con-.
| etant nte. There Wcet 0thsrs nbnNt the stzo
| Of the palm Of the hand, with a slight
! depression on curl Elsc, Indicating thai
they, hnI been ufel for grinding colora.
pottibly for preparing pl1nts used In Urnaurnt ng
ihe po.tery. an sour spee,rncns quite tancif"
5r hf.aA In mir MA NnT
iaEe distinctly after being DRY and cxpo-cd 10 the
ar and light. VIZ found pieces Of htnntte whicn
| snpeosc furnished the reddlth colors ukcd. Ne
tonH.! My three. bends. aud they were mhuc 81
| baked clay. nnu nbout Qve.erhtIs Of an Inch In
lia,neter. A .mal1 turtle. made Of the tame ma
scrfal. With hvle bprcd through tho neck, indt-
Gates that II was worn ~ a charm.
| The only mcta fuunA was pair OF what pup.
pose weru cur.ofnamtn.a OF nntlsc copper. ahapc!i
| Ike a suntsh. Twu MHsses o. Ealena weee found.
which had the appearance uf being much worn W
constant handling. few recc. Of pottery of NJ
| Efate, nn1 a great amount of l1r:lnk has Gccii
! done. The only positive evidence wc have VI tho
antiquity of thcsG graves Il tile fact that III rame
instances oal trgc. about 0V years Old were gtow-
Ing above tie Etavcr. ! have M dnubt tic grave4
NC much older, tut haye not the potltIve reoul.