there were bone and shell arrow heads, axes, clubs, ceremonial stones, and other implements of conjectural use; and of more than ordinary importance, carved stone of peculiar design has been unearthed, giving evidence that the mound builders observed phallic worship, a religion some- ' INDIAN SKELETONS AND RELICS EXHUMED FROM MOUNDS
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what common to the most ancient peoples. The presence of reddish burnt earth and charcoal near some of the skeletons indicates that the dead were buried with religious and sacrificial rites.
In all probability these people had two homes—a summer home and a winter home. Traces of their summer home are found in the mounds of the Willamette Valley. In the valley they obtained their bread foods and substitutes by digging camas and other herbs. Their winter
