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started at once for the grave, taking a canteen of water with us
and all the arms. On arrival removed the ground carefully, and
close to the top of the earth found the body of a European
enveloped in a flannel shirt with short sleeves--a piece of the
breast of which I have taken--the flesh, I may say, completely
cleared from the bones, and very little hair but what must have
been decomposed; what little there was, I have taken. Description
of body: Skull marked with slight sabre cuts, apparently two in
number--one immediately over the left eye, the other on the right
temple, inclining over right ear, more deep than the left; decayed
teeth existed in both sides of lower jaw and right of upper; the
other teeth were entire and sound. In the lower jaw were two
teeth--one on each side (four between in front) rather projecting,
as is sometimes called in the upper jaw "back teeth." I have
measured the bones of the thigh and leg as well as the arm with a
cord, not having any other method of doing it; gathered all the
bones together and buried them again, cutting a lot of boughs and
other wood and putting over top of the earth. Body lies head south,
feet north, lying on face, head severed from body.
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