CONTENTS 



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Contents, .....----- xviii 



List of Plates, .....-.-- xx 



List of Wood Engravings, -------- xv 



CHAPTER I. — General Observations on the Ancient Monuments of tue Mississippi 



Valley, -------- 1 — 8 



CHAPTER II. — Eartuworks; Enclosures; Works of Defence, - - 8 — 47 



CHAPTER III.— Sacred Enclosures, ...--- 47—104 



CHAPTER IV.— Monuments of tue Southern States, - - - - 104—124 



CHAPTER V. — Monuments of the North-west, ----- 124 — 139 



CHAPTER VI. — Earthworks; The Mounds; Mounds of Sacrifice, - - 139 — 161 



CHAPTER VII.— Mounds of Sepulture, ------ 161-173 



CHAPTER VIIL— Temple Mounds, ------ 173—178 



CHAPTER IX. — Anomalous Mounds ; Mounds OF Observation ; Stone Heaps, - 17S — 186 

 CHAPTER X. — Remains of Art found in the Mounds; Pottery and articles of 



Clay, 186—196 



CHAPTER XI.— Implements of Metal, ------ 196—204 



CHAPTER XIL— Ornaments of Metal, -...-- 204—210 



CHAPTER XIII.— Implements of Stone, etc., ----- 210-231 



CHAPTER XIV.— Ornaments of Stone, Bone, etc., ----- 231—242 



CHAPTER XV. — Sculptures from the Mounds, ----- 242—278 



CHAPTER XVI. — Metals, Fossils, Minerals, etc., of the Mounds, - - - 278 — 288 



CHAPTER XVII.— Crania from the Mounds, ----- 288—293 



CHAPTERXVIIL— Sculptured or Inscribed Rocks, ----- 293—301 



CHAPTER XIX.— Concluding Observations, ----- 301—306 



