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We beard of other monuds in De Kalb County, but bad no time to 

 visit them. 



In Allen County these remains are not so numerous, and tbere are 

 none at all in the southern part of the county. 



On Cedar Creek, about ten miles north of Fort Wayne, is a group 

 of four mounds, near Stoner's Station, on the Fort Wayne, Jackson and 

 Saginaw Railroad. Two of them are in a line north and south, about 

 40 feet apart. About fifteen rods east of these are two more, about the 

 same distance apart, on a line nearly east and west. Three of them bad 

 been opened years ago, and bones of a number of skeletons found in all. 

 The fourth bad never been disturbed, but an excavation disclosed no 

 remains, out many fragments of charcoal and hard-baked earth. I pro- 

 cured in the vicinitj' a large stone ax and a spear-bead of large white 

 fliut, leaf-sbaped, and about 5 iucbes in length, (Fig. 7,) besides a num- 

 ber of smaller flints. These mounds are on the high ground at the junc- 

 tion of Cedar and Willow Creeks. About four miles south of tbese is a 

 large, irregular-shaped mouud, about 50 feet long by 20 in width. 

 It is situated on the farm of Henry Wolford, whose family, being some- 

 what superstitious, would only permit me to dig a small hole near the 

 center of the mound. About 2 feet from the surface I found an im- 

 plement (Fig. 31) of ribboued slate, witb a perforation near one end, of 

 the class supposed by some to be a weaving sbuttle, and by otbers an 

 implement for gauging cords. Plenty of cbarcoal was found to a depth of 

 about 4 feet. Below that for a foot the earth was very bard, as if baked, 

 until the original soil was reached. I found no bones in this mouud. 

 There is no stream in the immediate vicinity, but a large marsb lies 

 directly east of it. 



At Cedarville, on the Saint Josepb, near the moutb of Cedar Creek, 

 are three mounds about 100 feet apart, situated in a line runuiug north- 

 west, parallel witb the general direction of tbe river at this point. IS one 

 of them have been opened, but one has been partially removed to mend 

 the road, and charcoal was found mingled witb tbe earth. 



Descending tbe Saint Josepb on tbe east side, to the farm of Peter 

 Notestine, one of the oldest settlers, we find a circular "fort" in a bend 

 of tbe river similar to tbe one in De Kalb County. It has been i)lowed 

 over for nearly thirty years, but numerous fragments of pottery, flints, 

 and stone implements are yet found in and about its site when newly 

 plowed. Mr. H. J. Rudisill, county auditor, has a large rude pipe of 

 pottery from this place. Tbe bowl and stem are in one piece, and the 

 end of the stem, which is nearly an inch in diameter, has been flattened 

 by tbe Augers while plastic for a mouthpiece. 



Still farther down tbe river, on tbe west side, opposite Antrup's Mill, 

 is a semicircular "fort" witb its ends on the river-bank. It is about 

 600 feet in arc. The earth-work is yet about 2 feet in height, witb a 

 well-defined ditch on the outside. Very large trees which stood on tbe 

 embankment have fallen and gone to decay. We found in tbe earth 



