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cate that they bad beeu worn suspended from the ears. With the body 

 was also found a number of flint arrow points. There was no evidence 

 that fire had been employed at this burial. The material of the mound 

 was rather soft, moist soil. There seems to be no doubt but that this 

 burial was that of an Indian. 



About 4^ miles west from Guttenberg, on the steep side of a deep 

 ravine, through which Miners Creek courses its way, was a burial mound. 

 This mound was located about 60 feet above the bed of the creek, and 

 was some 7 feet wide and 10 feet long. Excavations in this mound re- 

 vealed the presence of a well-preserved human skeleton, together with 

 stone arrow points, pestle, pipe, and other implements of stone. The 

 pipe (which the writer has jjersonally examined) was a beautiful and 

 finely wrought specimen, made from red pipe-stone. The soil from 

 which this mound was constructed was soft — considerably softer than 

 the earth surrounding it. This was doubtless an Indian burial. 



On the brow of a bold perpendicular bluft", which rises some 250 feet 

 above Buck Creek, near where it empties into the Mississippi and be- 

 tween 5 and 6 miles southeast from Garnavillo, Iowa, an earthen mound 

 occurs. This mound had a circular basal outline and oval top ; was 3^ 

 feet in height and nearly 24 feet in diameter. In the center and 2^ feet 

 below the surface of the soil sui ; .ding it a finelj' preserved human 

 skeleton was discovered. The body had been placed at length, with the 

 head to the north and the feet to the south. The temple of this indi- 

 vidual had been crushed in as if by a heavy blow from some blunt in- 

 strument, and which had doubtless been the cause of death. No imple- 

 ments or ornaments were reported found with this body. 



The material from which this mound had beeu made was not packed, 

 as is frequently the case with many other ancient mounds in different 

 portions of the State, The summit of this bluff was covered with tim- 

 ber, and one large "hard maple" tree, about 2 feet in diameter, occupied 

 the surface of the mound. 



Near Buena Vista, in Clinton County, Iowa, between 3 and 4 miles 

 west from the Mississippi, there occurs on the summit of a high hill 

 a very interesting ancient mound. On exploring it a rude box, con- 

 structed out of large stone slabs, was discovered, and in it the remains 

 of a human skeleton. The body had been placed at length, with the 

 head to the north and the feet to the south. In the box with the body 

 a large quantity of stone implements, as arrow points, axes, etc., were 

 found. 



Near Cassville, Wis., a sub-circular mound, 40 feet in diameter and 5 

 feet in height, is situated. This mound is located on the flood-plain 

 (above the reach of high water) of the Mississippi, and less than 100 

 feet back from the margin of the stream. A partial exploration of 

 this mound was made, and human bones discovered, some 2 feet be- 

 low the base. With the human remains was found a considerable quan- 

 tity of stone implements, among the most interesting of which were 



