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the surface of one, a pipe and earthen pot "were found. The pipe was made 

 of a soft stone of alight-red color, and the eaithen vessel apparently had 

 been partially baked. It was If inches in diameter on the inside, ^ 

 inch thick, 2£ inches deep, and 2J inches in greatest diameter, outside 

 measurement. The bottom was f of an inch in thickness. Around the 

 top were notches or tubercles £ inch long, and extending around the 

 \ ( ssel was a punctured band having a hieroglyphic apppearance. 



Mound two-and-a-half 'miles TV. of 

 Cote Sans Desseln, Calloway Co., Mo. 



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In Saline County, Missouri, four miles southwest of Miami, I visited, 

 in 1X7l.\ ;u i Interesting locality showing ancient earthworks, walls, and 

 ditches on high ground in a dense wood. The outline was somewhat of 

 a circular shape, though quite irregular, caused by ravines breaking oft' 

 near the outer rim, the walls being re-entrant at such places. The in- 

 closed space is about 40 acres, around which there partly extended three 

 ridges and two valleys, or rather depressions, where atone time existed 

 deep ditches. We have first a ridge 8 feet wide and 3 feet high, then a 

 ditch 6 feet wide and 3 feet deep, then a ridge 8 feet wide and 3 feet 

 high, then a ditch 10 feet wide and 3 feet deep, and lastly a ridge 10 

 feet wide and li feet high. The ridges were apparently entirely formed 

 of earth dug from the ditches, and two of them extended entirely around 

 the space. No locks appeared near by or in the inclosure. Black-oak 

 trees 3 to 5 feel in diameter were growing over the walls, ditches, and 

 inner area, and the whole surface was covered with a dense and luxu- 

 riant growth of hushes, vines, and trees. The ridges had certainly been 

 al one lime much higher, and the ditches much deeper. This overlooked 

 the well known Petite Osage plains ou the west, celebrated for their 

 beauty and fertility. 



IMPLEMENTS. 



Flint arrow and spear points are found throughout Missouri. In the 

 timbered districts they seem to be more abundant than elsewhere. They 



