MOUNDS IN MOREHOUSE PARISH, LOUISIANA. 



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The sketch (Diagram II) shows correctly the relative height of mounds 

 in the latter location. In mound No. 1 human bones have been found, a 

 skull, teeth, &c. I tried to get the skull, but the negro who plowed it 

 up told me that, although nearly perfect when he found it, it crumbled 

 into dust on the shelf where he placed it, in less than twenty-four hours. 

 A small pottery jar or jug was also found in it, and a round ball of lead- 



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colored mica, 3 inches in diameter. The jar was broken in the tines, 

 about one-half only remaining; it is made of soft grayish-blue clay, 

 mixed with ground shell (I think); at least there were shiny and flaky 

 patches mixed with the gray-blue clay. 



The mounds are about 200 yards from the present east bank of the 



