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"At the base of the pinnacle in which the ridge terminates is a spring 

 which we are informed is subject to periodical ebbs and flows; its basin 

 when seen by us was probably 20 feet in diameter. We think that 

 the water was designed to be protected by the fortification. About one 

 fourth of a mile south of ' the old fort ' was evidently an old battle-ground, 

 as shown by a large quantity of crumbling bones which are turned up 

 by the plow, together with arrow-heads, stone axes, pikes, and other 

 Indian equipage. There is also found much pottery of a peculiar sort, 

 being made of shells, comminuted and mingled with clay without being- 

 subjected to fire." 



Newlon, W. S. — On Shoal Creek, in Jasper County, Missouri, at 

 Reddin's water-mill, are twenty or thirty mounds on each side of the 

 stream. Shoal Creek is a branch of Spring River, flowing through 

 Kansas and Missouri lead mines. 



Serviss, E. F. — There are a number of mounds near Wyandotte, 

 Kans., of which a map is in preparation. A workshop one acre in 

 extent and covered with chips and sherds is reported. 



S3HTH, Q. C. — Several mounds occur in Stoddard County, Missouri, 

 about 14 miles south of Bloomlield, near the road leading to West 

 Prairie, unexplored. 



Stephens, J. L. — Found three mounds in northeast portion of Boone 

 County, Missouri, on east bank of Cedar Creek, ten miles below the 

 head of the stream; also three mounds two miles southwest of Colum- 

 bus, on the south bank of Hickson Creek. A single mound one mile 

 southwest of the first-named group is located on a high point. 



Watkins, J. C. — Reports mounds on bluffs of Mississippi, near Ash- 

 ley, Pike County, Missouri. 



ARKANSAS. 



Boyd, C. H. — Examined mounds at the mouth of Saint Fraineis 

 River, Phillips County. 



Buchanan, S. H. — Reports mound near Galley Rock, on Arkansas 

 River. There are round mounds on Stuart farm, near Washington, 

 Hempstead County, and a similar one on Little Missouri River, in 

 Nevada County, near Prescott, 50 to 75 feet diameter, 20 feet high. 



Chase, John R. — Reports many large mounds in Crittenden County. 



Greene, Ed. — Found rock inscriptions in Johnson County. 



James, F. L. — The makers of vases in Arkansas used gourds as 

 molds. Drawings of gourd-shaped vessels given. 



McCormick, E. G. — Reports a stone image from Evansville, Wash- 

 ington County. 



Warnick, J. R. — Small mounds are found in abundance in Lawrence 



County. 



WISCONSIN. 



Beach, H. — Describes a mass of obsidian dug from mound in Wya- 

 lusing, Grant County, together with 12 large shell beads. The whole 

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