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WEST VIRGINIA. 



Campbell, S. M. — Describes mounds on Meadow River, a tributary of 

 the Gauley, eight in number, 20 feet in diameter, nearly plowed down. 



Lacy, T. H. — Mentions mounds in Mason County. 



Marshall, T. M. — Mounds occur iu Gilmer County, near Glenville. 



Nutter, I. — Explored graves near Worthington. 



Page, W. X. — Discovered wall in Fayette County, near Chesapeake 

 and Ohio Railroad, between Loup and Armstrong Creeks, one mile from 

 their confluence with the Great Kanawha. 



KENTUCKY. 



Friel, Jos. — A mound is located five miles east of Benneitsville, 

 Breckinridge County, and, near by, is a rock-shelter. Mr. Friel sends 

 description of stone implement of his county. 



Harris, S. A. — There are in the eastern portion of Kentucky several 

 earthworks aud other aboriginal remains which have not been investi- 

 gated! 



LAMPTON, W. J. — Mounds occur in the corporate limits of Ashland, 

 Boyd County. 



Middleton, G. B. — Mentions aucient wall in La Rue County, on one of 

 the bluffs of the Boiling Fork River, northeastern portion of the county, 

 seven miles from Hodgensville, and live miles from Buffalo. It is 432 

 feet long, and extends northeasterly from cliff to cliff. Its southwest end 

 rests upon the solid rock of a ravine just above a cliff 20 feet high. A 

 small stream pours over this precipice. The wall is approachable only 

 from the northwest. About 270 feet behind the wall are three pits par- 

 allel with it, now 5 feet deep, 20 feet apart. Just behind the two 

 smaller pits, C feet diameter, .'] feet deep, appearingto have been walled 

 up. A mound of flint is near these smaller pits. The ruins are now 

 from 3 to 5 feel high, and from 17 to 20 feet wide. See Collius's History 

 of Kentucky, under Lake County. 



MUMFORD, R. S. — Mounds and relics were found near Rowlett's Sta- 

 tion, Hart County. 



TENNESSEE. 



Bailey, W. B. F. — Several mounds occur near Chattanooga. 



Clarke, W. M. — Describes a mound near Franklin, Williamson 

 County. At the bottom, 22 feet below the top, a circle of flints was 

 found with the points to the center, and around these was another cir- 

 cle of twenty-five shells (Busycon carica) with the large ends out. 



Richie, R. W. — Explored a mound in Hardin County; mica, burned 

 earth, skull inclosed. 



Roessler, A. R. — Speaks of a mound near Big Creek, Cocke County, 

 60 feet base diameter, 5 feet high. Near the center. .'! feet from the top, 

 a skull was lying, face upward, top eastward. Near by, another was 

 found lying on left side, face southeast, other bones lay at random. 

 Lower down, two more crania. No arm or leg bones. Surface covered 

 with pottery shards, flint chips, &c. 



