444 ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Johnson, H. F. — In Rankin County, Mississippi, is a ruin known as 

 the "Platform;" in Claiborne County the remains of a wall; and in 

 Marion County mounds of great size. * 



Kuykendal, John C. — No mounds are near Yorkville, York County, 

 South Carolina. 



Le Baron, J. Francis. — Sends map of prehistoric archaeology of 

 Eastern Florida. [A masterpiece of patience, locating 173 mounds, shell 

 heaps, &c] 



McKlerot, Jno. M. — Eeports several mounds in Barbour County, 

 Alabama, near Eufaula. Promises fuller examination. 



MacSwain, L. D. — There are mounds, in Thomas County, Georgia, 

 from which skeletons and stone implements have been taken. 



Pratt, R. H. — Sends brief account of explorations in the Diego and 

 Jenks mounds, near Saint Augustine, Fla. 



Quinn, Moses. — In Whitfield Comity, Georgia, on Conasauga River, 

 eight miles from the Tennessee line, is an old fort on the top of a mount- 

 ain, inclosing three or four acres, encircled by a deep ditch and earth 

 embankment. 



Sharp, J. M. — Describes a mound near Wyko, Morehouse Parish, 

 Louisiana, 35 feet base diameter, 5 feet high. Anywhere one digs from 

 base to summit bones and pottery are found. The pots are generally 

 between the legs of the skeleton, against the pelvic bones. This mound 

 is two miles north of Lake Lafourche. Mounds and pottery are found 

 all about Prairie Jefferson. One on the land of Mrs. V. C. Harrison is 

 50 feet in base diameter and 30 feet high. 



Steeruwitz, W. H. — Artificial dug-holes are found in Harris County. 

 Texas, twenty-eight miles from Houston, formed as follows: The rain- 

 water stands in the depressions after the surrounding prairie is dry. 

 The cattle and horses bring out of the bottom a portion of mud every 

 time they go to drink. The dam on the edge is l^> to 24 inches high, 

 depth of dug-hole 24 to 30 inches, width of dam 18 to 24 feet, size of pit 

 about 300 yards square. [This fact, tor the first time brought to the 

 knowledge of archaeologists, may be useful in the regions once roamed 

 over by thousands of buffaloes. — O. T. M.] 



Stella, J. P. — Texas now presents the finest field for the archaeologist 

 in the United States. 



Wade, J. 1). — There are several mounds in Leon County, Florida, un- 

 explored. 



NEW YORK. 



ALEXANDER, J. W. — Sends stone gouge from Saint Lawrence County, 

 with the following statemenl as to its use: "That it was used fortap- 

 ping the American maple (Acer saccharinum) there can be no reasonable 

 doubt. A comparison of one of these implements with theiron and steel 

 gouges usvd by the early settlers for fixing the spout confirms the view. 

 A piece of pine, cedar, or other soft wood was selected of the width of 

 the cutting part of the gouge. From this block spouts were split, the 



