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in the valley of the Mississippi two or three liiindred years ago, as de- 

 scribed by the chrouiclers of De Soto's expedition, or by the followers 

 of Loj'ola, who, carrying the cross through prairie and desert and wilder- 

 ness, ever had an eye open and a pen ready to record the character, cus- 

 toms, habits, and superstitions of the strange race about them, then the 

 line of demarkation fades away, if it does not entirely disappear. Here 

 we find mound-builders, fort-builders, manufacturers of stone imple- 

 ments, pottery, baik-cloth, feather- cloth, ornaments — in short, a race of 

 men dependent on their own resources for supplying their wants of every 

 nature, physical or mental. 



A dying race — a race crushed out by the struggle of nations for room 

 in the world, with no human heart to appreciate and no historian to 

 record its wrongs, its own virtues lost, and to its vices added the vices 

 of civilization, is not a fit subject for the scientist, but rather for the 

 moralist. 



THE GLIDWELL MOUND, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA. 

 By De. G. W. Homsher, of Fairfield^ Ind. 



This mound is two miles south of the village of Fairfield, Franklin 

 County, Indiana, and is situated upon a very high hill, or bluff", and on 

 the East Fork of the White Water Eiver. It faces the river on the 

 east side, almost opposite the mouth of Wolf Creek. To the south and 

 east of the hill is Templeton's Creek, both creeks emptying into the 

 White Water. On the south side and at the foot of the hill are two 

 very fine springs which never run dry. 



From the water's edge of the river to the summit of the hill is 796 

 feet. Surrounding the hill, facing the river and Templeton's Creek are 

 five terraces, commencing at a ravine on the north side of the hill, pass- 

 ing across the west side, thence around the south side, about two-thirds 

 of the distance. Time and constant washing have obliterated them 

 beyond that point. 



These terraces originally were from 30 to 50 feet wide, but at the 

 present time they measure, commencing at the base of the hill, the 

 first, 32 feet in width ; the second, third, and fourth, 24 feet in width; 

 and the fifth, 48 feet in width. The distance from the water's edge to 

 the first terrace is 300 feet ; from the first to the second is 64 feet; from 

 the second to the third, 80 feet; from the third to the fourth, 104 feet; 

 from the fourth to the fifth, 80 feet; and from the fifth to the summit 

 of the hill is 168 feet. On the west side (where these measurements 

 were taken) the bank facing the river is almost perpendicular. It is 

 almost impossible for one to climb the hill from the fifth terrace to the 

 summit on the west side, or that side facing the river. These terraces 

 are also broader on that side and are the least washed, in fact, there are 

 no gullies cut down through the hill or terraces. Large oak, maple, elm, 

 hickory, iron-wood, beech, and gum trees are growing all over them. 

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