776 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



the map at outlet of Lake Jessup. Lemon Blaff was the next place 

 where we found prehistoric remains. This about 10 miles from Lake 

 Harney. The bluff is about 30 feet high and on the top is a cultivated 

 field, and here are found indistinct remains, broken pottery and shells. 

 It was evidently a place of residence. 



At Cook's Ferry, on the west bank of the Saint John's, at the outlet 

 of Lake Harney, is a very large shell heap, on which is an orange grove 

 and house. I found several i^ieces of pottery there and some bones of 

 animals and human beings. This is described under the name of King 

 Philip's Town by Professor Wyman. Back about 200 yards is a small 

 but steep conical sand mound. In this mound Mr. Coue, sheriff of 

 Yolusia County, found two flakes of silver about as large as a 25-cent 

 piece ; they were smooth and without marks, and he thought were poor 

 silver. 



On the west side of Lake Harney, just north of Fort Lane, is a mound. 

 I am also informed that there is a large earth-mound at Fort Christmas, 

 above Lake Harney and west side of Saint John's, in pine woods. 



The next that ^e visited was the so-called Orange mound, about half 

 a mile south of Salt Creek outlet, and on the west side of the Saint 

 John's. This has the appearance of an island in the boundless marshes 

 surrounding it, and is visible from a long distance. It was then covered 

 with trees, which have since been cut away, sugar-cane and other 

 crops being planted in their place. It is conical in shape, rising on all 

 sides to the center. It is colossal in dimensions, being over 600 feet 

 in diameter at the base, and about 40 feet high. The ground appears 

 everywhere to be composed of black earth and shells and ashes. It does 

 not seem possible that it should have been artificially formed, for the near- 

 est dry land is as much as 3 or 4 miles off, and communication can only 

 be made by boats. It appears to me probable that it was a retreat for 

 the women and children in time of war, and that there was originally a 

 small hill there, which was increased in size by the accumulations of 

 shell-fish and kitchen refuse, incident to a prolonged camp. A small 

 excavation made by some alligator hunters, which I examined, yielded 

 the usual pottery and broken bon^. I think this place deserves a care- 

 ful exploration. 



There is a small mound of like nature about 2 miles south of Lake 

 Harney, on the west side of the Saint John's Eiver, and about a quarter 

 of a mile off in the wet prairie. . It is covered with cabbage palms, and 

 is but 3 or 4 feet high. 



The next mound, as I have been informed, is situated at the northeast 

 end of Lake Poinsett, on the east bank. Going further south, there is 

 an earth mound at Fort Taylor, on the west side of Lake Winder, on 

 the margin of the lake. There is now a country store on it. There is a 

 mound 10 or 15 miles south of Lake Washington, at the head of Big 

 Cypress Swamp, west side of river, and north of the swamp. For the 

 last three I am indebted to Mr. Osteen, tax collector of Volusia County. 



