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II. 



ANCIENT TUMULI ON THE SAVANNAH EIVEE, VISITED BY WILLIAM 



BARTRAM, IN 1776. 



Kear the close of a spring day in 1776, Mr. William Bartram, who, at 

 the request of Dr. Fothergill, of Loudon, had been for some time study- 

 ing the flora of Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, forded Broad Eiver just 

 above its confluence with the Savannah, and became the guest of the 

 commanding officer at Fort James. This fort was situated on an emi- 

 nence in the forks of the Savannah and Broad, equidistant from those 

 rivers, and from the extreme point of land formed by their union. Fort 

 Charlotta was located about a mile below, on the left bank of the Sa- 

 vannah. The stockade of Fort James was an acre in extent. 



Fig. 1. 



Ancient tamnli on the Savannah Eiver. 



Attended by the polite surgeon of the garrison, Bartram made an 

 excursion up the Savannah Eiver, " to inspect some remarkable Indian 



