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at bottom in some cases. The stones are weather-worn, being surface stones. 

 There is always the appearance that the mound is stone-capped ; but this 

 has probably resulted from the washing away of the dirt This has probably 

 reduced the height very much. 



Several questions are suggested by these discoveries. Prominently among 

 these are, whether the pottery and the mounds were made by the same peo- 

 ple. Are all the mounds the work of the same race ; or are some more re- 

 cent? Are any or all of these remains those of the people known further 

 east as Mound Builders ? Work in excavating these mounds should be 

 systematic, having in view the answering of these and other questions, and 

 should not be induced by the curiosity of the relic seeker. As yet we have 

 not sufficient data to answer the questions. But a somewhat careful com- 

 parison of the collection placed before you has inclined me to believe that 

 some of the mounds, at least, were made by the people living in the bottoms 

 where pottery is now found abundantly. 



