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resembling an Indian hammer, which is similar to the ones 

 used with the stone mills for crushing corn. 



A brief description of the region contiguous to this field is 

 of importance, as it will furnish additional proofs for the sup- 

 port of the theory that will be given as to the origin and 

 antiquity of the remains. On the high butte which is marked 

 on the map, and of which mention has been made, is a cir- 

 cular mound of slight elevation, about twenty-five feet in 

 diameter. It is by all who visit the place connected with the 

 rest of the ruins. There is nothing to confirm this opinion 

 except its close proximity to the field, and the flint chips and 

 arrow-heads, similar to those found in the field, which were 

 taken from this mound. Numerous Indian graves are found 

 on the prominences and buttes which border Wolf creek for 

 some distance up and down and on both sides. These graves 

 are of recent origin, in some cases at least, and the mound in 

 question may be one of these. 



In addition to these Indian graves, which are so frequently 

 found on the high buttes bordering Wolf creek, some four 

 miles down from the ''buried city," on land owned by a Mr. 

 Jackson, is situated a burying-ground. Excavations here 

 yielded the same class of relics as found in the fields of this 

 description. In one grave was found a small iron hammer 

 badly oxidized. In another a string of glass beads. 



To the west of the field containing the mounds, and sepa- 

 rated from it by a deep ravine, are to be found remains of a 

 similar nature. This place is designated on the map by C. 

 The mounds found here are not so prominent nor are the 

 stone borders so well marked. For a distance of two miles up 

 the creek and on the same side are indications of a like nature. 

 One of these, with large dimensions, is on the bank and has 

 been cut half in two by the stream, exposing to view remains 

 of the same character as those described, and, in addition, a 

 number of buffalo bones and a rib of a small child were taken 

 from here. At this place there is at a depth of from three to 

 four feet a layer of soil in which is mixed small pieces of 

 charcoal. On the creek bank, at the place marked in the map 

 with a cross, there occurs the same layer at about the same 

 depth. 



In the northwest corner of the section, and on the north 

 side of the stream, marked on the map as D, there are indica- 

 tions of an Indian village having been there at one time, and 

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