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Directly north of the main work on the side of the bluff, about ten feet 

 above low watermark, is an outcropping of hard pan, under which one 

 can enter for a short distance through an opening. 



In the neighborhood of the Mounds there is a tradition that there is a 

 cave underneath this hard pan, connected with the works. The writer 

 has not been able to find any one who has any definite knowledge about 

 it,'and upon examination of the same himself, this opening seemed to be 

 nothing more than a fox hole in the gravel underneath this outcropping. 



These earth works have an excellent location as a pleasure resort. They 

 are located in a forest of about 100 acres. < >n the north side of this forest 

 Hows White River, and on the south is the road leading from Anderson 

 to Muncie. The Big 4 Kail road runs about a quarter of a mile south of 

 the forest, and in the summer time there are frequently excursions frOm 

 Anderson, Muncie and points along the Big 4. 



The real estate on which these works are located belongs to parties who 

 have no knowledge of their worth as pre-historic remains, and who value 

 them solely from a commercial standpoint. 



The city of Anderson has extended in this direction about one and one- 

 half miles, and the purchase of this real estate has been in contemplation 

 by parties who proposed converting' the same into a pleasure resort, and 

 there is a possibility, as it is located so near the city, of the grounds passing 

 into other hands, the forest being cleared away and changes made in the 

 original outlines, and the value of these works, as pre-historic remains, 

 destroyed. 



It is not the object to advance any theory or to speculate upon the 

 purpose of the builders of this system of earth works, but to give data and 

 facts as to their form, size and location, so that should anything occur by 

 which they would be changed or destroyed, these facts might be pre- 

 served. 



In addition to the measurements above given, drawings, maps and cross 

 sections have been made and photographs taken. 



The writer, with I>r. J. M. Coulter and W. S. Ellis, visited these works, 

 and while there. Dr. Coulter suggested that such action be taken, and it 

 was done at his suggestion. 



There is a further purpose in this paper that facts may be presented to 

 this body and an interest created, and if these works are found of sufficient 

 importance, steps be taken, looking to their preservation. In their local- 

 ity, they are looked upon simply as a curiosity, with little thought of 



