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this bed of ashes was another bed of ashes and burnt clay which had 

 been explored at some time by other parties, but I cannot give results. 

 The large bed found by us was burned hard, of a dull red color, to a depth 

 of about eight inches. 



At the time of making the explorations of the large mound we discovered 

 anotht-r small mound about sixty rods to the northeast of the large one, 100 

 feet in diameter and about six feet high, situated upon a point of a hill over- 

 looking Blue river valley, and in front of which was formerly a marsh of 

 several acres. The ditch and enclosure around the mound are very dis- 

 tinct, it having only very recently been cleared of timber. The ditch at 

 places is three feet deep and the embankment averages about two and a 

 half feet in height. 



To the east of this a few rods, just across a deep ravine on the north edge 

 of a hill, is an embankment of about six feet in height and nearly two hun- 

 dred feet long. To the south of the ditch behind the embankment, which 

 is not less than forty to fifty feet wide, the hill rises about twenty feet. The 

 excavation behind embankment is longest east and west. It is wholly un- 

 like anything else found in the county, and no one is able to give any ac- 

 count of its origin. 



Ten rods west of this large mound and enclosure is another enclosure, 

 partly in the woods but mostly in the cultivated field. The ditch is well 

 preserved in that part in the woods, but is almost wholly obliterated 

 in that part within the field. As near as I could determine this enclos- 

 ure was about one hundred and fifty feet in diameter. The ditch on 

 the north side is now about two to two and one- half feet in depth. I 

 am inclined to the opinion that there was also a mound probably two or 

 three feet high within its enclosure, but if so it is nearly levelled. One 

 hundred feet to the northwest of the last is another enclosure, all in the 

 woods, ninety- four feet in diameter and with shallow inside ditches at pres- 

 ent one to three feet deep, and having a gateway on east, opening toward 

 the large mound already described. Near the gateway, on the south, is the 

 appearance of a small mound about twelve feet in diameter and twelve to 

 eighteen inches high. It has been dug into recently and seems to be a mass 

 of gravel. I am in doubt whether it is natural or artificial. One hundred 

 feet from the last is an artificial mound forty feet in diameter and about six 

 feet high. The south edge is in the cultivated field but the main body of 

 the mound is in the woods. It has been recently dug into by Joshua Hol- 

 land, of North Carolina, and Mr. Reynolds, of the Smithsonian Institute, 



