400 ANCIENT MOUNDS IN UNION COUNTY, KENTUCKY. 



down to its foundation, Tvliich was a circnlar j)avement of stones. These 

 being in the way, they were dug out and removed. On the north side 

 of the i)avement was found a heap of ashes, and lying across the pave- 

 ment, nearly in the center of it, the bones of an adult. No other work 

 of art than the disks was found. The earth removed from the center 

 was about 18 inches deep. 



The mound.s near Uniontown not proving of sufficient interest for my 

 present purpose, I proceeded to examine a locality near the mouth of 

 Lost Creek, opposite Wabash Island, Union County, Kentucky. Dia- 

 gram No. 5 i)resents a rough sketch of this remarkable collection of 

 groups of mounds. When I first examined this series of mounds I 

 noted them roughly on a sketch. As my knowledge of their number 

 increased, and my book being too small to map them on a scale, I 

 proceeded to measure the distances between the several mounds, and 

 to estimate their height. I began on the 8th mound and made the fol- 

 lowing measurements and estimates, from center to center of mounds : 



Coj)y of notes. 



8. Mound in field, ^ feet high, 90 feet diameter ; distance between 8 and 10, 354 feet ; 

 distance from 10 to 12, 54 feet. 



12. Diameter 33 feet. 



In tbo following notes the distances given is that between two mounds, as for 

 example between 10 and 13 : 



10 and 13, distance, 54 feet ; 10 is 3 feet high. 



12 and 13, distance, 84 feet ; height of 12 and 13, 4 feet ; 13 is 40 feet diameter. 



13 and 15, distance, 120 feet. 



,. 13 and 16, distance, 159 feet ; 15, 42 feet diameter ; 16 is 54 feet diameter. 



16 and 17, distance, 51 feet ; diameter of 17, 36 feet. 



17 and 18, distance, 81 feet ; diameter of 18, 33 feet. 



18 and 19, distance, 165 feet. 



13 and 14, distance, 80 feet ; diameter of 14, 40 feet ; 18 is 3 feet high. 



14 and 20, distance, 54 feet ; diameter of 20 is 74 feet ; height of 20, 7 feet. 

 20 and 21, distance, 71 feet ; diameter of 21, 33 feet ; 3 feet high. 



14 and 22, distance, 75 feet ; diameter of 22, 48 feet ; 3 feet high. 



22 and 23, distance, 114 feet ; diameter of 23, 72 feet ; 3 feet high. 



23 and 24, distance, 69 feet ; diameter of 24, 66 feet ; 8 feet high. 



24 and 25, distance, 75 feet. 



25 and 26, distance, 75 feet ; mounds 25, 26, and 27 are 3 feet high ; diameter of 

 mound 26, 36 feet. 



26 and 27, distance, 100 feet ; diameter of 27 and 28, 40 feet. 



28 and 29, distance, 50 feet ; diameter 33 feet ; height, 3 feet. 



29 and 30, distance, 63 feet ; diameter 33 feet ; height, 3 feet. 



30 and 31, distance, 75 feet ; diameter 33 feet ; height, 3 feet. 



31 and 32, distance, 45 feet ; diameter 20 feet ; height, 2 feet. 



32 and 33, distance, 75 feet ; diameter 33 feet ; height, 5 feet. 



33 and 34, distance, 100 feet ; diameter 33 feet ; height, 5 feet. 

 35 from 8, distance, 800 feet; diameter 80 feet; height, 6 feet. 



Nos. 2, 3, 4, r», 6, 7, &c., are quite close together on the back of a 

 sharp, narrow ridge. No. 4 is an oblong, rectangular mound, about 30 

 feet long, 12 feet wide on top, 8 to 10 feet high. Mounds 5, 6, and 

 7 have been used for burial places within the last few months. Mounds 



