MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 541 



Figs. 15 and 10 occur still further to the right, and appear to be of a 

 more recent period, and cut with a better instrument or by a more 

 skillful sculptor. 



In the rock lloor of the smaller chamber is a ronnd hole 10 inches in 

 depth and 7i inches in diameter at the top, and about 4 inches at the 

 bottom ; probably used for a mortar by the ancient cave-dwellers. 



On the roof or dome there are several figures, as represented by Fig. 

 17, that have been painted on the surface of the rock and are now faded 

 to a i^ale gray. 



I found no spiral figures of any kind here, which occur so frequently 

 among inscriptions of this character in other localities. 



No stone implements of any kind, except a few broken pieces of arrow- 

 heads, have been found in the vicinity of this cavern. 



The sculptured characters here described are undoubtedly of ancient 

 origin, and the only ones that have been discovered in Johnson Count}'. 

 However, I have been informed that similar inscriptions occur in New- 

 ton and Carroll Counties, of this State. 



MOUNDS AND OTHER EEMAINS IN INDEPENDENCE COUN- 

 TY, ARKANSAS. 



By a. Jones, M. D., of Caddo Gap, Ark. 



In the fork of White and Beach Rivers, Independence County, Arkan- 

 sas, is a collection of mounds 2 or 3 miles each way in extent. They 

 are 4 or 5 feet high, and laid out in rows in a semicircular form, about 

 C miles above Jackson. 



There is another group south of Suspension Rock, half a mile south, 

 laid out in the same w^ay. 



On section 17, township 5 south, range 21 west, are two mounds 7 

 or 8 feet high, sunken at the top. Near by are depressions whence the 

 earth for the mounds was taken. These have never been explored. 

 They are on a piece of upland that has been cultivated and each had 

 large trees growing on the summit. They stand about 2 miles from the 

 Cadcjo River. There are two shell-beds near by, constructed of the com- 

 mon mussel, in which the coarse clay and shell pottery is found. 



Four miles north of Amity, section 17, township 5 south, range 23 

 west, are several shell-heaps on a high and second bottom of the Caddo, 

 entirely above overflow. 



Another mound is in the Caddo Cove, 2 miles west of Black Springs, 

 on the old Major Farr place, now owned by Dr. Gray. It is 5 feet high 

 and has been explored. A depression 80 yards distant is the only spot 

 in the vicinity whence the material of the tumulus could have been 

 derived. 



There are several shell-heaps on a high table-land bordering on tho 



