542 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Washita, in this county, 4 miles sontbwest of Cedar Glades, on the land 

 of Robert Hansley. Fragments of pottery occur about the heaps. 

 The beds are 40 teet above high water, indicating that the shells must 

 have been carried to the spot. 



On the south fork of Washita, section 24, township 2 south, range 26 

 west, near Mount Ida and at the upper ford of the creek, human remains, 

 partly washed out, were discovered. The bodies were buried in a recum- 

 bent posture, the head to the west. The bones were too friable for pre- 

 servation, the teeth alone remain firm. Forty years ago the ground was 

 covered with a dense growth of cane. The bottom is a high one and 

 above overiiow. Many human remains have been plowed up in the 

 vicinity. The cemetery must be about 200 to 300 yards long, and 75 

 yards wide. Near by, running east and west, are severals small mounds, 

 in the largest of which a former owner, Mr. Powell, was buried. 



Three miles east of this point, in a bottom-land owned by Eeuben 

 McKenney, were plowed up the remains of a very large man. Pottery 

 has also been found in the same vicinity. 



On section 9, township 4 south, range 24 west, is an outcrop of nova- 

 culite or flint of a very tough quality and of various colors. From 

 this material large quantities of arrow-heads, &c., have been formed. 

 The ancient artisans went down on the south side of the outcrop, which 

 is a ledge 700 or 800 feet above the adjacent valley, and carried away 

 immense quantities. The material is the same as that of arrow-heads 

 from Tennessee, Mississippi, and westward. 



There is on Capt. R. S. Burk's farm, section 17, township 5 south, 

 range 23 west, evidence of an extensive workshop in arrow-heads and 

 cutting implements. The arrow material was taken from the quarry 

 above described, although ten miles away. The cutting instruments 

 were of the hatchet kind and made from a species of iron ore. There is 

 another atelier near my home, section 7, township 4 south, range 24 

 west, Montgomery County, Arkansas. 



MOUNDS NEAR THE NATIONAL HOME, MILWAUKEE 

 COUNTY, WISCONSIN. 



By George W. Barber, of the Xational Home, Wisconsin. 



The mounds described in this paper are on land owned by Joseph 

 Carey, nearly opposite the Dewy place (adjoining John R. Goodrich's 

 farm), now occupied by E. P. Bacon. They are about one mile west of 

 Milwaukee City limits, on the south side of National Home avenue, 

 and on the west side of the Trowbridge road. The two that have 

 been removed were upon land owned by William Trowbridge, lying 

 south of and adjoining Carey's land. Two are in Wauwatosa town- 

 ship, two in Greenfield, and all are in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. 

 They are situated upon a swell of land from 20 to 100 rods distant 



