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be saved. A few iinio shells and water- worn pebbles bad been deposi- 

 ted in different parts of the mound. 



In mound No. 2 the skeleton of a youth, much decomposed, was all 

 that rewarded our labor. 



In mound No. 3 no human remains or objects of interest occurred. 



The second group of mounds surveyed are situated on the bluff at 

 Bureau, Bureau County, Illinois. The measurements are given in the 

 accompanying table : 



Anfjle. 



S. 20° W. to No. 2 



W.2UOS 



S.4u° 



W.20ON 



S. 40° W 



S. 40° W 



S. 20° W 



S. 40° W* 



S. 40° W 



N. 20° W 



S. 30° W 



W. 20OS t 



S 



E. from No. is.!! 



S. 10° E 



W. -20° S 



S. 20° W 



S. 20° W 



S.20°E 



s.2o°e: 



S. 40° W 



S. 20°E§ 



s. 10° w 



S. 10° E 



Efl 



Ho 



Feet. 

 18 

 33 

 120 

 50 

 130 

 250 

 150 

 75 

 39 

 30 

 24 

 66 

 49 

 30 

 30 

 45 

 57 

 30 

 24 

 27 

 30 

 30 

 24 

 78 

 to No. 25 



* Explored ; pebbles, cedar wood, decayed, and coal ; one skull. 

 tOak stump ; 160 annular rings. 

 I Oak stump ; 450 annular rings. 

 § Large white-oak tree. 



MOUNDS IN SPOON KIVER VALLEY. 



By W. H. Adams, of Peoria, 111. 



On what is usually termed a hog-back, on the north side of the Spoon. 

 Eiver, 75 yards distant, 80 rods west of the east line and 20 rods south of 

 the north line of section 12, township 11 north, range 43 east of the fourth, 

 principal meridian, is a round mound about 30 feet in diameter. On the 

 highest point of the hog-back, at the surface, is some evidence of fire. 

 The evidence of a former fire increases very rapidly. At a depth of 

 from 12 to 16 inches five skeletons were found, of which nearly all the 

 bones were calcined, and many of them entirely consumed by the fire. 

 One of the skulls lay to the north, one to the northwest, one to the south- 



