MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 591 



MOUIS'DS AND EAETHWORKS IN YANDENBUEG COUNTY, 



INDIANA. 



By Floyd Stixsox, M. D., of Evavsville, Ind. 



On the 3d day of June, 187G, I visited Mathias Angel's farm, sitnated 

 G miles soutlieast of Evansville, where I found six mounds, four dis- 

 tinct cemeteries, three lines of earthworks, one large stone cist, and one 

 altar. 



The first and most western mound is 15 feet high, 585 feet in circum- 

 ference, truncated, and 100 feet across the top. The second mound, east- 

 northeast of this, is 8 feet high and 150 feet in circumference. This had 

 been dug into by Charles Artes, who found in it some human bones, burnt 

 earth, charcoal, and ashes. Near this mound I found a stone cist, which 

 was 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, 4 feet deep, walled with slate. In this were 

 found several skeletons. Nearly north of this is a third mound, which 

 is 20 feet high, 402 feet in circumference, truncated, and GO feet across 

 the top. On the top of this mound, just below the surface, was burnt 

 earth. Forty yards from this I found a remarkable altar. The roof, 

 which was sand rock, was plowed offj the sides and ends were slate, 4 

 inches thick; the floor the same as the roof rock. Inside it was 3 feet 

 long, 2 feet wide, and 14 inches deep. The contents of this altar were 

 first earth, then one-half peck of burnt and charred bones, charcoal, and 

 ashes. Part of the bones were human, (the i)atella and head of the 

 femur). Beneath this was burnt earth, and below that, earth. I have 

 in my cabinet part of the contents of this altar. 



East-southeast from the second mound is a fourth mound, which is 

 150 feet in circumference and 4 feet high. To the east of this is one of 

 the most remarkable mounds I ever beheld. It is 100 yards long, 100 

 yards wide, and square; consequently it is 400 yards around. It is 45 

 feet high to a plateau, the width of which is 185 feet. Then at the 

 southeast corner, on the top, there is an additional mound, 15 feet high, 

 w^hich would make a mound CO feet high. Then at the west end there 

 was an elevated platform 4 feet high, 150 yards long, 55 feet wide. I 

 will designate this as the fifth mound. East and west of this great 

 mound are burying-grounds. All of the graves in this section are 

 walled with slate. East of this again is a sixth mound, which is 10 feet 

 high, 30 yards in circumference. Around these six mounds is a line of 

 earthwork, resting at either end on the river bank, and inside of this 

 are two other short ones. Tlie outer line is about 1 mile in length. 

 The middle and inner lines are about 2i feet high, and about every 40 

 yards there are mound-like widenings on the outer edges. One-half 

 mile northeast of these mounds is a mound 50 feet high and 1G4 yards 

 in circumference. 



