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MOUNDS IN BAEREN AND ALLEN COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. 



By R. B. Evans. 



I. Mounds in Allen County. — The figures in the text refer to the ac- 

 companying map. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are mounds on Barren Eiver, 

 and near the mouth of Eouton's Creek. They are inclosed in one corner 

 of a cultivated field, though covered thickly with large trees. No. 5 

 was explored about fifty years ago, and some stone implements and a 

 silver pipe were found. The author does not know what became of 

 them. About two years ago he thoroughly examined No. 1, and dis- 

 covered many large bones, which, however, were much decayed. The 

 vault was 10 feet deep from the top of the mound, and 8 feet in diameter. 

 It was round, and walled up with stones like a well. Every 2 feet was 

 a layer of large flat rocks, and between these layers were human remains. 

 The bottom was made of stones laid edgewise, and, being keyed in with 

 small stones, was consequently very tight. Old farmers in the neigh- 

 borhood say that Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 have never been excavated. No. 6 

 is a cluster of graves which were formed of stones placed edgewise. 

 Some of the graves are long and others short, the longest being 8 feet 

 and the shortest 2^ feet in extent. The author opened one and found 

 some human bones in a very decayed state. 



II. Mounds in Barren County. — Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are mounds on Barren 

 Eiver, at the mouth of Peter's Creek. Erom No. 3, the largest, a great 

 many human bones and several stone imj^lements have been taken. The 

 author has one specimen of the latter. Nos. 1 and 2 are not so large, 

 and have never been explored. They have been seen by Professor Put- 

 nam, of Cambridge. The mounds are bare of timber. No. 3 is now 

 used as a graveyard by J. F. Jewell, the owner of the land. 



III. Ancient toicn and cemetery in Barren County, KcntucJcy. — The ac- 

 companying diagram. Plan II, represents the location and details of an 

 aboriginal town and buryiug-ground on the Barren Eiver, in Barren 

 County, Kentucky. The work occupies a blufi' GO feet high. The six 

 teen circular figures are lodge sites, partly raised on the outer rim and 

 depressed in the center. In the center of each, a foot beneath the sur- 

 face, were found coals, the grain of the wood being easily distinguished 

 as oak and poplar. The diameters of these rings average about 18 feet. 

 The other figures represent mounds. These works are now in the virgin 

 forest. One of the mounds was opened by the author, but a detailed 

 account of the exploration will have to be deferred. 



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