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north side of the Bayou Cock d'ludes near its mouth, a few miles dis- 

 tant from Bayou La Batterie, iu the extreme southern part of this 

 county. But comparativeiy a small i^art of the large mound is left, and 

 what remains serves as a beautiful site for a farm house, shaded by ma*;- 

 uificent live oaks of the growth perhaps of scores of decades, offering 

 under their shade, from an elevation of from 25 to 35 feet, a fine view 

 of the surrounding country, and the island-studded waters of the Gulf. 

 A quarter of a century ago these banks furnished this city for years 

 ■with lime for building, and are still much used for the construction of 

 roadbeds; having, however, passed of late years into the hands of farm- 

 ers, the application of lime for agricultural j)urposes tends now, more 

 than anything else, to their demolition and rapid disappearance. Con- 

 siderable quantities of remains of the industries of these shell-bank 

 builders have been found, mostly in the shape of ornamental pottery, as 

 testified by a collection of these relics in the hands of Major Walthall. 

 They consist of a pipe, bowls, handles of pots, mouthpieces of jars, rep- 

 resenting heads of birds and animals, and human heads with a most 

 characteristic and impressive cast of features, reminding me strongly of 

 the faces of Mexican idols. Some of these are almost indentical with 

 those mentioned by Mr. Putman, in his report on the Peabody Museum 

 of ArchiBology and Ethnology, published in the June number of the 

 American Naturalist, and figured under Nos. 7775-70, specimens repre- 

 senting female heads bearing the very same features and the same style 

 of head-dress as l^o. 7778. They are all made of soft clay found on. the 

 bay shore, mixed with very small particles of burnt shell. What inter- 

 ested me mostly in looking over these remains is the occurrence of the 

 same double concave, rounded, and polished disks, agreeing exactly 

 with those of No. 7838 in the same pajjer. 



I learn that near Mount Vernon Arsenal, 30 miles distant from this 

 city, and about 3J miles from the Alabama Eiver, are ancient burial 

 grounds, and that the exploration of the same has, from time to time, 

 been attempted by different persons, I do not know with what result. 



SILYEE CROSSES FEOM AN INDIAN GEAVE-MOUND AT 

 COOSAWATTEE OLD TOWN, MUEEAT COUNTY, GEOEGIA. 



By Ciiaklks C. Jones, Jr., LL.D., Augusta, Ga. 



The two silver crosses, correct representations* of which are herewith 

 I)reseuted, were taken, in November, 1832, from a grave-mound at Coosu- 

 wattee Old Town, iu Murray County, Georgia. Indian relics were 

 found associated with them. We incline to the opinion that they may 

 properly be referred to the expedition of Hernando de Soto. 



If we interpret aright the wanderings of the Adelantado over the 



*' These dnnviujis aio balf-size, luid deliueato both faces of cacli cross. 



