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A are the remains of four low mounds within the ditch, near the large 

 pits. Five hundred yards to the northwest, on the edge of the second 

 terrace, is a mound which is jet 8 feet high, although it has been indus- 

 triously plowed over more than thirty years. On the opposite side of 

 the river, one-fourth of a mile below, and on the same side 2 miles 

 below, are said to be small mounds. 



Fig. 3. 



On the summit of a rocky hill, 2^ miles northwest, which overlooks 

 the valley of the Etowah towards Kome, and also the hill country on 

 the south, is an inclosure of loose unhewn stoues, known as the "Indian 

 Fort." It has now the api)eaian(;e of a heavy stone ienc-e which has 

 fallen down. There are six opeuings or entrauces, B B B, having a 

 breadth of 10 to CO feet, situated at irregular distances. It is an irregu- 



