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the flat prairie country. Between the hill and the river are flat bottoms 

 now largely under cultivation. A branch of Prairie Dog Creek en- 

 circles the hill to the west and the main creek flows by in a north- 

 easterly direction at its base. The course of the streams and the 

 river is rather heavily wooded, but the hills are entirely bald. Because 

 of the tall corn it was impossible in a limited time to make a survey of 

 the upper bottom lands along the creek, but a careful search would 

 probably reveal clear traces of houses. Some sherds, shells, and flint 

 artifacts were found in the cornfields just below the hill in question 



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Fig. 8. — Sketch map of Prairie Dog Creek District, i, Graham site; a-c, other 

 excavations ; 2, Marshall site ; 3, Alma ossuary. 



(pi. 8, fig. i), marking the location of one village which could not be 

 worked because of the ripening corn. The next hill to the west is 

 slightly higher than the one we designated as Graham Hill and is 

 locally known as Indian Hill because of the human bones and artifacts 

 dug up on its summit in times past (pi. 8, fig. 2). These hills are the 

 most striking features of the entire landscape, and human figures 

 on their summits are visible for many miles in every direction. 



Excavation on the summit of Graham Hill indicated that the human 

 bone and artifacts were concentrated in an area 24 feet long by 23 feet 

 wide (fig. 9). The whole central portion of this area had been dug 

 over by previous visitors, but these earlier diggings had only reached 

 the bottom of the deposit in a few places and had not extended to its 



