CONTENTS 



Contents, ---....... 



List of Plates, ......... 



List of Wood Engravings, ---..--. 

 CHAPTER L — General Observations on the Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi 



Valley, ........ 



CHAPTER n. — Earthworks ; Enclosores ; Works of Defence, 



CHAPTER UL— Sacred Enclosures, - - - 



CHAPTER IV. — Monuments of the Southern States, .... 



CHAPTER V. — Monuments of the North-west, .... - 



CHAPTER VL — Earthworks; The Mounds; Mounds of Sacrifice, 



CHAPTER Vn.— Mounds of Sepulture, ....-- 



CHAPTER Vin.— Temple Mounds, ...... 



CHAPTER IX. — Anomalous Mounds ; Mounds of Observation ; Stone Heaps, 

 CHAPTER X. — Remains of Art found in the Mounds ; Pottery and artici.es of 



Clay, ........ 



CHAPTER XL — Implements of Metal, --.--- 

 CHAPTER XII.— Ornaments of Metal, ...... 



CHAPTER XIII. — Implements of Stone, etc., ..... 



CHAPTER XIV. — Ornaments of Stone, Bone, etc., ..... 



CHAPTER XV. — Sculptures from the Mounds, . - - - - 



CHAPTER XVI. — Metals, Fossils, Minerals, etc., of the Mounds, 



CHAPTER XVII.— Crania from the Mounds, ..... 



CHAPTER XVIII. — Sculptured or Inscribed Rocks, . . . - . 



CHAPTER XIX. — Concluding Observations, ..... 



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