T E M P T. K MOUNDS, 



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river. 



They are from twelve to fifteen feet high and of proportionate base. Their 



form is best illustrated by the accompanying engrav- 

 ing, Fig. 65. There are no enclosures in the vicinity 

 of these works. It is said the Indians formerly built 

 their council houses upon them. 



Some of these circular mounds, as we have seen 

 in a previous chapter, were ascended by spiral 

 pathways, winding round them, as round a shaft, 

 from base to summit. Indeed, it would be impos- 

 sible to describe all the various forms which these structures assume ; their general 

 character is however sufficiently illustrated by the preceding examples. 



It often happens that the temple mounds of the South have other mounds upon 

 their summits. This is especially the case with the large pyramidal structures. 

 An example is furnished in the great Seltzertown mound, which is covered with a 

 number of smaller ones. 



Fig. 66.— group OF S E P (J L C H R A L MOUNDS. 



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