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Lee County — Continued. 



Six miles north of Fort Madison, according to Negus, '°+ are 

 mounds 30 feet by 15 feet. They are described as divided into 

 compartments, each occupied by a skeleton, seated, with heads 

 on knees; articles of flint, stone, and bone were buried with 

 them; bones of animals and birds and charcoal were found; the 

 floors, sides, and roofs of the compartments were of limestone 

 slabs. This is apparently the same locality as the preceding. 



Negus '°+ and Norris '"•* mention mounds at or near Montrose. 

 The latter author also mentions some near the junction of the 

 Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers. Thomas ^^^ states that these 

 last contained only decayed human bones, potsherds, and stone 

 chips; some yielded articles of intrusive burial. 



Linn County. 



Starr "5+ describes a shell-heap in West Cedar Rapids, on a 

 knoll near the Cedar River. The layer of shells is almost i foot 

 thick; it is overlaid by dark soil and underlaid by sand. Unio 

 metanevrus, U. alatiis, and U. nigosiis were recognized; one or 

 two bone fragments, flint chips, and potsherds were found; also 

 two flint implements at surface. 



Bettisworth -^ locates several mound groups near Cedar Rapids. 

 The list is as follows: 



Number of 

 Group. Location. Mounds. 



" I. N.-W. 1.4: S.-W. % Sec. 35, Twp. %i, R. 7. 11. 



2. S. y^ S.-E. % Sec. 16, Twp. 83, R. 7. 14- 



3. S. y^ N.-W. y Sec. 16, Twp. Zi, R. 7. 11. 



4. N.-W. y N.-E. y Sec. 17, Twp. -i^, R- 7- 3- 



5. N. ^ N.-W. y^ Sec. 20, Twp. ^i, R. 7. 11. 



6. E. y^ Sec. 18, Twp. 83, R. 7. 11. 



7. W. y. Sec. 18, Twp. 83, R. 7. II. 



8. N.-W. i^ N.-W. y^ Sec. 24, Twp. 83, R. 7. 12. ' 



Group I is situated upon a divide crest running north and 

 south; the mounds are about 30 feet in diameter and 3 feet high; 

 usually they are separated by about two diameters; counting 

 from the south, numbers 6 and 7 are nearer together. Groups 

 2, 3, 5, and 6 are quite similar to i. Group 4 is on a bottom 

 instead of upon a divide. In group 7 there are eight mounds in 

 line, then a valley, and then three more mounds on the next 



