122 davenport academy of natural sciences. 



Wapello County. 



Negus '°+' '°5 gives some indefinite statements regarding mounds 

 in this county and Fulton 59 refers to some fully described by 

 Evans. Ketterman ^^^ states that a line of mounds runs from 

 north to south through the county and mentions those in Twp. 

 J 2, R. I J W. The only serious work is that of Evans, ■t-i-4** 



Near Ottuimva — to the north (see map) on the Hederick 

 Farm — is a group of mounds. Two are prominent; one is 50 

 feet in diameter. No relics were secured except a few chips of 

 flint. 



Sugar Creek Mounds (see map). Two were examined. 



No. I. On the highest point about ; overlooks the next one 

 and the Trawell Group. In circumference 150 feet, it has a di- 

 ameter of 50 feet and a height of 3)4. It yielded bits of char- 

 coal and decomposed ashes. 



