REV. J. GASS EXPLORATIONS IX ROCK ISLAXD COUNTY. 135 



Report of Exploration of Mounds in Rock Island 

 County, 111., in 1879 and 1880.* 



KY REV. J. GASS. 



In August, 181^9, I spent a day, assisted by Mr. Toellnev and Mr. 

 Graham, in opening some mounds in Mr. Deere's pasture, one mile 

 above Moline. The following is a plan of this group: 



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[For the use of this cut the Acad(>iny is indebted to the coui'tesy of Prof. Huird, Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution] 



The first mound we explored is situated in the first of the four 

 rows of this group nearest to the Mississi])pi, and was of a conical 

 form, one foot high and fifteen feet in diameter. Two and a half feet 

 below the surface we found an irregular lied of limestone about three 

 feet square, and below this layer of stones the decomposed remains of 

 a human skeleton No relics were discovered. 



*See Proc. D. A. N. S., Vol. II.. p. 291. 



A.lso, Smithsonian Annual Report, 1879, p. B(j4, 



