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The three mounds last mentioned belong- to the same group with 

 the other three, but are situated on Mr. Stoddard's farm, N. W. ^ of 

 S. E. ^ of Sec. 25, and are covered with young trees. 



Monnd No. 7 is sixty yards north of Xo. G, in the same row, and is 

 on Mr. Haas' land ; diameter fifteen feet, height one and one half — 

 composed of soil like Xo. fi. Xo relics and not a single fragment of 

 l>one. 



Mound Xo. 8 is one mile and a half north of those last described, 

 on the farm of Mr. Dickenson, S. W. ^ of Sec. 13. It is located on 

 the most elevated point ni the vicinity, and the o])server has here a 

 grand, far extended view over the surrounding country. This mound 

 is about three hundred yards from the edge of the jjluif and in the 

 center of a numerous group of small ones. It is eighty feet in diam- 

 eter and six feet high. The earth covering this mound was also a mix- 

 ture of common soil, but nuxch softer than in all the rest. At a depth 

 of six feet we discovered three skeletons in a horizontal position, one 

 having the head toward the east, and the other two with the heads 

 toward the west. Some of the arm and leg bones were very w^ell 

 preserved and remarkably strong, but the skulls were entirely de- 

 cayed. South of these skeletons we found a quantity of ashes and 

 coals, intermingled with burnt clay and flint fragments. X'^o relics. 



Mound Xo. 9 is one-eighth of a mile south of No. 8, on Mr. Gast's 

 farm, N. W. ^ of X\ W. ^ of Sec. 24. This is also a large mound — 

 dimensions same as the last mentioned^and is nearly two hundred 

 vards from the edge of the bluff, but not surrounded by smaller 

 mounds. At the depth of six feet we found only a small quantity of 

 ashes and coals, 



Moun<l No. 10, tlie last one we opened, stands on Mr. Godfrey's 

 farm, X'^. E. ^ of X. W. ^ of Section 24, about two hundred yards 

 from Xo. 9, close at the edge of the bluff overlooking the valley of 

 the Mississippi. Its diameter is twenty-five feet, elevation four feet. 

 One foot below the surface was reached a mass of decayed human 

 bones, which proved to be a bed of them, five or six feet across and 

 three and a half feet in thickness. They were lying in various direc- 

 tions without order or arrangement. Xo relics were discovered. 



In August I again visited the same neighboihood for the purpose 

 of making further investigations. 



In Section 24, on a prominent point of the l)luff commanding a 

 splendid view, I found a group of six mounds tlisposed in the form 



