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being in the center. All were well protected by slabs of shale. No human re- 

 mains are reported from any of the other mounds. 



In the southeast part of the inclosure the plow frequently brings to the sur- 

 face bones of birds, small and large mammals, and human beings. This is for 

 that reason designated on the map "Burying Ground." 



Pieces of pottery, such as is now made by the western Indians, are common 

 within the inclosure. 



On the north side of the old bayou, beyond the area shown in the map, is an 

 old excavation, from which a portion of the earth in the mounds was doubtless 

 obtained. In this excavation are stumps of oak trees, two feet or more in 

 diameter. 



A striking feature of these mounds is their perfect state of preservation. 

 True, the rampart, if it were such, has been greatly reduced in height; but this is 

 probably due to the fact that most of it overflows during the Ohio floods. The 

 east end of the natural embankment north of the bayou and south of the Burying 

 Ground was improved, and, with the exception of a few small washes, now stands 

 as it was left by the aboriginal men who did the work. The large central mound, 

 excei3t where cultivated, is apparently in a perfect state of preservation. The ap- 

 parent recency of the work certainly indicates that it is none other than that of 

 the American Indians. 



Why these mounds were located here on this alluvial soil, most of which over- 

 flows, and which is productive of malaria, while the highlands are only a mile 

 north, and three miles to the northeast, at the town of Newburgh, is one of the 

 most commanding views along the entire course of the Ohio River, is a question. 



About a mile northeast of the large mound is a single conical mound, 150 feet 

 in diameter and 25 feet high. There are several small mounds along the alluvial 

 deposits of tlie Ohio in Warrick County. 



Angel Mound (1894) 



