COPPERVAGE: 
THE KINSLEY MOUND. 
So named because an old gentleman by that name owned the land, 
which is now inside the corporation of Morristown, Indiana, Hanover 
Township. 
We suspected this elevation to be 2 mound for years. Finally the land 
was sold and platted into town jots. Mr. Davis, who bought these certain 
lots began at once to haul gravel from the side of the mound, which is a 
perfect circle about 150 feet in diameter and not over seven feet high at 
the present, owing to the fact that it was under cultivation for many 
HROM KINSLEY MOUND. 
vears, Which bias worn it down several feet. Much to the surprise of the 
diggers, human bones began to appear, copper bracelets began to fall and 
tinkle, disclosing three bodies—that of a supposed Chief, his squaw wife 
and child squaw, having a total of 16 copper bracelets on their wrist- 
bones. (Of said number I possess 8 and show them to you.) Here are two 
wrist bones of the child, with two bracelets on them, as I found them 
minyself. My companion obtained the other arm and the two bracelets, be- 
ing a total of four that the child wore. We found over 200 beads of 
antler wampum in the dirt about the child’s neck. (Of the same I show you 
over 50.) 
Note the thickness of the bracelets about the wrists of the Chief, a 
size smaller about his no doubt conjugal squaw. 
