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  Shreveport 
  Area 
  : 
  Archaeology 
  201 
  

  

  Co7idusio7is. 
  — 
  The 
  possible 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  at 
  

   Shreveport 
  and 
  of 
  Midway 
  at 
  Albany 
  fiats 
  makes 
  the 
  stratigraphy 
  

   about 
  Shreveport 
  appear 
  much 
  more 
  complicated 
  than 
  had 
  been 
  

   supposed 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  greatly 
  to 
  be 
  regretted 
  that 
  suits 
  of 
  the 
  

   samples 
  of 
  the 
  borings 
  of 
  the 
  deep 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  bottoms 
  and 
  

   the 
  deep 
  well 
  at 
  the 
  ice 
  factory 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  saved. 
  It 
  

   furnishes 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  warm, 
  artesian 
  water. 
  From 
  this 
  fact 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  supposed 
  that 
  the 
  well 
  has 
  reached 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cretaceous.* 
  But 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  confessed 
  that 
  the 
  correlation 
  with 
  the 
  

   Cretaceous 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  salt 
  water 
  furnished 
  is 
  very 
  doubtful. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  brine 
  springs 
  of 
  Sabine 
  parish, 
  whatever 
  its 
  ultimate 
  

   source 
  may 
  be, 
  flows 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  Claiborne 
  strata 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   from 
  presumably 
  Lignitic. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  samples 
  will 
  

   be 
  saved 
  from 
  future 
  wells. 
  

  

  Appendix 
  

   A 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Aboriginal 
  Works 
  on 
  Caddo 
  Bottoms 
  

  

  N. 
  W. 
  % 
  ofS. 
  IF. 
  ^, 
  Sec. 
  4, 
  20 
  N., 
  14 
  W.—A 
  small, 
  rudely 
  

   rectangular 
  platform 
  mound 
  about 
  25 
  by 
  30 
  feet 
  and 
  10 
  feet 
  high. 
  

   On 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  irregvilar 
  raised 
  platform 
  two 
  to 
  

   three 
  feet 
  high. 
  The 
  mound 
  has 
  been 
  opened, 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  about 
  

   five 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  by 
  negroes 
  searching 
  for 
  treasure. 
  

  

  Sees, 
  ^9 
  -^•, 
  i^ 
  ^- 
  — 
  Group 
  of 
  three 
  mounds. 
  They 
  are 
  

   rudely 
  rectangular, 
  truncated 
  pyramid 
  mounds. 
  The 
  largest 
  is 
  

   known 
  as 
  " 
  Treasure 
  mound." 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  square, 
  measuring 
  

   about 
  75 
  feet 
  each 
  way, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  16 
  feet 
  high. 
  It 
  is 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  black, 
  sandy 
  loam 
  like 
  that 
  beneath 
  the 
  veneer 
  of 
  red 
  

   clay 
  on 
  the 
  surrounding 
  land. 
  An 
  excavation 
  about 
  six 
  feet 
  

   square 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  and 
  a 
  pot 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  discovered. 
  A 
  small 
  excavation 
  was 
  started 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  side 
  but 
  was 
  abandoned 
  before 
  anything 
  was 
  discovered. 
  

   About 
  150 
  feet 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  mound 
  is 
  a 
  "water-hole." 
  This 
  

   probably 
  represents 
  the 
  excavation 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  material 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  for 
  the 
  mound. 
  The 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  mound 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  

  

  *Lerch. 
  Bull. 
  La. 
  State 
  Expt. 
  vSta.; 
  Geol. 
  and 
  Agr.,part 
  II, 
  pp. 
  117, 
  1893. 
  

  

  The 
  engineer 
  at 
  the 
  ice 
  factory 
  reports 
  that 
  it 
  maintains 
  a 
  constant 
  

   temperature 
  of 
  83° 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  A 
  slight 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  accompanies 
  the 
  

   water 
  which 
  is 
  collected 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  lightingthe 
  ice 
  factory. 
  

  

  