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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  a 
  growth' 
  of 
  white 
  locust 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  

   region 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found. 
  The 
  mound 
  although 
  surrounded 
  by 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  Sodo 
  lake 
  during 
  the 
  raft 
  period, 
  was 
  not 
  covered. 
  

   It 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  refuge 
  during 
  the 
  war 
  by 
  persons 
  desir- 
  

   ous 
  of 
  escaping 
  the 
  conscription 
  officers. 
  

  

  "Arick's 
  mound," 
  the 
  second 
  of 
  the 
  series, 
  is 
  rudely 
  rectan- 
  

   gular, 
  measuring 
  40 
  by 
  50 
  feet 
  on 
  top, 
  and 
  is 
  12 
  feet 
  high. 
  

  

  " 
  Youngblood 
  mound" 
  is 
  6 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   dimensions 
  on 
  top 
  as 
  "Arick's 
  mound." 
  

  

  A 
  fourth 
  elevation, 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  Trezevent 
  mound," 
  is 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  group. 
  It 
  is 
  ver}'^ 
  irregular 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  simply 
  

   a 
  natural 
  elevation. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  21, 
  22 
  N., 
  14. 
  W. 
  — 
  Small 
  conical 
  mound 
  on 
  Red 
  bayou 
  ; 
  

   reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  opened. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  75, 
  18 
  N., 
  14. 
  IV. 
  — 
  Mound 
  between 
  the 
  Pass 
  and 
  Twelve 
  

   Mile 
  bayou. 
  This 
  mound 
  was 
  not 
  visited 
  but 
  is 
  shown 
  on 
  sheet 
  

   No. 
  17 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  river 
  survey, 
  1886. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2, 
  21 
  N., 
  75 
  W. 
  — 
  Two 
  mounds, 
  200 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  

   15 
  feet 
  high 
  on 
  Black 
  bayou, 
  reported 
  by 
  Collins 
  to 
  be 
  natural.* 
  

  

  Hale's 
  ivood 
  yard. 
  — 
  Artificial 
  mound 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  lower 
  bluff 
  at 
  

   Hale's 
  wood 
  yard, 
  100 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  seven 
  feet 
  high 
  ; 
  

   reported 
  by 
  Collins. 
  f 
  

  

  Stormy 
  point, 
  Ferry 
  lake. 
  — 
  A 
  cellar 
  dug 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  Stormy 
  

   point 
  by 
  Col. 
  S. 
  D. 
  Pitts 
  in 
  1885, 
  disclosed 
  quite 
  an 
  amount 
  of 
  

   pottery 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  from 
  four 
  and 
  one-half 
  to 
  five 
  feet 
  . 
  One 
  large 
  

   pot, 
  when 
  found, 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  living 
  ants, 
  evidently 
  attracted 
  

   there 
  b}^ 
  something 
  the 
  pot 
  contained. 
  A 
  smaller 
  pot 
  was 
  filled 
  

   with 
  children's 
  bones. 
  An 
  iron 
  tomahawk, 
  two 
  iron 
  rifle 
  barrels 
  

   and 
  an 
  iron 
  knife 
  about 
  eight 
  inches 
  long 
  were 
  also 
  found. 
  

  

  About 
  1870 
  high 
  water 
  washed 
  out 
  the 
  bluff 
  on 
  the 
  southwest- 
  

   ern 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  point 
  and 
  exposed 
  a 
  skeleton. 
  The 
  forehead 
  

   was 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  highly 
  ornamented 
  piece 
  of 
  silver 
  bent 
  

   to 
  fit 
  the 
  skull. 
  On 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  a 
  circular 
  piece 
  of 
  

   silver. 
  These 
  pieces 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  analyzed 
  by 
  a 
  local 
  

   jeweler 
  and 
  pronounced 
  virgin 
  silver. 
  On 
  the 
  shoulders 
  were 
  

   thin 
  crescent 
  shaped 
  pieces 
  of 
  metal. 
  They 
  were 
  described 
  as 
  

  

  *43d 
  Cong. 
  1st 
  Sess., 
  House 
  Ex. 
  Doc, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  part 
  2, 
  p. 
  654. 
  

   t 
  Ibid, 
  p. 
  653. 
  

  

  