﻿Ill] 
  The 
  Five 
  Islands 
  : 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  253 
  

  

  Section 
  Northwest 
  of 
  Old 
  Air 
  Shaft 
  

   No. 
  F^^t 
  Ins. 
  

  

  1. 
  Surface 
  loam, 
  a 
  brown 
  sandy 
  clay 
  ... 
  6-10 
  o 
  

  

  2. 
  Potshreds 
  and 
  ashes 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  

  

  Gnathodo7i 
  ameatus 
  and 
  recent 
  animal 
  bones. 
  . 
  . 
  2-3 
  6 
  

  

  3. 
  Dark 
  gray 
  loam 
  with 
  iron 
  pyrite 
  and 
  iron 
  tubes. 
  . 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  4. 
  Gravel, 
  light 
  colored 
  i 
  o 
  

  

  5. 
  Finely 
  laminated 
  graj'- 
  silt 
  i 
  o 
  

  

  6. 
  Hard 
  dark 
  sandy 
  clay, 
  filled 
  with 
  black 
  gravel 
  

  

  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  hen's 
  ^z%. 
  Fragments 
  of 
  

   reed 
  cane, 
  twigs 
  and 
  small 
  branches 
  are 
  numer- 
  

   ous. 
  Contains 
  bones 
  of 
  Mastodon, 
  Elephas 
  (?), 
  

   Mylodofi, 
  Eqiius. 
  Weathered 
  surface 
  shows 
  

   sulphur 
  efflorescence 
  4 
  

  

  7. 
  Salt 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  our 
  present 
  knowledge 
  goes 
  the 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   temporaneity 
  of 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  mastodon 
  on 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  consists 
  

   of 
  a 
  single 
  fragment 
  of 
  basket 
  work 
  found 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  

   salt. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  impossible 
  that 
  man 
  did 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  period 
  as 
  the 
  mastodon 
  yet 
  for 
  this 
  locality 
  to 
  prove 
  that 
  

   such 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  it 
  must 
  first 
  be 
  shown, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Mercer 
  

   suggests,* 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  or 
  their 
  predecessors 
  did 
  not 
  carry 
  

   on 
  mining 
  operations 
  here. 
  If 
  pits 
  were 
  dug 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  

   the 
  salt 
  then 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  basket 
  work 
  beneath 
  the 
  fossil 
  

   bones 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  accounted 
  for. 
  

  

  Other 
  remains. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Prospect 
  hill 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   tumulus 
  scarcely 
  five 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  forty 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  which 
  

   has 
  all 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  an 
  artificial 
  mound. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  so-called 
  lookout 
  or 
  signal 
  mounds 
  which 
  cap 
  the 
  highest 
  hills 
  

   along 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  rivers. 
  It 
  shows 
  traces 
  of 
  an 
  

   excavation 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  which 
  I 
  suppose 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Dr 
  Fon- 
  

   taine 
  as 
  he 
  reports 
  the 
  mound 
  to 
  be 
  regularly 
  statified.f 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  between 
  Wooded 
  pond 
  and 
  DeVance's 
  

   pond 
  are 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  of 
  Gnathodon 
  cuneatus 
  and 
  pot- 
  

   shreds, 
  indicating 
  a 
  camp 
  site. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  Antiquity 
  of 
  Man 
  on 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  (Avery's 
  Island) 
  Louisiana, 
  Am. 
  

   Nat. 
  vol. 
  29, 
  pp. 
  393-394, 
  ^895. 
  

  

  + 
  Fontaine's 
  conclusions 
  are 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Hilgard 
  in 
  his 
  article 
  in 
  Smith. 
  

   Con. 
  vol. 
  23, 
  separate 
  No. 
  248, 
  p. 
  19, 
  1872. 
  

  

  