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  in 
  the 
  background. 
  The 
  mound 
  heaped 
  up 
  for 
  the 
  bison 
  dance 
  is, 
  

   however, 
  readily 
  distinguishable 
  to 
  the 
  left. 
  Figure 
  4 
  is 
  a 
  plan 
  of 
  

   the 
  older 
  Tukabahchee 
  square, 
  now 
  abandoned, 
  showing 
  the 
  general 
  

   arrangement, 
  the 
  marginal 
  ridge 
  of 
  sweepings, 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   tcokofa, 
  and 
  the 
  mound 
  for 
  the 
  bison 
  dance. 
  Plate 
  3, 
  B, 
  is 
  a 
  view 
  — 
  

   a 
  rather 
  poor 
  one, 
  unfortunately 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  last-mentioned 
  mound. 
  

  

  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  variation 
  in 
  form 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  squares, 
  the 
  common 
  

   position 
  of 
  the 
  elements 
  in 
  later 
  times 
  was 
  with 
  the 
  tcokofa 
  north- 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  square 
  and 
  the 
  chunk 
  yard 
  east 
  of 
  it. 
  In 
  attempting 
  to 
  

   find 
  mound 
  groups 
  comparable 
  to 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  

   Creek 
  Indians 
  this 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  

   in 
  mind, 
  though 
  we 
  should 
  be 
  

   warned 
  by 
  Bartram's 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  earlier 
  " 
  system 
  that 
  more 
  than 
  

   one 
  was 
  in 
  use. 
  Suggestions 
  among 
  

   the 
  mounds 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  indicated 
  

   are, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  admitted, 
  slight, 
  

   but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  entirely 
  wanting. 
  

   First, 
  let 
  us 
  examine 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  a 
  

   former 
  fortified 
  Indian 
  town 
  in 
  

   central 
  Tennessee 
  — 
  the 
  earthworks 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  explored 
  by 
  the 
  

   late 
  William 
  E. 
  Myer 
  and 
  called 
  

   by 
  him 
  the 
  Gordon 
  Group 
  (fig. 
  5). 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  inside 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  stockade 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   small 
  rings 
  of 
  earth, 
  the 
  former 
  

   sites 
  of 
  dwellings. 
  In 
  the 
  center, 
  

   however, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  rather 
  larger 
  

   ring, 
  roughly 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  mound 
  east 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   an 
  open 
  space 
  or 
  plaza. 
  The 
  last 
  

   might 
  well 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  chunk 
  yard 
  of 
  this 
  town 
  with 
  the 
  square 
  

   near 
  its 
  western 
  end, 
  while 
  the 
  larger 
  oval 
  occupies 
  the 
  very 
  site 
  

   where 
  the 
  tcokofa 
  should 
  stand. 
  The 
  small 
  mound 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  

   explain. 
  

  

  Other 
  mound 
  groups 
  do 
  not 
  exhibit 
  such 
  close 
  similarities 
  and 
  they 
  

   are 
  rather 
  of 
  Bartram's 
  older 
  type 
  of 
  square, 
  open 
  spaces 
  with 
  

   mounds 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  them 
  and 
  sometimes 
  also 
  north 
  and 
  south. 
  

   Plate 
  4, 
  A, 
  is 
  the 
  mound 
  group 
  at 
  Selsertown, 
  Adams 
  County, 
  Miss., 
  

   interesting 
  as 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  Indians. 
  Plate 
  4, 
  B, 
  

   shows 
  a 
  mound 
  group 
  at 
  Prairie 
  Jefferson, 
  Moorehouse 
  Parish, 
  La., 
  

   taken 
  from 
  Squier 
  and 
  Davis. 
  Figure 
  6 
  is 
  the 
  Taylor 
  Shanty 
  

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  Fig. 
  4.— 
  Plan 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  Tukabahchee 
  

   square 
  ground 
  in 
  Oklahoma 
  

  

  