n6 The Life and Writings of 



probably few; of the whole number but forty-one are 

 credited to Rafmesque by Professor Cyrus Thomas,* and 

 some of these are probably listed twice, inasmuch as 

 the boundary lines of certain counties have changed 

 since the original enumeration by Rafinesque, and this 

 has resulted in some confusion regarding identity. It 

 is, however, exceedingly creditable to his acumen and 

 general interest in whatever had a scientific facies, that 

 he, at that early day, should have made a list of works of 

 this sort and thought them worthy of permanent record. 

 Some of them he mapped or surveyed, making copious 

 notes at the time. These facts, thus gathered, have been 

 utilized by subsequent writers. 



In Squier and Davis &quot;Ancient Monuments of the 

 Mississippi Valley &quot;f are a number of plates of mounds 

 and other earthworks derived from the unpublished 

 manuscripts of Rafinesque. On page xxxvi of the 



*Vide Catalogue of Prehistoric Works east of the Rocky Mountains, 

 pp. 89-102. Bureau of Ethnology, Washington. 1891. 



tSmithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. I, 1848. The following 

 plates in this work are based upon the surveys and drawings of Rafinesque : 

 Plate IX, No. 3, Ancient Work near Lexington, Kentucky; Plate XII, No. i, 

 Stone Work on Duck River, Tennessee; Plate XIII, No. i, Works on Flat Run, 

 Bourbon County, Kentucky ; Plate XIV, No. 3, Ancient Work, Fayette County, 

 Kentucky; Plate XXXVIII, Ancient Work on the Etowah River, Alabama 

 (Georgia?); Plate XXXII, No. 6, Ancient Work, Montgomery County, Ken 

 tucky; Plate XXXIII, No. i, Ancient Work near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 

 on Brush Creek, Montgomery County. 



