FOWKE] ANTIQUITIES OF MISSOURI 19 
MOUND No. 11 
The last mound of this group was 200 yards east of the fourth. 
It measured 30 feet in diameter and 3 feet in height. The presence 
of fragments of bones at the bottom indicated that two bodies had 
been placed on the natural surface and the mound erected over them. 
One of the two remaining mounds had been thoroughly ransacked. 
The other, which is 7 feet in altitude and slightly more than 50 feet 
across at the base, being very symmetrical and commanding an 
extensive view up and down the river and over several counties, 
was left intact in compliance with Mr. Ewing’s wish. 
In all these mounds were found various objects, as flint chips, 
potsherds, and hammer stones, thrown in with the earth and having 
no special significance. 
THE DaLLMEYER Mounp (7) 
On a farm owned by Mr. W. A. Dallmeyer, situated between 
Roisden and Moreau creeks, 5 miles east of Jefferson City, are 20 
mounds, which vary greatly in size, the smallest being not more than 
a foot high; the dimensions of the largest are given below. Five of 
these mounds cap a bluff rising steeply from the Missouri; 15 are 
in a line along the crest of a higher ridge about 200 yards from the 
river. Only the largest structure in the latter group was explored. 
This extended 72 feet east and west by 40 feet north and south, 
with a height of 5 feet. Originally the top rose in two points or 
peaks, as if two mounds had been started so near together that they 
overlapped in the course of building; but it had been reduced by 
cultivation until at the time of excavation, viewed from either end, 
it presented the ordinary ‘‘conical”’ or dome shape, while from the 
sides the top appeared level to the end slopes. 
The middle of the mound was cleared out by means of a trench 
20 feet wide and 50 feet long, dug to the subsoil. 
Midway between the ends were two graves, extending east and 
west, about 24 feet apart. Measured from the original surface level, 
the one on the south was 44 feet long, 18 to 24 inches wide, and 16 
inches deep; in outline it much resembled a moccasin. Along the 
north side of the depression lay an extended human skeleton having 
the head toward the east. Only portions of the skull and of the long 
bones remained ; these were very soft. The cusps of two molars were 
not worn in the least, and the other teeth only slightly so. The 
presence of fragments of skulls and a few teeth on the south side of 
the grave showed that it had contained a second body. At the south- 
east corner or curve were one sandstone block and two chert blocks, 
the largest about 25 pounds in weight, laid in contact, and at the 
south end was a rough piece of chert weighing about 15 pounds; all 
these were on the north edge of the bank. 
