FOWKE] ANTIQUITIES OF MISSOURI 67 
Tur KELLER Mounps 
Of the eighteen mounds, eleven are on the Keller farm. These 
range from 20 to 40 feet in diameter and from 2 to 5 feet in height. 
Three of them were examined. 
MOUND NO. 1 
The first mound was 400 feet north of Mr. Keller’s house, near that 
referred to in the above account from the Star; it measured 40 feet 
in diameter and 3 feet in height. A slight depression in the top 
indicated previous excavation. 
Ditches were run in from the north and the east until rocks were 
reached; the rock deposit was followed around its entire outline, 
which was quite irregular, with an average breadth of 26 feet. 
The central space, filled with mingled earth and stone, was next 
cleared out. Unfortunately, the earlier explorers, in the excess of 
their zeal, not only had dug entirely below the base level of the 
meund, but had torn down most of the wall; they had then thrown 
back promiscuously the material handled, leaving the interior in so 
chaotic a state that nothing could be learned of its original appearance. 
Only 7 feet of the wall was left intact along the north side; this was 
about 34 feet high. Many of the stones composing this wall were 
larger than one man could lay up, and the face was practically 
vertical. 
In the south wall was an entrance or doorway; only the east side 
remained. A minor or wing wall extended several feet from this, 
eradually lowering and narrowing. Evidently a walled passage- 
way the width of the entrance had formerly existed, through which 
it was necessary to pass in order to enter the vault. The south wall, 
east of the doorway, was intact to the southeast corner of the vault. 
The distance from the corner of the doorway to the north wall was 
about 11 feet; an exact measurement could not be made. 
MOUND NO. 2 
This mound was on a slope 30 yards east of no. 1; it measured 30 
feet in diameter, a foot in height on the upper, and 3 feet in height on 
the lower, side. 
When the sod and upper earth were cleared away, there was 
revealed a rough wall, having some stones inclined at various angles, 
others laid flat. The area covered was shaped like a pear with a 
portion of the stem end cut off; it measured 224 feet from north to 
south and 15 feet from east to west. The extension, whose direction 
was down the slope, was the prolongation of two wing walls leading, one 
on each side, from a doorway in the south wall. Through this was 
reached a vault about 74 feet square. The doorway was barely wide 
