﻿62 CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS. 



Macoupin County. 



Ancieut cemetery (locality not given). 



Meutioued by J. D. Conly, 8m. Rep., 1879, p. 4li5. 

 Mounds on Coup's Creek. Explored and described by John J^^ord. 

 Contained stone graves in which bones were found. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., vol. 29 (1877), pp. 255-258. Notice of same article 

 in Pop. Sci. Monthly, vol. 12 (1878), p. 638. 



Madison County. 



The Cahokia Mounds on the south boundary of Wamioka Township, 

 6 miles east of St. Louis, on the road leading to Collinsville. 



Brief notice by H. M. Brackenridge in his letter to Thomas Jefferson, published 

 in Tians. Amer. Phil. Soc, new series, vol. 1 (1818), pp. 151-159. Described 

 also in his "Views of La." (1814), pp. 18G-18J. Short notice by Atwater, 

 chiefly from Brackenndge's account, in Trans. Amer. Antiq. Soc, vol. 1 

 (1820), i)p. 188, 189. Mentions and brief descriptions, chiefly of the great 

 1 moiiud, Beck's Gazetteer, pp. 43, and 139, 140. Latrobe's Travels, vol. 2, p. 



250. Bradford's Amer. Antiq., p. 57. Sq. and D. Anc. Mon., p. 174, fig. 60. 

 Bancroft's Native Races, vol. 4, p. 766. Short'sN. Am.of Antiq.,p. 41. Full 

 description with plat of the group and figures, in McAdams's "Antiquities 

 of Cahokia or Monk's Mound," published in the History of Madison County, 

 and separately (1883). Description and figures of the great mound, 12th 

 Rep. Peab. Mus., jjp. 470-475. Mentioned by Baldwin, Anc. America, p. 17. 

 Featherstouhaugh's Ex. through the Slave States, pp. 66, 67. (Measure- 

 ments given.) J. P. McLean, Sm. Rep., 1882, pp. 827, 828. Short description 

 in Drake's luds. N. A., 15th ed., p. 63. Rather full description and figure of 

 "The Largest Mound in the U. S.," by F. W. Putnam Nat. Quart., vol. 1 

 (1880), pp. 17-21. Survey, description, and plat of the group by William 

 McAdams, given in Report. 

 Mound 3 miles from East St. Louis. Brief mention. 

 Mounds in the American Bottom opposite the mouth of Missouri 

 River. 



William McAdams, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vol. 29 (1880), pp. 714, 715. j 



Three groups of mounds in T. 5 N., R. 9 W., near the junction of the 

 east and north forks of Wood River. 



Surveyed by William McAdams. , Described and figured in Report. 



Stone graves on SW. i, Sec. 10, T. 3. N., R. 5 W., near Highland. 

 Skeletons and bones found. 



Explored and described by Arthur Oehler, Sm. Rep., 1879, pp, 366, 367. 

 Earthworks near Edwardsville. 



Brief notice by E. A. Killian, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 436. 



Mound on Long Lake, 12 miles north of East St. Louis; fully de- 

 scribed and articles obtained therefrom figured by Henry Howland. 



Bulletin Buffalo Soc. Nal. Sci., March 2 (1877), pp. 204-211. Further explora- 

 tions by William McAdams. Described in Report. 



Mounds on highest part of Mississippi bluff below the mouth of Piasa 

 Creek, about 6 miles above Alton. 



Explored by William McAdams and described by him in St. Louis Republican, 

 .January 20, 1889. 



Mason County. 



Mounds in the vicinity of Havana. 



Brief description by J. Cockrane, Sm. Rep., 1877, pp. 260, 261. 



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