﻿ILLINOIS. 63 



Massac County. 



Mounds ou Cache bottom. 



Reported by Mr. L. II. Thing. 



McHenry County. 



(See Lake County.) 



Menard County. 



Mounds 3i miles north of Springfield (Sangamon County), on the 

 bluff's of Sangamon River, in the vicinity of Petersburgh. 

 Reported by R. B. Miller. 



Mercer County. 



Large group of mounds in Eliza Township (T. 15 JS"., R. 5 W). Traces 

 of ancient embankments in the same township. 



Mounds on the bottom lands of the Mississippi not far from the foot 

 of the bluft", in T. 15 N., R. 5 W. in which human bones were found. 

 Another group on Eliza Creek, same township. 



An extensive range of mounds in New Boston Township (T. 14 K, 

 R. 5 W.), on the south side of Edwards River, and another farther ui) 

 the river on high ground. ♦ 



A large group of mounds on the south side of Pope Creek where 

 the valley cuts through the Mississippi blulfs; contained human bones. 



A group of mounds near the north side of Millersburgh Township. 

 Human bones found. 



Shell heaps on the bank of the Mississippi River immediately below 

 New Boston. 



Tyler McWhorter, Sm. Rep., 1874, pp. 351-3.53. 



Monroe County. 



Stone graves on a bluff, 1 mile northeast of "Sugar Loaf Rock," near 

 the town of Columbia. 



Examined and described by Prof. Charles Ran. Description quoted by C. C. 

 Jones, Antiq. So. Inds., p. 220. 



Peoria County. 



Cache of flint implements and human bones found on the NE. |, Sec. 

 7, Millbrook Township. 



Somewhat fully described in the Brimfield News November 22 (188-?), year 

 unknown. 

 Mound in the northwest corner of the county, in the Spoon River 

 bottom. 



Examined and described by F. M. Shellenberger, Sm. Hep., 18S1, pp. .552, 553. 

 Diagram. 



Pike County. 



Mounds on the spur of a ridge, midway between the Welsh group 

 (Brown County) and Chambersburgh, in the extreme northeastern part 

 of the county, in T. 3 S., R. 2 W., mostly on the farm of W. A. Hume. 



Described in Report. 



