﻿70 CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS. 



White County. 



(Iroup of small moiiuds near Marshall's Ferry, ou the highest point 

 of laud. Within the mound were stone graves containing human bones 

 and pottery. 



Reported by W. M. Locke, Sin. Rep., 1880, p. 444. He also reported numerous 

 mounds in the Wabash bottom. Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 436. 



Whiteside County. 



Mounds on a high ridge overlooking the Mississippi River, near 

 Albany. A skeleton was taken from one of these mounds; on the top 

 of the cranium was an inverted dish. 



Noticed in Amer. Nat., vol. 14 (1880), p. 905. 

 Mound at Albany, contained a skeleton with stone charm held in its 

 mouth. 



Reported by E.P. Vining, Am. Antiq., vol. 10 (1888), p. 45. 

 Mounds and earthworks on the north bank of Rock River, above 

 Sterling. Explored; one contained a hearth or " altar," with bones 

 scattered about; another a '' dry wall," inclosing a quadrilateral space 

 in which were the remains of eight ))ersous. 



W. C. Holbrook, Pioc. Dav. Acad. Sci., vol. 3, pp. 70, 71 ; also Proc. Am. Assoc. 

 Adv.Sci., vol. 29 (1880), pp. 722-724; Am. Nat., vol. 11(1877), pp. 688-689. 

 Western Rev. Sci. and Indus., vol. 1 (1877), pp. .535-.536. 

 Group of mounds 3 miles from Spring Hill post-offlce. Partially ex- 

 plored ; pottery and human bones found. 



Described and figured by J. D. Moody, Sm. Rep., 1881, pp. 547, .548. 

 Mounds of both circular and oblong forms in the vicinity of Sterling, 

 also at Portland and Prophetstown and on the banks of Elkhorn Creek. 

 Described by James Shaw, Sm. Rep., 1877, p. 257. 

 Two mounds on the Mississippi River, opposite (Uinton (Iowa). Ex- 

 plored ; yielded skeletons and stone knife- 

 Brief notice by Clarence Lindley, Proc. Dav. Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 113. 

 Stone floors in the town of Clyde, near the center of a broad valley, 

 about 40 rods east of Rock Creek. 



Examined and described by W. C. Holbrook, Proc. Dav. Acad. Sci., vol. 3, 

 p. 69. 

 Group of mounds on the blufif about a mile southwest of Albany, on 

 the land of Samuel Rozenkranz. Explored; contained human bones' 

 and various relics, including a curious bone implement. 



Described and figured by W. H. Pratt, Sm. Rep., 1874, pp. 354-361. Proc. 

 Dav. Acad. Sci., vol. 1, pp. 99-104. Further explorations and description by 

 A. S. Tiffany, Proc. Dav. Acad. Sci., vol. I, ^ip. 49 and 104-106. 



Will County. 



Mound about" 4 miles up the river from Wilmington. Explored; 

 skeletons, pottery, and copper implements found. _^ 



Brief notice in Am. Antiq., vol. 3 (1881), p. 1.55. 



Winnebago Comity. 



A group of mounds on the bottom land 1 mile south of Beloit (Wis- 

 consin), on the road to Rockton, on Sec. 6, T. 46, R. 2 E. 

 Reported by S. D. Peet. 



