﻿94 CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS. 



Greenup County. 



Aucieut works (inclosure, etc.) oi)posite and above Portsmouth (Ohio). 



Ratiuesq lie's C;it. Auuals of Ky., ]>. 35 ; Browu's Western Gazeteer (1817), pp. 

 107,108; Collms's Hist. Ky. (1847), p. 332; W. H. Peniu, Hist. Christian 

 aDil Tri^g Couuties, Chicago (1884), \). 31 ; Drake's luds. N. A., 15th ed., 

 p. (iO; Ohio Ceutemiial Rep. (1877), p. 138. 



Mouud on the Ohio River opposite Portsmouth, Ohio, in which silver 

 crosses aud buckles were fouud. 



Described by W. K. Moorhead, Am. Autiq., vol. 9 (1887), p. 170. Notice with 

 corrections by T. H. Lewis, iu Am. Autiq., vol. 9 (1887), p. 169. 



Mere meutiou of tlie earthworlv opposite theokl mouth of Scioto River; 

 also meutiou of " some new iuclosures." 



T. H. Lewis, Am. Autiq., vol. 9, ]). 169. This fort and auotlier group 4 miles 

 above Portsmouth are described by Heury A. Shepherd, Antiq. Ohio (1887), 

 p. 52. 



Hancock County, 



Mound on the Ohio River, 5 miles above Hawesville. 



Brief notice. Colliu's Hist. Ky. (1847), p. 334. 



Cave shelter on Allen Cave Creek about a mile north of Bennettsville. 

 Indian mounds about 3^ miles north of Pellville on " Indian Hill." 



Described by Joseph Friel, Sm. Rep., 1877, pp. 268,269. 



Harrison County. 



''Five grouj^s of works — a circus near Cynthiana ; many mounds, 

 round, elliptical or ditched, 16, liO, 25, and 30 feet high." 

 Rafinesque'.s Cat. Annals Ky., p. 33. 



Hart County. 



A dry burial cave from which human bones have been taken. 



Noticed iu Eighth Rep. Peab Mus., \). 48, by F. W. Putuam, who gives no deli- 

 nite locality. Ratinesque probably alludes to the same iu his Cat. Aunals 

 Ky., p. 33, where he mentions "mummies in caves." 

 Two groups of mounds near Green River. " Mummies in caves." 

 Ralinesipie's Cat., Aunals Ky., p. 33. 



Monnds near Rowlett's Station. 



R. S. Mumford, Sm. Rep. 1879, p., 441. 



Henderson County. 



Mounds and burial place on Diamond Island, 16 miles below Hender- 

 son. 



Mounds on Kentucky shore opposite Diamond Island on the farm of 

 Dr. Martin. 



Reported by James D. Middletou. 



Hickman County. 



" O'Byam's Works," consisting of an inclosure, mounds, hut-rings, aud 

 excavations on O'Byam's Bluff, 3 miles west of Oakton. 



Explored, described, and figured iu Report. 

 Other mounds are mentioned as found in this county, on the ridges. 

 " A fine teocalli on the Mississippi below the Ironbanks, 450 feet long, 

 10 feet high, only 30 wide." 



Rafiuesque'a Cat., Aunals Ky., p. 33. 



