﻿Mi.ssi.s.sirpi, 123 



The Seltzertowii mounds on the Lee plantation, 6 miles from Wash 

 ington and 11 miles northeast of Natchez. 



Described at length iu Breckenridge's Views of Louisiana (appendix). Brief 

 notice by J. R. Bartlett, " Progress of Ethnology," pp. 8, 9, published in 

 Trans. Am. Etbn. Soc, vol. 2. Brief description in Anc. Mon., pp. 117, 118. 

 Explored by Joseph Jones and described by him in a communication to the 

 Natchez (Mississippi) Weekly Democrat and Courier, June 26, 1884. De- 

 scription and figure in report. This is probably the mound alluded to as 

 reported by Prof. Forshey, Am. Jour. Sci. aud Art, Ist 8er.,vol, 40 (1841), pp. 

 376-:i77. 



Bolivar County. 

 Mounds and house sites by the side of Goose Lake. 



Reported by P. W. Norris. 



Group of earthworks, consisting of graded mounds surrounded by a 

 wall, near Williams Bayou in the Choctaw bend, 1^ miles from the Mis- 

 sissippi Eiver. 



James Hough, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 385. Described aud figured in Anc. Mon., pp. 

 116, 117. 



Chickasaw County. 



Three nioiiiids near Houston. 

 Reported by Gerard Fowke. 



Claiborne County. 



Remains oi' ;iu aucient wall ; no definite locality given. 

 Mere mention by H. F. Johnson, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 444. 



Coahoma County. 



The " Carson group," consisting of an inclosure, mounds, and excava- 

 tions, between 6 aud 8 miles south of Friar's Point. 



Described and figured in Report. It is possible that this is the group inci- 

 dentally mentioned in Anc. Mon., p. 113, as being a few miles southeast of 

 Delia. 



'• The Dickerson mounds," a group on the Dickerson farm, 4 miles 

 east of Friar's Point. 

 Described in Report. 

 " Clarkesdale works," inclosure, excavations, mounds, and graves at 

 Clarkesdale, on the Sunflower River. Explored. 

 Described and figured in Report. 



'^ The Roselle mounds," 6 miles east of Friar's Point. 



Reported by Dr. Edward Palmer. (Possibly included in some one of the pre- 

 ceding mentions.) 



Hinds County. 

 Mounds in Piney Creek Valley, a short distance above Jackson. 



Reported by T. L. Hill. 



Issaquena County. 



Mouuds (exact locality not given) opened ; contained human bones 

 and various relics. 



Described at length by W. M. Anderson, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci., vol. 3 

 (1868-1877), pp. 232,234. 



