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Inclosures, mounds, excavations, graves and stone graves, in the 

 Cypress Swamp, known as Northcot's Swamp, 6 miles west of Charleston. 

 Explored and briefly described by H. N. Rust, West. Rev. Sci. and Inclu8.,vol. 

 1 (1877), pp. 531-534. 

 Mounds. 



Described by Thomas Beckwith, Am. Antiq., vol. 9, July, 1887, p. 228. 



New Madrid County. 



Several clusters of small conical mounds on a low ridge, 2 miles east 

 of Clarkton; similar mounds at intervals along Portage Bay Bayou; 

 numerous mounds in small groups on and near the fiirm of William 

 Sequois, 4 miles from Point Pleasant; a number of similar mounds 3 

 miles north of Point Pleasant, on the road to New Madrid ; and several 

 " clusters " of small mounds north of New Madrid, along the road from 

 thence to Charleston. 



Reported by F. S. Jlarle. 



Inclosure, including one oval and several circular mounds, numerous 

 hut-rings, and one " sink " on the west side of West Lake in Sec. 16, T. 

 24 N., E. 13 E., about 13 miles north of New Madrid. Explored by C. 

 Crosswell; skeletons and a large number of specimens of pottery found. 



Description and figures of vessels by A. J. Conant, Trans. St. Lonis Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 3 (1868-1877), pp. 355-364. By C. Crosswell, same volume, pp. 531-538. 

 In settlement A, PL B, of Mr. Potter, who gives a figure diagram and de- 

 scription, in Contrib. to Archjeol. Mo. (1880), pp. 11, 12, Pis. B and C. 

 Inclosure, mounds and hutrings, some of the mounds pyramidal, one 

 terraced 4 miles west of New Madrid on Sec. 22, T. 22 N., E. 13 E., in 

 Lewis Prairie. Some of the mounds explored by Prof. Swallow, in 

 one of which were found the remains of a house; much pottery was 

 also obtained. 



Described by Prof. Swallow in Eighth Rep. Peab. Mus., pp. 17-46. F. W. Putnam, 

 Am. Nat., vol. 9 (1875), pp. 321-338 and 393-406. W. B. Potter, Contrib. to 

 ArchjEol. Mo. (1880), pp. 13, 14, Pis. B and D. This is probably the group 

 referred to by Breckenridge, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, vol. 1 (1818), pp. 151 and 

 159. Atwater, Trans. Am. Autiq. Soc, vol. 1 (1820), p. 189. Noticed in 

 Report. 



Newton County. 



Mound on Five Mile Creek, some 8 miles southeast of Baxter. Ex- 

 plored ; human bones, stone ax, arrowheads, stone pipe, and copper 

 rings found. 



Mentioned in West. Rev. Sci. and Indus. (Kansas City Rev.), vol. 1 (1877), p. 638. 



Pemiscot County. 



Mounds at Gayoso. 



Reported by Dr. Edward Palmer. 



Perry County. • 



Mounds and stone graves, 2 miles southeast of St. Mary's (St. Gene- 

 vieve County), near the old salt springs. Explored. 

 Reported by James Middleton. 



