﻿132 CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS. 



Pike County. 



J. C. Watkins reports the following mouuds in the southern part of 

 the cdunty, known as " Indian Graves " : 



One on NW. i, Sec. 34, T. 52 N., E. 3 W. ; one on SW. J , Sec. 28, T. 

 52 K, K. 3 W. ; one on NW. i, Sec. 10, T. 51 N., R. 3 W. ; three on SW. 

 I, Sec. 16, about 1 mile south of New Hartford. Two on NW. ^, Sec. 

 24, T. 51 N., R. 3 W. Three on SE. |, Sec. 24, T. 51 N., R. 3 W. Some 

 have been explored, skeletons and fragments of pottery found in most 

 of them. In one was a box-shaped stone cist, in another a large stone 

 vault, also arrowheads and one steatite pipe. 



Sm. Rep., 1881, pp. 537, 538. 



Ancient stone vaults in the SB. |, Sec. 11, T. 55 K, R. 3 W., on the 

 summit of a high ridge on the north side of Salt River. 



Described and figured by G. C. Brodhead, Sm. Re])., 1879, pp. 350, 351. 



Ancient stone works (vaults 1), 2 miles southwest of Louisiana, on 

 the bluffs of Noyer (Noix) Creek. 



Described and figured in Beck's Gazetteer, Mo. (1823), pp. 305, 306. By G. C. 



Brodhead, Sm. Rep., 1879, pp. 351, 3i.52. Mentioned in Auc. Mon., p. 136. 

 Mounds on the bluffs of the Mississippi near Ashburu. 



Reported by J. C. Watliius, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 433. Also by G. C. Brodhead, 



Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 355. 



Platte County. 



Five mounds on the land of Mr. Peter Brenner, about 60 feet west of 

 the line between this and Olay Counties. Explored ; three of them 

 contained stone chambers in which were human bones. 



Described by E. P. West, Kansas City Rev., vol. 1 (1877), pp. 16-22. 



Putnam County. 



Mounds on the farm of Dr. E. W. Tinker at Livonia. 

 Reported by James Middleton. 



Ralls County. 



Mounds on Spencer's Creek near Fisher's Cave. 



G. C. Brodhead, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 355. 



A row of mounds in SE. ^, sec. 6, T. 55 N., R. 5 W., on the top of a 

 bluff" on the right bank of Salt River. 



A row of mounds in Sec. 36, T. 56 N., II. 6 W., 1 mile from the left 



bank of tlie river ; also one on Sec. 35, T. 56 ^.j R. 6 W., on Sec. 4, T. 55 N., 



E. 6 W., and on Sec. 8, T. 55 N., R. 6 W., mostly of mixed earth and stone. 



Described by George L. Hardy and F. B. Scheetz, Sm. Rep., 1881, pp. 53.3-535. 



Brief r6sum6 of Messrs. Hardy and Scheetz's report in Young Mineralogist 



and Antiquarian (December, 1884), pp. 41, 42. 



Group of four mounds on an isolated conical hill called Round Knob, 

 in Sec. 18, T. 55 K, R. 6 W. 



Stone works in Sec. 24, T. 55 IST., R. 7 W., on the crest of a hill called 

 Wilson's Knob, and on the top of an opposite ridge to the west. 



Mound in Sec. 12, T. 55 N., R. 7 W., on the point of a secondary ridge 

 near a small northern tributary of Salt River. 



Described by George L. Hardy and Fred. B. Scheetz, Sm. Rep., IrtSl, p. 536. 



