OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XXXI 



his way out to an examination of the mounds along the Wa- 

 bash. 



Mr. Norris devoted his time chiefly to an exploration of the 

 mounds along both banks of the Mississippi River from North- 

 ern Iowa to the mouth of the Arkansas. 



Mr. Middleton was engaged during the first part of the fiscal 

 year in opening mounds in Southern Illinois, after which his 

 field of labor was in East Tennessee and the adjacent portions 

 of Georgia and Alabama. 



During the time Mr. Thing was employed his work was con- 

 fined to Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri. 



Mr. Mc Adams was employed but a short time to make a sur- 

 vey and examination of the mound groups in Madison County, 

 Illinois. 



Mr. Rogan was engaged, near the close of the year, to ex- 

 plore certain mounds in Caldwell County, North Carolina, 

 which had been reported by Dr. J. M. Spainhour, of Lenoir, in 

 that State, who also rendered great aid in this work, which 

 proved very successful and probably the most interesting of 

 the year. During the time Mr. Emmert was employed, he 

 was engaged in opening mounds and graves in East Tennes- 

 see and in investigating the manufacture of fraudulent Indiaii 

 soapstone relics in Western North Carolina. 



Mr. Earle was also employed to examine the localities and 

 the character of the various ancient works in Southeast Mis- 

 souri and to prepare descriptions of them. This he did in a 

 satisfactorv manner. 



Previous to the organization of the division, Professor Thomas 

 made some explorations in person in Southern Illinois and 

 Southeast Missouri. From the survey made by him at this 

 time a model of some remarkable works in Jackson County, 

 Illinois, was prepared under his direction for the National Mu- 

 seum. 



The number of specimens obtained and placed in the Na- 

 tional Museum, as shown by the preliminary catalogue, amounts 

 to over four thousand one hundred. These embrace almost 

 every type of article hitherto found in mounds, as well as a 



