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attlic eastern end." (Bushnell, (2), p. 653.) The grave is shown 

 in fignre 3. 



It was not possible to determine the extent of the ancient cemetery 

 of which these four graves formed a part, but originally it may have 

 been quite large. From the high point occupied by this group of 

 burials it was possible to obtain a wide view of the valley across the 

 old bed of the Mississippi to the bluffs beyond 

 the Kaskaskia, and to see the site of the Kas- 

 kaskia town, created soon after the tribe had 

 left their older village on the banks of the 

 Illinois. It is a region possessing much nat- 



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Fig. 4. — Small cemetery, Jefferson County, Missouri. 



ural beauty, ideally suited to a large native population, such as it 

 undoubtedly sustained during the days before the coming of the 

 French. 



ISIany similar groups of graves are scattered along the bluffs bor- 

 dering the Mississippi and are less numerous inland. The salt springs 

 of Jefferson County, Missouri, a little more than halfway between 

 the mouth of the Saline on the south and the Missouri on the north. 



