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this " draw " are numerous mounds, starting well toward its upper 

 end and following its course for nearly a mile. They lie along 

 either side, and reach into the tributary widenings. Most of them 

 are on the flats ; but they are also scattered along the hillsides, those 

 farthest from the water having an elevation of about 50 feet above 

 it. They vary from 30 to 60 feet in diameter and from 1 to 3 feet 

 high. In all, they are scattered over an area of at least 100 acres. 



HOUSE MOUNDS NEAR DILLON 



Half a mile west of Dillon a ravine heads at the Frisco track, 

 goes south a short distance, then turns southeastward. Near the 

 track begins a group of mounds which reach for fully a mile along 

 both sides of the little stream. 



There are more than 100, most of them small, though at least one 

 is 60 feet across and 3 feet high. 



HOUSE MOUNDS NEAR ST. JAMES (14) 



At the northern border of St. James is a small shallow valley with 

 a northern and eastern trend, practically parallel with the Frisco 

 Railway, and for 3 miles or more not over a fourth of a mile from it 

 at any point. 



Starting near the Soldiers' Home is a group of mounds which 

 extend for fully 2^ miles down both sides of the valley. 



Some are partly cut away by the stream, others are on the narrow 

 flat bottoms subject to overflow with every hard rain, still others are 

 built on the slopes to an elevation of 40 feet. They are somewhat 

 larger than the average, a diameter of about 60 feet and a height of 

 3 feet being not uncommon. 



PULASKI COUNTY 



MCWILLIAMS CAVE (15) 



A cave on the McWilliams farm, near Jack Hinshaw's, at the upper 

 end of the Big Eddy, near the south line of Pulaski County, has an 

 entrance 8 feet high and 15 feet wide. There is a good light for 150 

 feet, at which distance the cavern turns. It is an excellent location 

 for an Indian home, having a floor of dry earth, and a small amount 

 of refuse was found ; but the earth has been thoroughly dug over in 

 the search for missing residents, some human bones rooted out by 

 hogs having given rise to a belief that these may have been mur- 

 dered and concealed here. 



DAVIS CAVES (15) 



Facing Roubidoux Creek, on the farm of J. W. Davis, 3 miles 

 north of Cookville, are three caves. The largest is 40 or 50 feet 



