44 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN" ETHNOLOGY [bdll. 76 



It is on the land of A. L. Foote, having been in his family continu- 

 ously since it was secured by Government jDatent. The name is de- 

 rived from " Grandma Martha Yoark," who was among the earliest 

 white settlers in the region. Her home was on the opposite side of 

 the creek, in a pioneer log cabin, the last vestige of which, except 

 the stones of the chimney, disappeared before the Civil War. 



In the front portion many large rocks are lying on the surface of 

 the clay floor and others are imbedded in it ; probably still others are 

 entirely covered. Farther back the clay is mixed with gravel washed 

 from the interior. This deposit is never entirely dry and in rainy 

 seasons is quite muddy. The difficulty of removing or digging under 

 the rocks, added to the certainty that water would be encountered 

 before the bottom is reached, render useless any effort at complete ex- 

 cavation. The amount of refuse on the surface, however, is a good 

 indication that such researches as would be possible in the upper lay- 

 ers, among the rocks, would disclose a large quantity of aboriginal 

 remains of comparatively modern date. 



GRAVES AT LAUGHLIN's (17) 



On the Laughlin goat ranch, 6 miles southeast of Waynesville, a 

 high narrow ridge level along the top and sloping abruptly on each 

 side extends northward from the hills on the right side of Roubidoux 

 Creek and terminates in a vertical cliff. Bedrock projects on the top 

 and on both sides, and vegetation is so scanty that the crest is almost 

 a " bald." 



On the summit of this ridge are seven cairns, the first one only a 

 few feet from the edge of the cliff, the last one about 300 feet back, 

 near where the ground begins to ascend toward the plateau. They 

 are small, none more than 3 feet high, and all have a depression in 

 the top where the stones have been thrown out from the center toward 

 the outside by relic seekers and rabbit hunters. 



In three of them flat stones remaining in place at parts of the 

 margin indicate that au irregular square inclosure was constructed 

 around the bodies, as in those examined at Gourd Creek. Possibly 

 this feature existed in all of them at the time of their construction, 

 but there was no evidence that any of them had been walled up like 

 those at Sugar Tree Camp or the Devil's Elbow. Views of their 

 present conditions are shown in plate 14. 



KERR CA\TE (17) 



Near the site of Kerr's Mill, on Eoubidoux Creek, 5 miles south- 

 east of Waynesville, is a cave at the foot of a bluff, the entrance 60 

 feet above the bottom of the hill. Viewed from the outside it has 

 the appearance of a rock shelter 40 feet wide and 45 feet deep. Above 



