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away its walls and filled up the channel leading from it, and thus 

 obliterated its site. To accomplish this would require a long time; 

 enough to produce a considerable alteration in the topography, and 

 so to predicate for the bottom deposits in the cave an antiquity far 

 beyond the possible apjDearance of man in the region. 



PHILLIPS CAVE 



The Phillips Cave faces Roubidoux Creek near the Big Spring, 

 a mile south of Waynesville. Access to the interior is possible only 

 by crawling some distance on wet clay. Other caves in the same line 

 of bluffs are either very small or almost inaccessible. No refuse ap- 

 pears about any of them. 



bell's CA\'E (18) 



In the upper part of the bluff bordering Roubidoux Creek just 

 west of Waynesville, on the farm of Robert A, Bell, are numerous 

 caves, most of them quite small. One, much larger than any of the 

 others, has an entrance 27 feet wide and 12 feet high. The floor is 

 of earth mingled with small rocks, and rises gradually toward the 

 rear until at TO feet it almost reaches the roof, although the open 

 space enlarges farther in. The width of the cave varies from 19 

 to 32 feet. Several large rocks have fallen from the roof and walls 

 at a comparatively recent date, as they lie directly upon the earth or 

 are only slightly imbedded in it. 



Shells and flint flakes occur in small amount, but the cave is so 

 difficult of access that it w\as probably but little used. 



Some human bones, rooted out by hogs, were scattered over the 

 floor ; only a few remained, the hogs having chewed up most of them. 

 Part of a femur belonged to a person about 18 or 20 years of age. 

 A skull and part of a lower jaw, lying several feet apart but belong- 

 ing to the same individual, were secured ; they are shown in plate 

 17, (?, d. Few of the teeth remained, though all had been in place 

 at the time of interment. 



CAMP-GROUND CA^•E 



This is three-fourths of a mile west from Waynesville. It is small, 

 with a muddy bottom, and could never have been occupied. 



BUCHER CAVE 



Bucher Cave is 2 miles northeast of Waynesville. It has a small, 

 low entrance, nearly closed by a pile of chert gravel mixed with 

 some clay, which has been carried by surface water from the slope 

 above. 



