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So far as appearances go, this cavern is better adapted for occu- 

 pancy than any other which has been examined. The depth of 

 earth shows it to have been open for a long period. If nothing can 

 be found here, denoting extreme antiquit}^ of man, it would seem 

 useless to make further search in central or western Kentuck3^ 



Bear Creek. — A very large rock house is on the right bank of 

 Bear Creek, 3 miles above its mouth. It would afford good shelter 

 to a large number of people, except in rainy seasons when the}' were 

 most in need of it. After heavy storms the creek covers the entire 

 floor. 



Other rock-shelters exist along Green River above and below Bear 

 Creek. They are not worth investigating. Some are flooded ; others 

 difficult of access; still others become muddy after rains; while in 

 none of them is there any great depth of earth. 



WARREX COUXTT 



Crump's Ca\t2. — A mile north of Smith's Grove is a large sink 

 hole, from one side of which extends a cave nearly a mile long. 

 There is abundant room and a good light near the front, and it is 

 reported that quantities of ashes were formerly to be seen on the 

 earth a short distance in. A considerable outside area drains into 

 the cave, and the floor at the present time is everywhere so wet as 

 to be quite muddy. Much water also falls from the roof. A 

 hydraulic ram, not far from the entrance, formerly forced water 

 from one of these falls to the farm residence. A descent of 6 feet, 

 over large rocks and wet earth, brings one to the nearly level floor, 

 40 feet from the mouth. The amount of flood water running into 

 the cave is indicated by a gully 4 feet deep and the same in widtl\, 

 while trash and driftwood litter the floor from wall to wall for more 

 than a hundred yards. 



Thomas Caa'e. — This is a mile north of Bowling Green. The roof 

 of a cavern has fallen in and forms a high mound of rocky debris, 

 down which a path winds on each side, giving access toward either 

 end of the cavern. There is scarcely a possibility that it was ever 

 occupied. 



Mill Ca^t:. — Three miles south of Bowling Green a stream 

 emerges from the foot of a slope, flows a hundred yards through a 

 canyon-like open channel, and disappears under a cliff. This is 

 another instance of an open cave due to a falling roof. The open 

 end is large and forms an excellent shelter for cattle. On either 

 side of the stream, under the cliff', is a shelf or projecting ledge, cov- 

 ered with loose stones. Neither is 2 feet higher than the water level 

 in a wet season. 



