liCHEOLOG 

 KOWKE 



^'] REMAINS IN WARREN COUNTY 61 



Eoyal, iieiii- the collei^e buildiiij;, aud 2 others were situated ou the 

 point opi)Osite the Jmietiou of tlie two IJajjpy creeks. 



Seveii miles abo^'e Froiit lioyal, on the farm of Captain Simpsou, 

 opposite Gooney run, were 4 cairns, one of tliem 20 by 20 feet, the others 

 much smaller. 



There were several cairns on the farm of Dr Ilaynie, 9 miles below 

 Front Royal; many relics, mainly arrowi)oints and spearheads, are 

 found in the bottom lands near by. Kercheval mentions the location 

 of an Indian town at this point. 



Two mounds were opened near Water Lick ; in one of them were found 

 a stone hatcliet and i)art of a gun barrel. 



On the Jenkins farm, near Buckton, is a mound 28 feet in diameter 

 and 2 feet high; it has been partially opened without results. 



On the Catlett place, adjoining the above, were 4 mounds, of which one 

 has been entirely destroyed. The largest was 20 feet in diameter and 

 30 inches high. It covered 2 graves, about ."> feet apart, extending a 

 few inches into the tenacious clay subsoil and hlled with large stones 

 which had settled in from the mound. One was nearly 6 feet long and 

 about 20 inches wide; the other was circular, 3i feet in diameter. No 

 traces of bone remained in either. A foot from the top of the mound 

 were the fragmentary bones of 2 adults and a child of 12 or 14 years, 

 much broken and <lecayed but in proi)er order; they had been interred 

 in a sliallow hole made by the removal of the stones, which were then 

 thrown back on them. The 2 other mounds were nuich snuiller; under 

 each was a circular grave 3i feet in diameter, extending a few inches 

 into the subsoil. No bones or art products were found in either. 



A mound at the highest ])oint on the road leading through Cullers 

 gap to Seven Fountains in Fort valley, if not due to natural causes, 

 IS only a trail mark, as this pass was much traversed by the Indians. 

 .The Indian trail through Chester gap divided at Front lloyal, one 

 branch Joining the main trail up the valley, a few miles north of Win- 

 chester,' the other following the Shenandoah. The two main streets of 

 the town are laid out along the line of these trails; this explains the 

 sharj) angle at which they separate. 



Tradition also locates the Senedo Indians at the junction of the two 

 branches of the Shenandoah and along Happy creek. 



CLARKE COUNTY. 



VICINITY OK 15KI;I:Y\ II.LK. 



Five miles south of Berry ville, on the farm of S. M, Taylor, at the 

 end of a low ridge, bounded by the river and a small creek, are abund- 

 ant surface indications of an aboriginal settlement. 



Four folded skeletons were found not more than a foot below the sur- 

 face, one on the right side, with head toward the east; the position of 



KcicLc\;il, History of the Valley, 1833, p, 51. 



