MYER] GORDON TOWN SITE 515 
House circle No. 3, shown in Plate 99, adjoined mound A on the 
south, and also was at the southwestern corner of the town square. 
The large size of this circle, its prominent position, ‘and the relics 
found therein, all indicate it was occupied by some important 
personage. 
There was an earthen platform on the eastern side, overlooking the 
town square. This platform is shown on the map, Plate 95. Judging 
from other southern Indian towns seen by the early whites, this 
building probably had in front of it a shed or piazza extending over 
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Fic. 128,—Arrangement of chunkey yard (C), public square (A), and rotunda (B), (From 
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a portion of the platform. Under this shed important personages 
and possibly others viewed the happenings in the town square. 
If this square had an arrangement similar to that of some of the 
early Creek towns, as shown in Figure 126, the chunkey yard was in 
front of this building No. 3, in the nook at the southwestern corner 
of the square and the portions of the square adjacent thereto. 
Plate 103, b, shows a photograph of the uncovered floor in the 
central portion of house circle No. 3, and a diagram of this circle is 
shown in Figure 129. There is evidence indicating the existence of 
