MyER] THE FEWKES GROUP 589 
No. 2; John Trotwood Moore, poet, is in the center on mound No. 3; 
John H. DeWitt, president of the Tennessee Historical Society, is at 
the right on mound No. 2. 
Mound No. 1 measures 185 feet north and south and 160 feet east 
and west across the base. It is 25 feet in height. Lack of funds 
prevented its exploration. A test shaft was sunk about 25 feet 
from the southern edge. This shaft was 3 by 7 feet and had a depth 
of 8 feet. At a depth of 514 feet the original black surface soil was 
found, which here had a depth of 24 inches. Digging continued to 
a depth of 10 inches in the clay subsoil beneath this layer of black soil. 
Judging from the outline of the surface soil exposed in this test, 
there had been a natural knoll at this point. It was probably 6 or 8 
feet in height. The mound had been raised on the top of it. Several 
similar knolls are to be found in the surrounding field. The clay 
subsoil contained no bones or pottery. The 24-inch layer of original 
black surface soil contained a few animal bones and fragments of 
pottery. The soil for mound No. 1 had evidently been largely taken 
from the town square and from the natural knoll which formed 
mound No. 4. The character of the soil and the amount of broken 
bones and pottery fragments in this pit in No. 1 are similar to that in 
mound No. 2. 
Everything pointed to mounds Nos. 1 and 2 having been built 
near the same time and the earth composing them having been taken 
from the same locality. 
There had been a small shaft, about 8 by 8 feet, sunk by relic 
hunters to a depth of possibly 5 or 6 feet on the summit of this 
mound. ‘This shaft is now nearly filled with earth. They found no 
relics as far as could be learned. 
Mound No. 1 was probably surmounted by the house of the chief, 
as the remains of the House of the Mysteries were found on mound 
No. 2. 
ALLEGED Room Wirnutn Mounpv No. 1 
About halfway up the north side of mound No. 1 is a hole about 6 
inches in diameter which is said to lead to an old animal den. The 
older inhabitants state that it has been used almost continually by 
various animals as a den for the last 50 years. It is now, and has 
been for some years, the home of a family of foxes. Some believe 
this entrance hole leads to a cellarlike room in the interior of the 
mound. Several claim to have seen and been in this room. They 
claim that 40 years ago its entrance was about 4 by 4 feet, extending 
back a few feet into the mound, where it opened into a room about 
10 feet wide, 6 feet high, and 20 feet in length. They claim this 
room was entirely empty. Reliable people who have known the 
