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mound for 60 years have no recollection of any such room or entrance, 
and they do not believe it ever existed. There was no exterior 
evidence of such a room. The probe showed no indications of it. 
MOUND NO. 5 
Mound No. 5 is a small, low, oval mound, 100 feet north of the 
Boiling Spring Academy building. It overlooks the beautiful Little 
Harpeth River, being on the edge of its steep bank, which is 20 feet 
high at this point. The river and mound are shown in Plate 124. 
Mound No. 5 measures 32 feet across the base and is 314 feet in 
height. The irregular rectangle within the circle, Figure 195, was 
excavated. No traces of burials or buildings were found. Small 
amounts of broken animal bones and fragments of pottery were 
S. 
Fic. 195.—Diagram of mound No. 5 
scattered through the soil in this mound. The proportion was about 
the same as that in mound No. 2. In the space F, G, H, on the 
original surface of the soil was a large bed of white ashes from 3 to 6 
inches in thickness. The bed ceased along line H-F. The ashes 
contained a considerable amount of animal bones and broken pottery 
and had every appearance of having been a domestic fire bed. A bone 
implement and a fragment of antler, shown in Plate 133, a, were 
found in this bed. In the space K, F, D, at a depth of 2 feet, was a 
considerable amount of small, irregular, natural-shape limestone 
rocks, from the size of a fist to double that size. They showed no 
order, design, or purpose, and no action of fire. No ashes were near 
them. 
The objects shown in Plate 133, a, were found scattered through 
the soil of mound No. 5. 
