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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



The graves were of the usual bos shape, and all those which remained, 

 except one, measured 5 feet or more in length. The small one, which 

 had not been disturbed, was 2 feet square and IS inches deej), but in 

 place of bones were four uninjured earthen pots. 



In addition to the works mentioned, the following antiquities are 

 found in this coiinty: 



MOUNDS. 



AtRockwood; at Prairie du Rocher; 3 miles south of Prairie du 

 Rocher, on the Simpson place; on the Mudd place; above Old Lafay- 





Fig. 70.— Hut rin;j:s near the liank of Big Mary river, Ulinois. 



etteon theKaskaskia river; at Chester; 3 miles south of Sparta, along 

 Big Mary river, and at Evansville. 



STONK GRAVES. 



At the Bluff ferry ; 1 mile south of Rockwood ; on the West fork of 

 Degognia creek, li miles from the bridge near the Brown farm ; 7 miles 

 west of Sparta; 3 miles southeast of Sparta; on Henderson's place on 

 Nine-mile creek west of Sparta; on William Cox's old place on the 

 Kaskaskia river below the Mobile and Ohio railroad bridge, and on the 

 Widow Boyd's place, 3 miles south of Baldwin. 



