THOMAS.] THE SCHLIMPERT MOUNDS. 145 



Fragments of pottery, also a few shells ( Unio.s), were scattered 

 through tlie mound at various depths. The earth in this mound was 

 more sandy than that of those in the field, and was in alternate layers 

 of black soil and sand. 



Mound No. ") is a little nortli of west from No. 4, tiie bases of the two 

 approaching within 10 feet of each other. This is about ISO feet in cir 

 cumference and something over 5 feet high. On the southern part 

 stands a walnut stump 10 feet in circumference, and on the nortli side 

 an ash 7 feet in circumference. Two trenches were carried down 

 about a foot below the original surfaceof the ground. At one point, 5J 

 feet below the surface, a skeleton lay immediately beneath roots from 

 both trees. One of the roots from tlie walnut, although lli feet from 

 the stump, was i inches in diameter. At another point, at the depth 

 of 4 feet, were two small Hint implements, and a foot below this some 



Fig. 73.— Spool-shaped orDument of copper. 



human teeth, but no bones, tliough by looking carefully at the earth 

 indications of the other parts of the skeleton, which bad decayed, 

 were discovered. 



GKOCP ON .SCHLUIPKKT's I'LACE. 



These mounds are situated on Mr. Joseph Schlinqiert's land — the W. 

 i of the NW. ^ of Sec. 22, in Fountain Bluff township — and are located 

 in reference to each other as shown in the annexed plat (Fig. 74). The 

 soil around them is of a black waxj' character, from 1 foot to IS inches 

 in depth, underlaid by sand. They lie near a slough which borders the 

 farm on the nortli side, as shown in the plat. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,0, and 7 

 are mounds, No; 8 a sink or excavation, and No. a platform or terrace. 



No. 6, circular in form, is 60 feet in diameter, a little over 4 feet high, 

 and has growing on it several trees, the largest a hackberry 7 feet in 

 circumference. It was excavated to and slightly below the original 

 surface of the ground, but nothing was found except a few small sand- 

 stones. The interesting feature of this mound is its internal structure, 

 which will be understood by reference to the vertical section shown in 

 Fig. 7~>. 



In the first place a central core of sand c appears to have been 

 thrown up 40 feet in diameter at the top (1 to 2), and about 4 feet high. 

 Around this apparently in order to secure it, was placed a ring of the 

 black waxy soil (hh), so as properly to round it off. The V-shaped de- 

 pression in the top (d) measured 3 feet in diameter at the top and ex- 

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