"salt kettle pottery." 



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Excavation, 75 by 100 feet, 5 feet deep; nearly full of water. 



LEWIS COUNTY. 



The only work examined in this county was a mound 2 miles north 

 of Canton on the point of a hlufl' facing the Mississii^pi bottom. It is 

 oblong, the longer diameter being 46 feet and the shorter 32 feet; 

 height, G feet. A trench through the middle resulted in bringing to 

 light decayed human bones commingled with charcoal, ashes, a few frag- 

 ments of rude pottery, and stone chips. These were upon the natural 

 surface near the center, covered, first with nearly 3 feet of hard earth, 

 over this earth similar to the surrounding soil. An fiak tree 3 feet in 

 diameter was growing on the northern slope. 



The character of this mound and its contents connect it with those of 

 Clarke county. 



ST. LOUIS COUNTY. 

 " SALT-KETTI.K POTTERY." 



This is found near the Clifton Springs, 4 miles south of Kirkwood 

 and about IG miles southwest of St. Louis. 



Following a country road between the low rounded bluffs of a wind- 

 ing valley, we cross the brook twice within a distance of 400 yards, and 

 upon the point of a terrace, between these crossings, we find numerous 



