174 



MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



Nearly the whole space between the walls is occupied by the hut- 

 rings or circular depressions. 

 They are of the usual size, 20 to 

 50 feet across, and 1 to 3 feet deep. 

 In all that were excavated, beds 

 of ashes, containing broken pot- 

 tery, burned clay, bits of bone, 

 mussel and turtle shells, etc., were 

 found at the depth of from 6 

 inches to 1 foot. In one of these, 

 near the southwest corner of the 

 wooded portion, the sandstone 

 pipe shown in Fig. 91 was discov- 

 ered. Fio. 91 — stone pipe, Lakeville settlomfnt. 



SETTLEMENT AT THE COUNTY LINE. 



4*% 



JV 





This settlement, shown in Fig. 92, on which a a denote the county 

 line between Stoddard and Dunklin counties, is situated in an oak 

 opening on West i)rairie, 500 yards east of the Dexter and Maiden 

 road. It borders on East swamp and is surrounded ou the other three 



sides by a ditch {b b) 

 that averages 10 feet 

 wide and 3 feet deep. 

 The dirt seems to have 

 been thrown out about 

 equally on each side, but 

 there is nothing that can 

 be called a wall or an em- 

 bankment. The inclos- 

 ure is 330 yards long by 

 220 in width, and con- 

 tains about 15 acres. 

 Nearly the whole of this 

 space is occujjied by cir- 

 cular depressions or hut- 

 rings of the usual size 

 and appearance, contain- 

 ing the usual amount of 

 ashes, broken pottery, 



Fig. 92 — County line settlement, Stoddard county, Missouri. boneS etc There ire 



no mounds in the iuclosure, but just outside, near the northwest cor- 

 ner, is a low, circular cue about 4 feet high and 100 or more feet in 

 diameter. 



11 ° o 



Il00°0 



hoOq o o 



.;":ii.?5Ss— *- 



SOO yds to Sf\ 



lk£^ 



