THE RICH WOODS MOUNDS. 



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RICH WOODS MOUNDS. 



These mounds, shown in Fig. 93, arc located 7 miles south of Dexter 

 city on the road leading from that place to Maiden, and are doubtless 

 the ones referred to in the Summary of Corresjiondence, Smithsonian 

 Report, 1879, as re- 

 ported by Mr. Q. 0. ' 

 Smith. 



The low sandy ridge, 

 known as the Rich 

 Woods, is here between 

 1 and 2 miles wide. The 

 surface, which is quite 

 level, stands generally 

 about 15 feet above the 

 ordinary water line of 

 the swamj) and is com- 

 posed chiefly of sand. 

 The swamp bordering it 

 on the east is known 

 hei'e as East swami>. 

 The margin of the gen- 

 eral level, which breaks 

 abruptly down, as is 

 usual with the banks of 

 Western rivers, is some- 

 what irregular, as shown 

 in the figure, the inden- 

 tations being numerous, 

 yet the general course is 

 almost directly north 

 and south. The mounds 

 are principally located 

 along or near the mar- 

 gin, the distance be- 

 tween the extreme 

 northern one of the 

 group and the most 

 southern being about 

 1,600 yards, or a little less than 1 mile, and the greatest width of the 

 belt occupied, about 500 yards. 



AU of the mounds except No. 1 stand on the upper or general level. 

 Nos. 1, 2, and 3, near the central part of the group, are large, varying 

 in height from 20 to 26 feet, obscurely pentangular in outline and flat- 

 tened on top. No. 3 forms, with 4, what may be called a composite 

 mound. This appears to be the case also with 15 and 16 and with 23, 



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