176 MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



'?4, and 25, which will be described further on. No. is oval iu shape, 

 the diameter 266 by 110 and the height nearly 8 feet. There are some 

 indications that it was formerly connected at its northern extremity 

 with the double mound 3 and 4 by a graded way, though there are hut 

 rings there now. Between this and Ko. 1 the ground suddenly descends 

 to the lower level, as is seen by the abrupt bend in the hachured line 

 marking the margin, which here makes a sudden turn to the west. 



No. 7, which lies directly west of No. 2, is the longest tumulus of the 

 grou]i, irregularly oblong in form, the diameters being 340 and 200 feet 

 and height 15 feet, the top flat. The south end is irregularly jiointed, 

 but this condition may have resulted wholly or iu i^art from washing, as 

 the surface has been in cultivation for several years aud was for some 

 years the location of a schoolhouse. At the north end is an apron 6 feet 

 high, extending northward about 60 feet. This is irregularly rounded 

 at the extremity. It is iiossible, and, in fact, probable, that this was 

 a regular oblong mound, with a rectangular apron, as are many mounds 

 in easterii Arkansas. The top is perfectly level. No. 8, west of 7, is 

 circular, flat on top, and about 7 feet high. 



No. 9, immediately north of 7, is peculiar iu form, being a regular 

 crescent, as shown iu the plat, the distance between the tips of the 

 horns about 75 feet, height 6 feet. Nos. 10, 11, 12, and 14 are circular 

 mounds, ranging from 8 to 12 feet high. Nos. 13, 17, 18, 19, 31, 32, 33, 

 20, 28, 29, 30, 26, 27, 34 are small, circular mounds, varying from 1 to 4 feet 

 in height. The shape of 22 is peculiar. It appears as if a broad ditch 

 had been dug from the east side to the center. A large oak stump in 

 the middle of this supi^osed ditch shows that it is certainly not a recent 

 excavation. Possibly the mound was for jome reason thrown up iu 

 this form. The figure is too small to bring out the evident difference 

 between this aud the crescent. 



No. 21, near the road, is of the ordinaiy conical form, 45 feet in 

 diameter and 5 feet high. 



No. 15, about 230 paces northeast of 14, is a large, oblong, flat-topped 

 mound, the length east and west 170 feet and width 110 feet, height 

 nearly 11 feet. There is a graded way running east from this aud curv- 

 ing south to mound 16, which is circular aud 6 feet high. 



Mounds 23 aud 24 are oval iu outline and of considerable size, the 

 former measuring 223 by 180 feet and 8 feet high, the latter 213 by 112 

 feet and 9 feet high. The line between their approximate ends is some- 

 what higher than the surface of the surrounding area, and may be the 

 remains of a connecting graded way. 



No. 3, the tallest of the entire group, is fully 25 feet high. It is con- 

 ical iu form aud very steep, except on the side toward the ramp. This 

 elevated way or ramp, commencing on the side some distance below the 

 summit, descends regularly eastward to No. 4, which appears to be a 

 landing or halting place rather than a true mound, and is, iu fact, but 



