MOUNDS AT TYRONZA STATION. 



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water vessels ; bowls, one large witb a flaring rim; dipper or skillet- 

 sliaped vessel with short handles; two clay pipes, etc. 



A limestone celt, lance head, and arrow point were the only stone 

 implements discovered in it. Some coals and ashes, rough, hurued 

 stones, and lumps of l>nrnedclay were observed. 



POINSETT COUNTY. 



The topogi-aphy of this county is throughout similar in every respect 

 to that of Craighead county which lies immediately north of it. It 

 has the same dividing ridge, the same low flat belt and the same bound- 

 ing streams. 



TVltON/.A STATKIN. 



This is a mere siding about 1 mile east of the point where the Kan- 

 sas City, Springfield, and Memphis railroad crosses the Tyronza river, 

 constructed as a means of access to a large anil \aluable gravel bed 

 underlying the sandy ridge, which is something less than a mile wide 

 at this point and between 3 and 4 miles long. Although the sunimit of 

 this ridge is from 10 to 15 feet above the swanij) around it, only the 

 tops of the larger and higher ancient mounds upon it remain above 

 the water iluring the heavy overflows of the Mississipjji river. Fig. 

 112 shows the relative positions of the mounds and their relation to 

 the railroad. 



The following list gives the numbers, the shajie, diameter at the 

 base, and the height of each of the mounds shown in the figure and 

 remarks in regard to the contents of those explored. 



