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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



Three other similar mounds were seen in the woods but uot excavated. 



Fig-. 115 is a representation of tlie faee of tlie cut made by the lail- 



road in tlie gravel pit; or, in other words, a vertical section of the ridjje 



to the dex>th of from 5 to G feet below the normal surface; also of the 



mounds on the line of the section. The length of the section shown in 





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the figure is 1,100 feet. The heights, distances, and in fact all the fig- 

 ures given are from actual careful measurements. 



It will be seen from this, that not only were the mounds occupied as 

 dwelling sites, but that the entire ridge, so far as the cut for the rail- 

 road extends, and to the depth of from 2 to 3 feet, has, scattered 

 thr<mgh it, burnt clay beds which in Arkansas are sure marks of house 

 sites. The short, heavy, black, horizontal dashes mark the locations of 



