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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



a remnant of what it was, the overflow and wasli of the St. Francis 

 river having Avorn away a considerable portion of it. The length at 

 present is 150 feet, greatest width 75, and height G feet, the top flat. 

 On this were two small mounds shown at a and h, each about 2i'> feet 

 in diameter and 2 feet high. Trenches 20 feet wide were dug through 



Fig. 125.— Plat of Taylor Shanty group, Poinsitt county, Arkansas. 



these small mounds to the depth of 5 feet. In that (e d) running 

 through the little mound (i, seven skeleton^ of adults Vere i'ouiid, all 

 extended and lying on their backs, and with each (save two) were two 

 eartheu vessels lying near the skulls, in most cases a bowl and jar. 

 With one of the exceptional cases was one vessel; with the other, three. 

 At-ont' i)oiiit two skeletons were lying close together side by side, but 



