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One oil Sec. 35, T. 12 X., 11. 2 K., conical, 3.5 feet in diameter ami 4 

 feet high, was situated on low wet land. Two folded skeletons occurred 

 at the depth of 2 feet, and the usual amount of fragments of pottery, 

 shells, coals, etc. 



One in S W. J Sec. 26, T. 12 N., R. 2 E., 75 feet in diameter, U feet high, 

 circular and' nearly fiat on top. Near the center, at a depth of 2^ feet, 

 lay a bed of ashes covering an area about 5 feet in diameter. A lit- 

 tle to the north of this bed, at the same depth, were four folded skele- 

 tons, without order as to direction, and a little north of them another 

 fire bed, to the right of which at the depth of 3 feet, was another skele- 

 ton, lying at full length, head west. Shells, stones, bones, fragments 

 of pottery, etc., wefe scattered through it. 



One near the preceding, 25 feet in diameter and nearly 3 feet high, 

 composed of dark brown loam, similar to the soil around it, contained 

 only the usual mixture of shells, coals, ashes, etc. This and the one 

 preceding it are subject to overflow, and like many of the others, prob- 

 ably most of the low circular ones were house sites. 



A conical and unusually steep mound on the SW. ^ Sec. 32, T. 11 N., 

 R. 4 E., which had been partially explored, was examined. It was com- 

 posed of the sandy soil of the bottom lilnd on which it stands, and 

 covered with a layer of dark vegetable mold, about 9 inches thick. Two 

 large poplars (tulip trees), each about 3 feet in diameter, stand on the 

 northern slope. A folded skeleton, accompanied by three clay pots, 

 was found near the apex at a depth, of I foot under an old stump, and 

 another at the depth of 9 inches, accompanied by three pots. Burned 

 human bones occurred at three points, two at a depth of 2 feet and 

 one at the depth of 5. feet. Fragments of pottery, stones, and mussel 

 shells were scattered through the earth. In the center, at the base, was 

 a hard layer of sand, several feet in extent and 2 feet deep. Under it 

 lay five folded skeletons, all j)laced in the -same direction. 



A third mound in the same locality, about 200 yards from the last 

 and .similar in form and size, was partially explored. A badly decayed 

 skeleton, with head west and accompanied by a small water Jug, was 

 discovered at a depth of IS inches, and another at a depth of 2 feet, by 

 which stood a pot and bowl. Another pot and another bowl were also 

 found. 



MISSISSIPPI COUNTY. 



This county, wliicli is bounded on the east by the Mississippi river 

 and on the west by the Tyronza and Little rivers, is low and fiat 

 throughout, and the northern, middle, and western portions much cut 

 up by lakes, bayous, and cypress swamps. 



PECAN POINT. 



This is one of the most elevated points which the Mississippi, in its 

 many bends and windings, has left as a part of its west bank along 



