228 MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



this black loam. Some large tree.s are growing on these sites, one a 

 poplar (tulip tree^' 3feet in diameter and 100 feet liigb. 



The other squares have been more or less obliterated by a roadway 

 made through them. Some years ago a large oak on one of them M'as 

 blown down, revealing the bones of a skeleton, some pottery, and a i)ipe. 



Near by is a mound 10 feet high, oblong in shape and ilat on top, the 

 ■width of the upper surface 'Mi feet. It consisted of three strata, the 

 first or top layer of soil about 10 inches thick ; next a layer of yellow 

 clay 1 foot thick, and the remainder, to the bottom, white clay. No 

 relics or evidences of its having been used for burial purposes were 



observed. 



crook's mocnu. 



This is situated on the farm of Capt. W. J. Orook, 10 miles southeast 

 of Forest city and near the bank of Tunic creek. It is oval in form, 

 408 feet long, 150 feet Avide, and 15 feet high, flat on top. 



Thorough examination was not allowed by the owner, as it is the 

 only retreat for his farm stock in time of high water. Three small pits 

 revealed the fact that the first or top layer of loam was about 1 foot 

 thick ; next below this a layer of ashes of variable depth ; the remainder, 

 to the base, consisted of clay. It had been very deeply plowed and a 

 skeleton or two and some pots taken out. 



LAKE AXDEBSON MOUNDS. 



This group of mounds is on the bank of Lake Anderson or Mud lake, 

 some 2 miles northeast of Forest city. The largest one is oblong in 

 form, flat on top, with unusually steep sides; height, 12 feet; width on 

 top, 30 feet. Permission to excavate it was refu-ed because of the own- 

 er's wish to utilize it in times of freshets. Two small circular mounds 

 on the immediate bank of the lake were composed of loam, clay, ashes, 

 and burnt, brick-like material, mingled in a confused mass by the tramp- 

 ing of cattle in times of high water. 



A short distance from these were patches of burnt clay, slightly 

 raised above the natural surface of the ground. But they had been so 

 badly cut up by the passage of vehicles, the public road crossing di- 

 rectly over them, that nothing satisfactory could be ascertained in 

 reference to their original form or condition. 



REMAINS ON THE ROBERT ANDERSON FARM. 



These are on the bank of the St. Francis river, 2 miles northeast of 

 those last mentioned. 



At this place, on the immediate bank of the St. Francis river, is a 

 projecting point, which was formerly much larger, but has been cut 

 away by the river until but a few feet of the projecting jjortion remain. 

 During this process of wearing away, many skeletons, much pottery, 

 and numerous stone implements have been washed out. The point now 



'In the South the name " poplar " is universally applied to the tnlip tiee—IArioiendron tulipifera. 



