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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



by the French to protect a trading post. As coulirniatoiy of this 

 theory there is a ridge near by on whicli are found the indications of 

 houses such as were built by the whites. 



Fig. 144 Mound No. 3, Old Town vrorka. 



Trees a foot througli were cut ft'om it twenty-two years ago; but Dr. 

 Palmer was informed by Mr. Bezzell, who lives near by, that thirty-six 

 years ago the trees now growing on the new-made lands along the river 

 some of which are 3 feet in diameter, were small saplings. 



Fig. 145. — Ground plan and elevation of the Barney mound, Phillipa county, Arkansas. 



The fort is square, measuring 150 yards from side to side. On the 

 west side extends a graded or covered pathway a distance of 250 yards, 

 ending near the former bank of the river. The lieight of the wall of tlie* 

 fort is at present 4 feet. In one corner, as shown in the figure, is a hole 

 6 feet deep supposed to be the site of the magazine. 



