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MOUNU EXPLORATIONS. 



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This work, a sketch of which is yiveii in Fig. liil, is sitnated on the 

 farm of ISIr. George Hughes, 3 miles southwest of Bentou and within 

 100 yards of Saline river, though the bank was formerly within 50 feet 

 of it. Some low mounds, probably house sites, formerly surrounded it, 

 but they have been removed. In these were skeletons, potteiy and 

 stone implements under ashes and burnt clay. 





The large work yet remaining consists of two parts, the mound 

 proper, which is somewhat circular and a wing or extension on one side. 

 The former is :.'."> feet high, flat on top, 124 feet in diameter at the base 

 and 34 on the top. The wing, which runs northeast, is about 120 feet 

 long, 80 teet broad at the point where it joins the mound and .">4 at the 

 northeast end, the height varying from 10 to 12 feet. 



