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with tlie head south ami the otlier with the head west. On tlie breast 

 of the smaller, Avhichwas that of a child, lay a small shell gorget; with 

 the other were several bone implements. The mound throughout was 

 composed of sand mixed with ashes. 



The other mound, some 400 yards southwest of the first, is about GO 

 feet in diameter and 8 feet high. The first two feet from the top were 

 chiefly sand, the remainder, to the bottom, clay. Xo ashes, coals, ves- 

 tiges of art, or bones were found in it. 



OLD FOUT JACKSON WORKS. 



These are also near the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers 

 and mark the site of one of the oldest Creek towns of which we have 

 any account. It is also the site of a victory gained by Gen. Jackson 

 over these Indians. It was here that the old French fort, Toulouse, 

 stood. After its abandonment and decay. Fort Jackson was built on 

 the same spot. The banks of both rivers are caving in rapidly, so that 

 now the space between them does not exceed 300 yards; in fact, most 

 of the site of the fort has been washed away. The mound still remains 

 and also some of the old house sites, supposed to be the -work of the 

 Creek Indians. 



The earth to the north, south, and east of the mound was found upon 

 examination to be full of fire- beds or remains of houses, and the same was 

 probably true of the western area, which has been washed away. 



At the west end the mound is 125 feet across and nearly or qiiite 45 

 feet high ; the east side is hnver, and has a long slope extending about 

 05 feet to theliase. It has been examined at various times by curiosity- 

 hunters, and several articles of Eurojiean manufacture obtained. As 

 the owner was absent during the visit of the Bureau agent, permission 

 to make further exploration in it was refused. 



To the southeast and north is a field of three acres, which has been 

 cultivated for many years and is thickly strewn over with fragments of 

 pottery, charcoal, pieces of human bones, mussel shells, and fragments 

 of burnt clay, evidently turned up from the fire beds or house remains 

 which lie below the surface. A few, however, were discovered which 

 lay below the reach of the plow. One of these was found undis- 

 turbed at the depth of 3 feet below the surface. Here was a much de- 

 cayed skeleton lying at full length with the head toward the west; and 

 by it stood a large earthen pot, in which were a few shell beads, and 

 a mussel shell. A quautitj- of ashes also lay near the head. At 

 another point, '2 feet below the surface, probably marking the site of 

 another house, there was a layer of ashes 1 foot thick, in and near which 

 were fragments of pottery, animal bones (deer and fish), and mussel 

 shells. Another of these remains, at the depth of 3 feet, was marked 

 by a similar i>ile of ashes, by which lay a skeleton with the head toward 

 the east. Near it was a brass kettle containing glass beads, brass 

 buckles, brass rings made from wire, and bell buttons. Another, one 



