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of the platform is about 140 feet, the greatest width 100 feet, and the 

 height 5 feet. The height of the upper mound, which is on the smaller 

 end of the platform, is 7 feet, the diameter of the flattened top 30 feet. 

 Its western slope is continuous with that of the platform. Tlie figure 

 shows the ground plan and the section through a b. The upper inound 

 has been considerably torn up by treasure hunters, but scattered over 

 the top was a large ([uantity of burnt clay, much of which bore the 

 impression of a stamp made apparently of split cane. ' A trench length- 

 wise through the platform showed that the top layer consisted of 

 4 feet of red, sandy soil, evidently taken from the surface of the sur- 

 rounding field; the remainder, to the original surface of the ground, of 

 pure river sand. The upper mound was composed of sandy soil down 

 to the platform, and hence it is reasonable to conclude that it was 

 built at the same time the upper layer was placed on the platform. No 

 bones, ashes, charcoal, or vestiges of art were observed in any part. 



No. 3 is a circular mound, about 110 feet in diameter at the base and 

 60 feet across the top, which is flat; height, 8 feet. A trench across it 

 through the center showed that it was constructed of sandy soil from 

 the surrounding field. In the central portion, about half way down, 

 was a layer of clear river sand 3 inches thick and about 5 feet in 

 diameter. Nothing else was found in it. 



GEORGIA. 



The ancient works of this state, so far as known and examined, have 

 been so thoroughly and ably described by Col. C. G. Jones, in his 

 "Antiquities of the Southern Indians" and in his other works, that it is 

 unnecessary to allude to any except such as received special attention 

 by the Bureau of Ethnology. 



BARTOW COUNTY. 



ETOWAH GROUP. 



This deservedly celebrated group, situated close to the north bank of 

 Etowah river, on the farm of Mr. G. H. Tumlin, 3 miles southeast of 

 Cartersville, has been repeatedly described and figured ; in fact, as I 

 shall attempt hereafter to show, there is good reason for believing that 

 it includes one of the mounds specially mentioned by the chroniclers of 

 De Soto's exjiedition. 



As the group, its several works, and the relics which have been 

 found in and about the mounds are of great archeological interest, and 

 possibly furnish the key to some troublesome historical questions and 

 archeological puzzles, I will give in this connection some of the descrip- 

 tions by other writers, that the reader may have all the facts before 

 him and thus be enabled to draw his own conclusions in reference to the 

 questions which are suggested by these remains. 



