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the surface. Tlie two iKirthernmost ran down ])erpendicularly 4^ feet, 

 and at the base of the southernmost, 5 feet deep, was a pile of burnt 

 corncobs IJ feet in dianieter and 3 inches deep. Other smaller piles 

 of these charred corncobs were found here and there through the mound 

 at various depths, the deepest*being 8 feet. No other feature of inter- 

 est could be discovered in connection with them. West of the northern 

 post hole, near its base, had been placed a small rude pot of the texture 

 similar to the fragments found in the vicinity. It was found crushed 

 in completely, with a few black coals and conch shells within it. 

 Four feet to the northeast of this, on the same level, lay a iiile of six- 

 teen shells (N. ]\1. 135703). Two small pieces of human bones were 

 also found in the vicinity. 



Twenty five feet south of the center, at a depth of 5 feet, a large flre- 

 bed resting on sand was encounteied, directly beneath which, in vertical 

 succession, were three others, the lowermost being 8i feet deep. A pile 

 of charred corncobs and a pile of shells were found adjoining these 

 hearths on the north at the depth of <! feet. All the shells found thus 

 in piles in this mound were of the same kind and uniform in size. In 

 the earth directly over these fire-beds were found a piece of jjerforated 

 sheet copper (N. M. 135761) and a broken pipe (N. M. 135759). Forty- 

 two feet east of the center, at a depth of -t feet, four post holes were in 

 a line north and south, but they could not be traced deeper than from a 

 foot to a foot and a half. Immediately l)elow the center, 9 feet deep, 

 there w'as a pile of wood ashes mixed with black coals, l.J feet in 

 diameter. Near by lay a small pottery disk and a small piece of bone 

 fi'om a human arm. 



MrDdWELI, MOUND N(i. 2. 



This is a small mound lying about 30 rods northeast of th(^ one last 

 described. It has been so materially reduced by the plow and the fre- 

 quent floods of the river that it is at present only 2 feet high. A trench 

 was carried through it north and south, i feet deep and 11 feet wide, but 

 nothi ng was foirnd except the remains of a perpendicular post, 1 foot in 

 diameter, a little to the south of the center. The post was indicated by 

 the charcoal in the mold and about 2 feet of decayed wood at the bot- 

 tom. It appeared to be either of cottonwood or sassafras. Scattered 

 promiscuously through the earth of tliis mound were fragments of pot- 

 tery similar to that taken from mound No. 1. A small discoidal stone 

 was found. 



FLORIDA. 



Some work was done in this state by Mr. Rogan, but nothing deemed 

 worthy of notice was observed except the construction and contents of 

 two mounds, which are briefly described as follows : 



The Job Smith mound, situated in the extreme southern part of 

 Alachua county and 1 mile north of Watcahootee, on cleared hummock 



