NORTH CAROLINA. 



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TIIK ALEXAN1>KK MOUNDS. 



No. 1 i.s ou till' farm of Mr. J. B. Alexandei-, on the same creek, 

 but '2 iiiiles above tlie one last mentioned. It is ou an elevated level 

 one-fourth of a mile from the creek, in an old field which has been 

 plowed over for sixty years. At the time explored it was only 2 feet 

 high at the highest point and but '.W feet in diameter. The old settlers 

 say it was formerly considerably higher, and that there was a ridge or 

 raised roadway 200 feet long, running from it ilirectly toward the creek. 

 This is represented at present only by a line of red clay. It was 

 entirely removed without finding any specimens or any indications of 

 burial, but after reaching the natural surface of the ground a circu- 



FlG. 227. — IJoyus artii-les, Haywnod toimty. North Caroliujt. 



lar pit, 12 feet in diameter, was discovered, which had been dug to the 

 depth of 4 feet in the original red clay. This was filled to the top 

 with ashes and cliarcoal, but no traces of bones could be discovered, 

 though careful search was nmde for them. The mound was composed 

 entirely of red clay. 



No. 2, half a mile from No. 1, diameter 52 feet, height 9 feet and hemi- 

 spherical in form, was covered with trees some of which were IS inches 

 in diameter. 



This mound was composed of three layers: a top stratum of red clay 

 between 3 and 4 feet thick, next a layer of charcoal about 3 inches 

 thick, running entirely aci'oss from side to side and following the curve 



