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MOUND EXPLOKATTONS. 



Immod lately below this skeletons began to appear and eontkiued to be 

 found until a depth of 5 feet was reached; below this depth there were no 

 more indications of burial. Wlien the bottom was readied it was seen 

 that a ditch had been dug in the original soil 1 foot deep and 2i feet wide, 

 running east and west and traceable for 12 or 13 feet. At two points, 

 as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 241, were lateral extensions run- 

 ning ott' at right angles on each side; these could be traced only for a dis- 

 tance of 4 or 5 feet. Fourteen skeletons were discovered, none of which 



were at a greater depth than 5 

 feet, and all were below the layer 

 of burned clay, which did not ap- 

 pear to have been disturbed. All 

 of these skeletons were lying hori- 

 zontally on their backs, at full 

 length, and the head.s of all, ex- 

 cept that of No. 1, toward the 

 north, as indicated in the figure, 

 which shows the respective posi- 

 tions of the skeletons and the 

 ditch below. With skeleton No. 

 1 were two relics, a fine spear- 

 head and a soapstone pipe ; with 

 No. 5, a fine polished celt and. 

 two small discoidal stones; with 

 No. 12, a singular stone tube, 

 some small arrowheads, one dis- 

 coidal stone, and a beaver's tooth. 

 All the specimens were found about the heads of the skeletons. 



On the farm of Mr. R. H. Evans, 6 miles below Long island tmd 2 

 miles above the Hagler farm, are seven mounds, and 4 miles further 

 down, on the lands of Mr. (1. B. Johnson, five. 



Firi.241. 



-Diagram of the Hagler iiinmul, Iloane 

 coiiuty, Tennessee. 



MOUNDS ANll ANCIENT CEMKTKIiV OX THK I.KE EAU.M. 



The farm of Mr. M. (r. Lee, lying on the north side of Clinch river, 

 about 14 miles above Kingston, contains about 1,200 acres, mostly 

 beautiful level land, denominated here " first and second bottoms." 

 The west side of this extensive farm is bounded in part by White Oak 

 creek. A mile above the mouth of the creek the land is considerably 

 higher along the river bank than it is farther back. This ridge or high 

 ground rises somewhat as it nears the point where the creek enters 

 the I'iver. In times of high water the river breaks around the upper 

 end of the high ground and Hows back of it until it reaches the creek, 

 but in April, 1886, the water rose to an unprecedented height and swept 

 entirely over this higher ground, washing oft' the sandy soil in some 

 places to the depth of several feet, exposing a number of graves and 

 showing that here was an ancient cemetery. 



