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took no other notes than the courses and distances of the mounds from 

 one to another and from the river. 



From a, opposite thenioutb of the Tellico river, to h, on the uortli bunk of the Lit- 

 tle Tennessee, N. 3i5° W., 300 feet. 



From i to mound No. 1, N. 30^ E., 410 feet. 



From mound No. 1 to mound No. 2, S. 74° E., 1,200 feet (paced). 



From mound No. 2 to mound No. 3, S. 75° E., 550 feet. 



This group is No. 11 on the phit given in PI. xxv. 



Two miles below the preceding-, on tlie south side of tlie river, is a 

 group of tliree mounds, shown in Fig. 270. No. 1, conical, 53 feet in 

 diameter and 5 feet high, 

 and No. 3, similar but 

 somewhat larger, were 

 excavated and found to 

 consist of hard, yellow 

 clay. In the former a few 

 fragments of human bones 

 were found, and in the lat- 

 ter two skeletons. Partly 

 on the land about the 

 mound and partly on the 

 island are the indications 

 of a former village. Tliis 

 is the site of Timberlake's 

 Mialaquo, and is the group 

 marked 10 on PI. xxv. 



It is necessary now to notice some other groups in Monroe county 

 before continuing our course down the river, as the next group in this 

 direction is in Loudon county. 



Fia. 270.— Grou]) 2 mihi.s ti4ow Niles'e forry. 



MOUND.S IN TEI.I.ICO PLAIN.S. 



These, twelve in number, are located along the Tellico river in the ex- 

 treme southern part of the county, in the little basin-like valley known as 

 Tellico plains. Mound No. 11, on a high ridge on the east side of the 

 river, measured 40 feet in diameter and feet high. It was comjiosed 

 of the following strata: First, lielow the thin stratum of vegetable 

 mold and decayed leaves, was a layer of red clay to the depth of 3 feet; 

 next, a layer of dark earth varying in thickness from inches to 1 foot, 

 but conforming to the curves of the mound. In this dark earth were 

 small deposits of sand and gravel, which were probably brought from 

 the river, each deposit being about a load for one person. Below this 

 dark stratum was another layer of clay, reaching to and resting upon 

 the original surface of the ground. In this, next to the original sur- 

 face, were two large lines of rotten wood, evidently the remains of two 

 logs. These were 8 or 9 feet long, lying parallel to one another, and G 

 feet apart. Between tliem, also resting on the original surface of the 



