TENNESSEE. 



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Tlie inouuds at iiiul about the point where the Little Tennessee joins 

 the Ilolston consist, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 270, of some 

 three or four minor groups and several single mounds. These (with 

 the exception of those on the point of Lenoir's island, which are num- 

 bered separately) are numbered consecutively from 1 to 1(!. Although 



these mounds are indicated on PI. xxv, the groups are not numbered 

 there, as the locations compared with Fig. 27G will serve to identify 

 them. 



The island c(mtains about 200 acres, and its surface, which is level, 

 is about 15 ieet above the ordinary stage of the river. The banks are 

 steep and have heavy timber and much cane growing along them. On 

 the northern or lower end are two mounds. Ko. 1, which was found to 

 be very symmetrical, the base almost au exact circle 100 feet in diameter 

 and 6J feet high, was thoroughly worked over. In it were found four- 



