488 



MOUND KXPLORATIONS. 



patiou. Xunieroiis fragments of pottery similar in texture, fabrication, 

 and ornamental features to those found in the mound bestrew the 

 plowed ground. These were iuterniingled with the valves of mussel 

 shells, pitted stones, shell disks, humau bones, arrowheads, pieces of 



perforated stone gorgets, and a 



large 



quantity of chipped flint. 



Specimens of all were collected and forwarded to Washington with the 

 relics taken from the mound. 



TIIK SEir WOKKS. 



A resurvey, so far as possible, was made of the square of this group, 

 the position of the south wall, wliich is now obliterated, being assumed. 

 . Station «, or beginning point of the siu-vey,is in the noi-thern gate- 

 way or passageway into the circle; h is at the northeast corner; c, in 

 the middle gateway of the eastern wall; d, at the southeast corner; e, 

 middle point of the assumed south wall; /', the southwest corner; </, 

 middle gateway of western wall; h, northwest corner. The center 

 line of the walls was followed and the points Av^here these lines crossed 

 were taken as the corners. As the sides are straight the middle station 

 is at the exact half-way point of each line. The result of the survey is 

 as follows : 



CHECK LINES. 



It will be noticed that the eastern and western sides are 60 feet 

 longer than given in Ancient ^Monuments. The southeastern and 

 southwestern corners, which ai'C now oljliterated, were placed back to 

 correspond witji the ratio of the lines in Messrs. Squier and Davis's fig- 

 ure. The length of the walls from corner to corner, according to these 

 authors, was 1,080 feet. This distance, measuring from the northern 

 corner h and &, will throw the south line wholly in the " thoroughfare" 

 or washout showm in their figure. This resurvey, therefore, is to be ac- 

 cepted as reliable only so far as it relates to the northern wall, and the 



' Anc.Mon., No.2, PI. XXI. 



