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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



the east and west 108 feet. It has been explored by Mr. Charles Artes, 

 who has made a study of the archeology of this region. He found it 

 to be composed throughout of sandy soil, with no relics or burials 

 except one stone cist near the southern edge, in which nothing was 

 discovered. 



Mound D (the smallest of the group) lies 425 feet S. 40° W. of A, is 

 75 feet in diameter and similar in form and construction to B and C. 

 It has also been explored by Mr. Artes, who found near the center a 

 stone cist 3 feet square containing thirteen skulls. Twelve of these 

 were arranged in a circle near the sides of the cist, while the other was 



lying in the center with two thigh bones 

 resting by it. Xo other bones were found. 

 Nine hundred and sixty-five feet N. 51*0 

 W. of the large mound is a flat-topped 

 circiilar mound (E), .338 feet in circumfer- 

 ence at the base. The diameters across 

 the level top north and south and east 

 and west are respectively Gl and 52 feet. 

 It is about 12 feet high. 



Undoubtedly the finest mound of the 

 group (F) is situated 1.480 feet S. 56° W. 

 of A. It is a flat-topped circular struc- 

 ture about 15 feet high and very symmet- 

 rical. Tlie slope is nearty the same on all 

 sides. The circumference at the base is 

 550 feet, while the diameters of the top 

 ai-e 98 feet north and south and 100 feet 

 east and west. On the southwest there 

 is a depression in the slope of the side, 

 resembling an indented or depressed 

 graded way, but whether it was origi- 

 nally so or is of modern origin can not 

 well be ascertained. The toj) of the mound 

 has been used as a cemetery by the whites 

 who have owned it. On the southern side 

 stands an oak tree 4 feet 3 inches iti diameter. The field surrounding 

 this mound is subject to overflow during very high water. 



An inclosing embankment or surrounding wall may be traced from 

 mound C in a circular direction around to the eastern extremity of the 

 bluff skirting the field in which mounds A, B, C, and D are situated. 

 This, as will be seen by reference to the figure, includes A, B, and D, 

 but does not inclose mounds E and E. In width it vai'ies from 15 to 25 

 feet. Its height, in places where least disturbed, is from 3 to 5 feet on 

 the west and north and from 4 to 8 feet on the east. The length of the 

 entire wall is 2,600 feet. At a distance of 1,400 feet from mound C, 

 following the line of the embankment, and 1)00 feet northeast of the 



Fio. 339 Plat of large mound, Angel 



group. 



