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iiiouud had been raised. Tuniiug now Id Prof. Putuiim'.s aceouiit of 

 his exploration of the mounds and graves near Nashville, we And this 

 statement: 



The exaiuiujition iil tlii' uiouiuls at (ireeiiwood uear Lebauoii, which were inside 

 au earth embaukment inclosing an area of several acres, proves conclusively that 

 in this case (aud by inference in all similar earthworks, of which several have been 

 desi-ribed in the State) the earthwork with its ditch was the remnant of a pro- 

 tecting wall abont a village, inside which the houses of the people were built aud 

 their dead buried; also that the large mounds similar to the one in this iuclosure 

 (which is 1.5 feet high by about 150 feet in diaini-ter) were for some purpose, other 

 than that of burial, possibly conueited with the religious rites or superstitions 

 of the people, or the erection of a particiihir building, as shown by the fact that 

 before this large mound was eri'Cted a very extensive fire had been liuilt upon the 

 surfai'e over which tlie mound was raised, while the remains of burnt bones and 

 other evidences of a feast were aiiparent; also from the remains of a stake of red 

 cedar. Again, after the mounds luul been erecti-d to the height of seven feet, another 

 similar and extensive fire had existed, leaving the same evidences of l>urnt bomw, 

 etc., with the addition of burnt corncobs. The mound had then been completed and 

 my removal of probably about one-third of it did not reveal any evidence of its having 

 been used for burial or for an ordinary dwelling, though it is very likely to have 

 been the location of some important building, and the extensive fires, which had 

 twice nearly covered its whole area might have been owing to the destruction of 

 such a building by fire. 



The houses of the people were circular in outline, from tifteen to forty feet in 

 diameter, and probably made entirely of poles covered with uuid, mats, or skins, as 

 their decay has left simply a ring of rich black earth, mixed with refuse consisting 

 of bones, broken pottery, et<.' 



The close resemblance between the works in thetwoi)]aces, evendown 

 to details, seems to leave no doubt that they were madeby oneand the 

 same people. 



Bnt the resemblance does not sto]i here. Near the center of the large 

 monnd on the Linn place, at the depth of about 3 feet, I found a broad, 

 flat rock about 20 inches long by 12 wide. Prof. Putnam also found 

 three similar .slabs at a like depth in the large mound he opened.' In 

 the stone grave mound he also found "an ornament of very thin copper, 

 which was originally circular aud with a corrugated surface." ^ Mr. 

 Earle also found fragments of very thin copper with a corrugated sur- 

 face, or, as he correctly describes them, ''raised lines," in the mound on 

 Mill creek. 



Lest it be said that there is no proof that the mounds on the Linn 

 place had any connection with the graves in the Mill creek mound, as 

 the two were some 4 miles apart, attention is called to Mr. Perrine's 

 statement in the Smithsonian Eeportfor the year 1872.'' Although our 

 measurements differ materially, his figures being simply estimates, yet 

 I know from his own .statement to me, from personal examination and the 

 description he gives, that he refers to the works on the Linn place. In 

 one of the mounds of this group (the one outside of the inclosure) lie 



iKlevclitli Report Pealindv Musinui, vul. it. p. 21):".. niiid.. 341. »Ibid..343. » Pp. 418-419. 



