460 COLLECTIONS OF 1831. 



62879. A perforated tablet, made of gray, chloritic schist, 2| inches 



long' by li inches broad, illustrated iu Fig. 134. The sides 

 are notched in a way that gives a dumbbell like outline. 

 The ends are almost square. Series of notches have been 

 cut in the terminal edges. On one of the lateral margins 

 rude notches and zigzag lines have been engraved. In the 

 middle of the plate there is a circular perforation one-fourth 

 of an inch in diameter. Midway between this and the ends 

 are two other perforations, one being circular and one eighth 

 of an inch in diameter, and the other lozenge or diamond 

 shaped and nearly one-fourth of an inch in width. These 

 show no evidence of wear. The surface is uneven, though 

 somewhat polished. It has probably been used for straight- 

 ening arrow shafts and shaping strings. 



62880. Fragment of a perforated tablet carved from gray slate. It has 



been broken transversely near the middle, through a perfor- 

 ation which has been about one-eighth of an inch in diam- 

 eter. The remnant is 2 inches in length and 1£ inches in 

 width at the perforation. One side is plain, the other has a 

 design of plain and zigzag lines. The edges are beveled aud 

 notched. See Fig. 135. 



VICINITY OF KINGSTON. 



On the farm of Mr. M. Biss, three miles from Kingston, on the Tennes- 

 see River, a mound was opened which was so located as to overlook the 

 river, and at the same time guard the approach from two pieces of pro- 

 jecting wood. It was 11 feet high, 29 feet wide on the top, and 45 feet 

 in diameter at the base. It was composed entirely of clay. 



Three feet from the surface six very much decayed skeletons were 

 found, no parts of which could be preserved. The bodies seem to have 

 been deposited without definite order. 



No objects of art were obtained. 



Opposite Kingston, on the Clinch River, are three mounds, located on 

 the farm of T. N. Clark. They are all small, and, with the exception of 

 two much decayed skeletons and a single arrow point, contained nothing 

 of interest. 



On the farm of S. P. Evans, three miles below Kingston, are three 

 groups of mounds. The first contains five mounds; the second, a little 

 higher up, has the same number, while the third has but two. They 

 are all built of clay, and seem to be without remains of any sort. 



