OBJECTS OF STONE FROM TENNESSEE. 



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MOUND AT NILES' FERRY. 



Ou the farm of J. W. Niles, at this point, is a large mound that has 

 the appearance of a Creek or Cherokee ball-ground. It was flat on the 

 top, and had an area of ia acres. The height was 15 feet. In outline 

 it was somewhat triangular. This mound was also constructed of clay, 

 and contained nothing of interest. In the fields, near by, human bones, 

 pottery, stone implements, beads, etc., are frequently plowed up. 

 From this locality the following specimens were collected: 

 62957. Arrow heads and knives of gray and black chalcedony. 

 62055. Uu worked Unio shells. 

 62956. A number of shell beads of usual size and form. 



HOUNDS NEAR PAINT ROCK FERRY. 



About three hundred yards from the Tennessee River, at Paint Rock 

 Ferry, is a large mound 40 feet in height, and covering an area of about 

 about two acres. 



Permission could not be obtained to open the mound, on account of 

 the crop of corn that covered it. Near its base, on opposite sides, were 

 two smaller mounds. One of these was 5 feet high and 10 in diam- 

 eter, and contained a stone grave. The body which it contained had 

 been laid on the ground and covered a foot deep with earth. A flat 

 rock had been laid upon this, and slabs of limestone set on edge all 

 around. The inclosed space was 4 feet in width by 5 in length. 

 Earth had been used to cover the cist and form the mound. 



About this mound were scattered many slabs of stone which had been 

 plowed up during previous years; and it is stated that human bones 

 and various objects of art have, at different times, been brought to 

 light. 



A short distance from the large mound, and near the river bank, is 

 another mound on which a barn has been built, 



Several hundred yards from the river, in a meadow, is a third mound, 

 less than half as large as that first mentioned. The owner would not 

 allow it to be disturbed. Still another mound, near by, was oval in 

 outline, 28 feet long, by 20 wide, and 12 high. It was composed of clay 

 and contained nothing but a few pieces of pottery. 



62939, 62940, 02945. Fragments of pottery from the mounds at Paint 

 Rock Ferry. 



OBJECTS OP SHELL. 



Fig. 136. 



Fig. 137. 



