A. Bigelow on Mounds on the Tensaw River. 191 
aman in a sitting posture and so constructed as to form a pipe, 
the smoke issuing by small holes from the mouth and nose, was 
found here. 
‘ting of small masses of mud and loam as if promiscuously thrown 
together, Very few shells are on them or beneath the surface ; 
I found a few Gnathodon and oyster shells, 
‘Thé trees in the surrounding swamp are comparatively young, 
and there is no a rance of a former growth. The newer part 
Case, a view of a wide region could be had from the high mound, 
and every approach observed. If the forest then existed, I do 
Not see how the ditch EE could have been excavated with 
mock, a higher and firmer land on the east side of the Ten- 
“aw five miles above the bay, are some large rectangular mounds, 
4nd also some ridges extending from a creek to the river. These 
el 8reater age, since very large trees are growing upon them. 
“Heir height is not over five or six feet. 
