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mounds standing on the lowland and one. a large conical structure, 

 on the hluff to the east. It is said that until a few years ago, at the 

 time of the construction of several railroad embankments, five mounds 

 extended in a row southward from the one now remaining nearest 

 the bluffs, consequently these, together with the five now remaining, 

 formed an inclosure quite similar to the north group. Northward 

 from the main cluster or inclosure, are two detached mounds, both 

 large and prominent. The group as a whole and as it originally stood, 

 must have been as interesting and imposing as either the north or 



Fig. 108. — Village site and mounds at Bixby, with bluffs beyond. 



west groups as already described, and all were probably of equal 

 importance to their builders. 



Unfortunately, the majority of the remaining units of the group 

 have been greatly reduced and modified by the plow and consec^uently 

 it is not possible to determine their original size or form. However, it 

 is evident the second mound from the south, on the west near the 

 Mississippi, was rectangular and quite large. It appears to have been 

 oriented with its sides facing the cardinal points, as were the units of 

 the other groups, including the great mound. At the present time 

 it is worn down by long-continued cultivation and now measures about 

 12 feet in height, with a diameter of 200 feet. A photograph looking 

 eastward from the summit of this work is reproduced in figure 108. 



