CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, LOWER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. 269 
sidering that it lay with the bones of a child, where careful search showed no other 
bones to be near, was a smoking-pipe of earthenware, of the usual type of this 
region as to form, but of considerably better ware than is looked for in this part of 
Ғіс. 18.—Pipe of earthenware. Mound on Watters’ Plantation. (Height 4.12 inches.) 
the country when pipes are concerned. The only decoration is an incised, encircling 
line around the bowl (Fig. 18). Within the pipe was a small, neatly-made fish- 
hook of bone. 
MOUND BELOW HORSE Creek, CuocrAw County. 
Another plantation owned by Mr. J. A. Watters is on the west side of the 
river, about 174 miles by water from Mobile. The plantation, not in the neighbor- 
hood of any particular landing, is about one-half mile below the mouth of Horse 
creek, which enters the river, however, on the opposite, or eastern, side, in Marengo 
county. 
The mound, in a cultivated field, though itself showing no sign of the plough, 
within 30 yards of the river and parallel with it, is a fine example of a small domi- 
ciliary mound, being perfectly square with a flat summit plateau. The diameter of 
the base is 62 feet; that of the summit plateau, 44 feet. The height is 4 feet 9 
inches. 
Although it was evident from the shape of the mound that it was constructed 
for domiciliary purposes, yet to assure ourselves and to detect any surface burials, 
a considerable part of the mound was dug away. No bone or artifact was encountered. 
