MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION IN FLORIDA. 301 
erty of Messrs. Н. М. Pfann & Co., of Campbell, Fla. It is circular іп outline, 5 
feet 4 inches in height and 65 feet across the base. It has been dug into to so 
creat an extent that after slight excavation it was abandoned by us. Various frag- 
ments of human bones were met with, and a number of sherds of very inferior 
ware, all undecorated save one upon which was a certain amount of red pigment. 
In addition, a single bead of blue glass, about the size of a buckshot, lay alone in 
the sand. 
About three-quarters of a mile southwest of the mound just described, in open 
pine woods, in full view from the public road, is a mound of white sand, 9 feet 4 
inches high and 150 feet across the circular base. This mound, which had every 
appearance of being domiciliary, was dug into superficially by us in many places, 
but no human remains or artifacts were encountered. 
About three-quarters of a mile in an easterly direction from the mound just 
described is another, flat and irregular, evidently domiciliary. 
Between these two mounds, though not directly connected with them, are two 
parallel artificial ridges, about 300 yards apart, extending about NW. and SE., and 
estimated to be from 3 to 5 feet in height. One is 200 yards, the other 300 yards, 
in length, approximately. These embankments do not run parallel to an imaginary 
line connecting the mounds, but cross it and seem to terminate in two small 
swamps. 
The two mounds and ridges are on property belonging to Messrs. H. M. Pfann 
& Co. 
MOUND NEAR FRIER Cove. 
This mound, on property of Mr. Stephen C. Partin, of St. Cloud, Fla., lies 
about one mile in a southeasterly direction from the cove near the SE. end of the 
lake. It had been long under cultivation, and, in consequence, was widely spread 
by the plow. Its height, at the time of our investigation, was 3 feet; its basal 
diameter, 83 feet. It was pitted and trenched in all directions by us, but yielded 
only a few, small fragments of human bone and a bit of undecorated pottery. 
MOUND NEAR ҺЕК8 LANDING. 
Lee’s landing is on the eastern shore of Lake Tohopekaliga, and the mound 
is situated about half a mile northwesterly therefrom, in a beautiful orange grove 
on the estate of Judge George F. Parker, of Kissimmee. Greatly spread by years 
of cultivation, its present height is only 2 feet. Its diameter, difficult to determine 
through irregularity of outline, may be considered about 60 feet. 
This mound was carefully excavated by us in parts free from roots of orange 
trees. Toward the center, badly decayed, was a full-length skeleton on its back, 
and a second skull, without mandible, lying near the pelvic part. Near this skull 
was а carefully-made arrowhead or knife, of chert. Nearby were a crushed skull, 
and parts of two skeletons which, seemingly, had been mutilated by some modern 
excavation. No earthenware was found. 
