486 CERTAIN MOUNDS ОЕ ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 
As most of the ware found by us was broken when discovered, or received 
injury from the spades of the diggers, it has been necessary to cement the parts 
together and occasionally to make slight restorations. In this latter event, how- 
ever, care has been taken to introduce nothing not thoroughly justified by the 
remainder of the vessel, and to use for restoration a material slightly differing in 
shade from the color of the ware, that the modern work may not be confused with 
that of the aboriginal potter. 
All reductions in size of vessels, and of all other objects, figured in this report, 
are linear; measurements are approximate. Decoration shown in diagram is as 
exact as to size as is possible in the case of a curved design represented on a 
flat surface. 
Thanks are tendered to Dr. M. G. Miller, who has accompanied us on all our 
archeological expeditions, in charge of the anatomical portion of the work; to 
Mr. F. W. Hodge for literary revision of this report; and to Mr. Arthur W. Clime, 
who lent us efficient aid as assistant throughout the season of 1907-08. 
We shall now describe our work on the lower Arkansas river, omitting many 
places where our quest was unsuccessful, and detailing only such as yielded tangible 
results. 
MOUNDS AND SITES INVESTIGATED. 
Near Menard Mound, Arkansas County. 
Near Sawyer’s Landing, Arkansas County. 
Near Old River Landing, Arkansas County. 
Mound near Goldman Field, Jefferson County. 
Mound near Douglas, Lincoln County. 
Cemetery near Greer, Jefferson County. 
NEAR MENARD MOUND, ARKANSAS COUNTY. 
The Menard mound? is about one mile WNW. from Menard Landing on the 
Arkansas river, and six miles, approximately, in an ESE. direction from Arkansas 
Post. 
The mound is on property of Mr. J. Menard, who lives within fifty yards of 
its base, and who owns much land in the neighborhood, all which was placed at 
our disposal in the most cordial manner, as was much adjacent property belonging 
to Messrs. C. W. Wallace, A. L. Plant, and N. B. Menard—Mr. Wallace even 
allowing us to work for days in ground which had recently been plowed. 
The high ground on which the mound is built, and much adjacent land, is not 
subject to overflow, to which so much of this region is exposed, and hence must 
have been the seat of a considerable aboriginal population, as it is about the first 
high land encountered in ascending the river. 
"In relation to the Menard mound, see: W. Н. Holmes, “ Pottery from Arkansas," Third Ann. 
Rep. Bur. Am. Ethnol., p. 476, et seq.; and, Cyrus Thomas, * Mound Explorations,” Twelfth Ann. 
Rep. Bur. Am. Ethnol., p. 229 et seq. 
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