CERTAIN MOUNDS OF ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 573 
MOUNDS NEAR Yazoo CITY, Yazoo COUNTY. 
A number of mounds near Yazoo City, which were kindly put at our disposal 
by their owners, Messrs. J. C. Hollingsworth and С. H. Clark, of that city, were 
not visited by us as we were informed by our agent, who had seen the mounds, 
that they had been dug into already ;' and the prospect for gleanings in the Yazoo 
region was not alluring. 
MOUND NEAR CLARK’s FERRY, Yazoo County. 
In a cultivated field belonging to Mr. E. T. Clark, living nearby, about one 
half mile WSW. from Clark’s Ferry, in full view from the river, is a symmetrical, 
conical mound, 12 feet in height and 64 feet across the base. The summit plateau 
is 17 feet in diameter. 
A deep hole, 6 feet by 5 feet, starting in the middle of the summit plateau, 
had been made at night, previous to our visit, presumably by treasure-seekers. 
Two trial-holes, each carried to a depth of about 5 feet, produced only 
negative results. 
In many parts of the field around the mound are deposits of broken shells, 
pebbles, fragments of implements, etc.—the usual debris of dwelling-sites. Frag- 
ments of coarse pottery were abundant; some of these bear cord-marked decoration, 
a few are colored with red pigment. 
About 75 yards due south from the mound is a rise in the ground, thickly 
covered with broken shells and other debris. Twelve trial-holes put down to 
undisturbed soil yielded nothing of importance. 
DWELLING-SITE NEAR MONTEREY LANDING, Yazoo COUNTY. 
In а corn-field about one half mile NE. from Monterey Landing, on property 
of Mr. M. R. Payne, of Koalunsa Landing, is much debris on the surface, denoting 
occupancy in aboriginal times. Fourteen trial-holes were without avail. 
MOUND ат CaruTHERS’ LANDING, Yazoo COUNTY. 
At Caruthers’ Landing, on property belonging to Mr. J. S. Caruthers, of Yazoo 
City, is a mound in full view from the river bank. This mound, which forms part 
of a barn-yard, is 4 feet in height and 44 feet across its circular base. 14 has been 
much trampled by cattle, and is consequently spread and irregular in outline. 
Fourteen trial-holes resulted in the discovery of two arrowheads. 
DWELLING-SITE АТ KOALUNSA LANDING, Yazoo COUNTY. 
At Koalunsa Landing is the residence of Mr. M. R. Payne, of whose property 
at Monterey Landing, mention has been made. | 
Immediately back of Mr. Payne’s residence аге shell deposits of considerable 
et s 
! Probably the Champlin mounds described in Twelfth Ann. Rep. Bur. Am. Ethnol., p. 260, 
eq. 
