ABORIGINAL SITES IN LOUISIANA AND IN ARKANSAS. 35 
of which about 60 feet lie beneath the summit-plateau. Its height is 7 feet. 
This mound, which evidently had belonged to the domiciliary class, was 
filled with recent burials, the headstones extending to the very margin of the 
summit-plateau. No investigation was attempted. 
Careful search in surrounding territory came upon no indication of an 
aboriginal cemetery, nor was there any history of discoveries made in the course 
of cultivation. 
MOUND ох THE FLYNN PLACE, TENSAS PARISH. 
The Flynn Place is the property of Mr. H. D. Hassler, of Wildwood, La., 
a short distance farther down the river. About one-half mile in from the water, 
in a cultivated field on the upper part of the Flynn Place, is à mound slightly 
less than 6 feet in height, which at one time, no doubt, had been quadrangular 
with an extensive summit-plateau—presumably a mound of the domiciliary 
class. The outer part of the mound. however, has been plowed to such an 
extent that its basal outline is very irregular. Measurements at the time of 
our visit gave diameters of base of 70 feet and 95 feet. 
This mound had been extensively used for burial purposes in recent times. 
A few holes sunk where no sign of former interments was apparent, showed the 
mound to be of raw clay. 
Two neighboring rises in the field surrounding the mound, on which were a 
few fragments of flint and of pottery, were investigated by us, but undisturbed 
soil was soon reached without the discovery of artifact or bone. 
MOUNDS ON ALPHENIA PLANTATION, TENSAS PARISH. 
Alphenia Plantation, bordering Tensas river, the owner of which is Mr. F. E. 
Bowman, who resides upon it, has in sight from the water three interesting 
mounds, all of which, with extensive summit-plateaus, probably have been about 
Square at one time, though wash of rain has rounded the corners and in places 
has cut into the sides of the mounds to a considerable extent. 
For greater convenience in description we shall assign letters to these 
mounds, calling that nearest the river, A; its nearest neighbor, B; and the third 
mound, C. These mounds are thus lettered on the accompanying plan (Fig. 14). 
Before proceeding to give the dimensions of these high places it may be 
determine, in taking a diameter, precisely where field ends and mound begins, 
or can say, in a measurement of height, that he has selected the exact level from 
which to take it? When mounds have suffered considerably through wash of 
rain or of flood, or by trampling of cattle, the measure of uncertainty is, of 
course, increased since these agencies tend to augment the irregularity of the 
sides and to create depressions in the surrounding ground. 
Mound A. Height, 19.5 feet; diameter of base, 170 feet. 
