ABORIGINAL SITES IN LOUISIANA AND IN ARKANSAS. 49 
Fic. 19.—Vessel of earthenware. Near Turkey Point Landing. (Height 3.8 inches.) 
THE CANEBRAKE MOUNDS, MADISON PARISH. 
In eanebrake and woods are three mounds which we shall call A, B and С, 
respectively. 
Mound A is the first reached by one ascending the river, and as is also the 
‘ase with Mound B, is less than fifty yards from the water and visible from it 
when foliage does not intervene. though one seeking these mounds had best 
obtain a guide. 
The mounds, beside each of which was a depression containing water at the 
time of our visit, are situated in respect to each other as follows: 
From the center of A to the center of B (so nearly as the centers of mounds 
shaped so irregularly as these were could be determined) was 297 feet 49° 30’ E. 
of N.; from the center of A to the center of С was 215 feet 1° 30’ S. of E.: from 
the center of B to the center of C, 207 feet 3° W. of S. 
The mounds, which are a favorite resort of cattle and which, no doubt, 
had been somewhat trampled down by them and washed by rain, had approxi- 
mately the following dimensions: 
Mound 4, height, 4.5 feet; diameters, 75 feet and 100 feet. 
Mound B, height, 3.5 feet; diameter, 95 feet. 
Mound С, height, 4.5 feet; diameter. about 85 feet. 
Mound A had a base-line about 8 inches thick, no doubt marking the original 
surface. Beneath this line was a yellow-gray mixture of sand and clay, showing 
no disturbance. Above the base-line was yellow clay about 26 inches in thick- 
